
Development Associate Director
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
- Leads a team of 5-10 developers delivering automated solutions in Appian as the chosen low code no code platform.
- Drives an Agile delivery team that builds high quality and scalable work products based on in depth knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Supports multiple production application releases and maintenance windows as needed working with the Operations team
- Develops trusted partnerships with internal clients and other stakeholders
- Applies understanding of how automation tools can drive improved risk & resiliency, client experience and efficiency in solving business problems
- Ensures policies and procedures are maintained and stay aligned to changing risk and control landscape
- Balances the team's automation delivery with timely response to Regulatory requests
- Identifies and reports on End User Computing Applications (EUCAs) and adhere to model validation requirements
- Collaborates with Business Architects to determine how automation can enable reimagined future-state processes
- Secures and manage automation budgets
- Researches and evaluates new technologies to drive innovation and adoption of new automation tools.
- Contributes to the strategy development and execution of a multi-year plan for DTCC's process automation program
- Creates and delivers strategic presentations on broad topics (related to automation) and produce thought leadership to increase organizational and client awareness
- Support the organization in building and growing the talent required to enhance existing automation platforms
- Establishes metrics and manages team based on data with a continuous improvement mindset
- Feedback: Seeks feedback from others, provides feedback to others in support of their development, and is open and honest while dealing constructively with criticism.
- Delegating: Effectively manages tasks and people, taking a practical approach to determine the most effective method of execution while respecting others' expertise and considering others' feelings and working styles.
- Inclusive Leadership: Values individuals and embraces diversity by integrating differences and promoting diversity and inclusion across teams and functions.
- Coaching: Understands and anticipates people's needs, skills, and abilities, in order to coach, motivate and empower them for success.
- L1, L2 Certification in Appian
- 10+ years of experience managing high performing automation teams in the financial sector
- Ability to design end to end solution using workflow tools like Appian with multiple integration touchpoints (web applications, mainframe layers and desktop apps)
- Strong understanding of architectural patterns and their impact on automation solutions
- Proficient in architecting scalable, high-performance Appian solutions that meets business objectives.
- Skilled in creating and managing Appian objects such as SAIL interfaces, process models, records, rules, and decision logic, with strong debugging capabilities.
- Involved in multiple areas of Appian development including workflows, SAIL interfaces, process models, records, sites, reports, rules, and AI Skills.
- Experience in building basic task and process reports to support business and operational monitoring.
- Strong experience in integrating Appian with external systems using Web APIs, RESTful services, Appian Connected Systems, and custom plug-ins.
- Good knowledge of RDBMS (SQL/Oracle), integration with Appian.
- This role requires leading an Appian team (50%) along with hands-on application development (50%).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills including delivering technical details to a non-technical audience
- Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills with experience working in distributed teams.
- Experience with process improvement methods.