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Job Description:

Technical Leadership & Application Development

• 10+ years of experience in application development and delivery, with a strong technical foundation, including exposure to C/C++ and cloud-managed applications.
• Hands-on technical background in application development, with the ability to engage deeply in architecture, design, and problem resolution.
• Must have experience with application modernization, including migrations from mainframe-centric environments to modern cloud technology stacks.
• Proven expertise in technical defect resolution, including memory leak identification, performance tuning, and system optimization.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.

Enterprise Transformation & Program Recovery

• 8+ years of demonstrated success leading and recovering late-stage or at-risk enterprise transformation programs.
• 8+ years of experience leading development and testing for complex, highly integrated systems, with preference for mainframe, legacy platforms, and cloud-based ecosystems.
• Deep experience managing UAT cycles, defect triage, stabilization phases, and release readiness.
• Strong understanding of critical path management, burn-down charts, and delivery metrics to drive programs to successful completion.

People Leadership & Global Delivery

• Experience managing large, cross-functional teams of 100+ resources.
• Senior leader capable of balancing strategic oversight with hands-on technical expertise.
• Proven success working with offshore and distributed teams across global time zones, particularly India.
• Willingness to adjust working hours as needed to collaborate with global teams, including occasional weekend support.

Agile & Delivery Management

• 5+ years of solid Agile delivery experience, with a pragmatic approach to applying governance and controls when required for program recovery.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, release tracking tools, and delivery dashboards.

Communication & Executive Engagement

• Comfortable operating at both executive and technical levels, with the ability to clearly communicate complex topics.
• Experienced in developing executive-level presentations, status reports, and leadership-facing materials.
• Calm, decisive leader who performs effectively in high-visibility, high-pressure environments.

General Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex situations and drive effective solutions.
• Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Airline or transportation industry experience is a plus.

Program Recovery & Execution

• Take end-to-end ownership of a delayed and over-budget transformation program, with immediate focus on UAT defect burn-down and schedule recovery.
• Quickly diagnose root causes across development, testing, environments, data, and dependencies.
• Manage and execute a realistic recovery plan with clear milestones, critical-path focus, and measurable exit criteria.
• Maintaining staffing model to ensure adequate staffing with right skills along with cost

Development & UAT Leadership

• Lead development, QA, and functional teams through tightly managed build-test-fix cycles.
• Drive daily triage of UAT defects, prioritizing by business criticality and cutover risk. This includes the tracking and reporting of data.
• Ensure fixes are developed, tested, and integrated into the daily master build with minimal rework.
• Enforce execution discipline across code quality, regression testing, and environment readiness.

Offshore & Extended Coverage

• Work closely with offshore leads to align developers and testers against daily priorities.
• Support off-hour calls and weekend cycles as required to sustain UAT momentum and meet recovery milestones.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

• Provide clear, factual, and transparent updates to Copa stakeholders and DXC leadership.
• Support weekly customer status meetings and UAT working sessions; manage scope, expectations, and risk discussions.
• Escalate issues early with recommended options and trade-offs.

Cutover & Operational Readiness

• Partner with Cutover and Operational Readiness teams to ensure UAT exit criteria align with go-live needs.
• Validate that data, integrations, performance, and recovery scenarios are proven before cutover.
• Ensure documentation of system behavior, known limitations, and operational procedures is completed and handed over to Run teams.

Team Leadership

• Coach team members on execution discipline, ownership, and decision-making under pressure.
• Reinforce a delivery culture focused on accountability, transparency, and results.

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