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American Express Global Business Travel Director - Delivery Management in Bangalore, India
Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
Director – Delivery Management
Travel Mid-Office & Finance Applications | AWS
Lead end-to-end delivery and operational governance for Travel Mid-Office and Finance applications, managing 50+ professionals across Development (.NET & Java), QA, and Application Support. Ensure predictable delivery, operational stability, cloud modernization (AWS), architectural governance, and business value realization.
What You'll Do
Portfolio & Delivery Ownership
Own end-to-end delivery across Development and Support, Lead 50+ team members (.NET, Java, QA, Support)
Establish SDLC, release, and change governance,Drive DevOps-enabled delivery transformation
Business Alignment & Domain Governance
Align technology solutions with business objectives, Provide executive oversight across transaction-heavy finance systems
Ensure scalability, compliance, and operational risk management
Engineering, Architecture & AWS Cloud Governance
Oversee J2EE and .NET enterprise systems, Lead AWS cloud strategy and modernization initiatives
Oversee microservices, API-first architecture, and CI/CD enablement, Govern AWS services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC)
Drive Infrastructure as Code and FinOps practices,Ensure high availability, DR, and security compliance
Operational Excellence & Financial Governance
Establish KPIs for service availability and release predictability, Oversee cloud cost optimization and budget adherence
Mitigate operational and financial risks,Ensure audit readiness and compliance
Stakeholder & Executive Management
Serve as executive escalation point,Present delivery, operational, and cloud transformation dashboards
Align roadmap with strategic business objectives
Financial & Workforce Management
Manage multi-million-dollar portfolio budgets,Optimize resource allocation and productivity
Develop leadership bench and succession plans
What We're Looking For
20+ years total IT experience,5+ years in senior leadership roles
Strong J2EE enterprise architecture background,Oversight experience of .NET enterprise systems
Proven AWS cloud transformation leadership,Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science
MBA/PMP/ITIL/AWS certifications preferred,Willing to work 2nd shifts (3:00 PM–12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends
Willing to work from Bangalore office minimum 3 days/week, On-time, on-budget portfolio delivery
Improved SLA compliance and uptime, Successful AWS modernization milestones
Cloud cost optimization, Reduced MTTR and improved service stability
Location
Bangalore, India
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
And much more!
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.
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