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Mobile Business Unit Head

Trivandrum und Kochi, Indien

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Full time

Experience

Experience : 12–15 years, including at least 5 years in mobile development and 5 years in project or delivery leadership roles.

Experience

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Responsibility Overview:

Full-spectrum ownership of the Mobile Business Unit’s P&L, encompassing strategic growth planning, technical capability development, cross-functional team leadership, and client success management. This role demands proactive governance over delivery excellence, talent evolution, revenue optimization, and long-term value creation across diverse client portfolios.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Mobile Business Unit Head with deep technical expertise and a strong foundation in both native and cross-platform mobile development. The ideal candidate will combine full-stack awareness, agile delivery leadership, and product-oriented thinking, with strong project and team management experience. You will lead the strategic direction and execution of mobile-first initiatives, aligning scalable, secure, and high-impact digital solutions with evolving business goals.

Key Responsibilities:

BU Leadership

  • Drive BU profitability, optimize delivery velocity, and scale mobile capabilities across clients and projects.
  • Manage financials, forecast resource needs, and ensure healthy margins and utilization.

Technology Strategy

  • Guide architecture and technical decisions across native (Kotlin/Swift) and cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) stacks.
  • Promote Web-Mobile convergence through Progressive Web Apps, Headless CMS, modular frontends, and API-first architecture.
  • Stay ahead of emerging tech trends and continuously evolve engineering practices.

Project & Product Management

  • Lead end-to-end project delivery using Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps best practices.
  • Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to translate business needs into product roadmaps, MVPs, and scalable digital experiences.
  • Balance product feature prioritization with technical debt and delivery timelines.

Team & Capability Building

  • Build, mentor, and grow high-performing cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, and PMs.
  • Develop competency frameworks, oversee hiring pipelines, and drive upskilling initiatives and certification targets.

Customer Engagement

  • Own client satisfaction, value delivery, and governance oversight.
  • Lead solutioning for RFPs, presales demos, technical proposals, and project onboarding.
  • Represent the BU in executive-level conversations and customer strategy reviews.

Technical & Functional Skills

  • Strong hands-on experience with mobile technologies: Flutter, Kotlin, Swift, React Native.
  • Working knowledge of full-stack delivery: REST/GraphQL APIs, Firebase, Node.js, modern frontend frameworks.
  • Agile project tools (JIRA, Confluence), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitrise), and mobile deployment standards.
  • Experience with mobile analytics, performance tuning, and crash reporting tools (Firebase, Sentry, AppDynamics).
  • Solid grounding in product lifecycle management, UX-first delivery, and data-driven decision-making.

Profile Must-haves

  • Proven experience in both Project Management (Agile/Scrum, stakeholder management, risk mitigation) and Product Management (roadmap alignment, backlog grooming, outcome-focused delivery).
  • Experience managing remote/hybrid cross-functional teams across geographies.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/Technology.
  • Preferred Qualifications: PMI-ACP/PMP, CSPO/PSPO, Certified Scrum Master, SAFe® Agilist, TOGAF®, and Cloud Architect certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP).
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