Global Real Estate Alternatives Technology Delivery Lead, VP

Job Title: Global Real Estate Alternatives Technology Delivery Lead, VP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

Technology Management is responsible for improving the technological aspects of operations to reduce infrastructure costs, improve functional performance and help deliver Divisional business goals. Work includes:

• Partnering with key internal stakeholders to translate bank strategy into objectives and plans for implementation supporting the delivery of world class technology solutions
• Planning and managing computer operations and production support, systems and database administration, network operations, and client service
• Ensuring systems performance and service level requirements are met Managing and maintaining strategic relationships with key IT product and services providers
• Transferring business requirements into technical solutions or into Release Management
• Providing in-depth technical expertise for both tactical and operational initiatives

DWS Real Estate Technology is responsible for the support and development of the global IT platform for the DWS Alternative Real Estate Business with assets under management of in several open and closed/special real estate funds.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Delivery lead to support the Real Estate Technology Team within the Alternatives Technology department. We are a global, client facing team with presence in Germany, UK, US and India. We are an essential part of DWS Technology platform and develop and manage applications for our business partners.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Accountable for end-to-end technology delivery, cross-team coordination, dependency management, risk mitigation, stakeholder management, and successful release execution of the Real Estate Strategic programmes

• Collaborate closely with multiple Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Technical Leads to ensure clear understanding and prioritization of the product backlog and conversion of priorities into executable delivery plans.

• Define delivery plans, milestones, and release schedules and ensure sprint and release commitments are realistic and achievable.
• Support Stakeholder management:
  • Serve as the primary technology contact for business stakeholders
  • Communicate delivery progress, risks, issues, and dependencies
  • Manage stakeholder expectations regarding scope, timelines, and resources
  • Facilitate discussions between business, technology, operations, and support teams
• Support Agile delivery:
  • Drive delivery predictability and continuous improvement, coordinate work across multiple Agile squads and delivery teams.
  • Ensure Agile metrics and delivery objectives are tracked and achieved.

• Dependency Management

• Identify dependencies across applications, teams, vendors, and infrastructure groups
• Track and manage external dependencies that may impact delivery
• Resolve cross-functional conflicts and prioritization challenges
• Risk & Issue Management
• Maintain and manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) logs.
• Identify delivery risks early and establish mitigation plans.
• Escalate critical issues to appropriate governance forums.
• Monitor technology, operational, compliance, and resource risks.
• Drive issue resolution through effective stakeholder engagement
• Governance & Reporting
• Provide regular status reporting to leadership and governance forums.
• Track delivery KPIs, milestones, and release readiness.
• Ensure compliance with delivery standards and governance requirements.
• Support audits, risk reviews, and regulatory reporting where required.
• Technical Delivery Oversight
• Work with Solution Architects and Technical Leads to ensure solutions are robust and compliant
• Understand architecture, integration points, and technology constraints
• Ensure infrastructure, security, and operational readiness activities are completed
• Coordinate testing, deployment, and production release activities
• Support post-implementation monitoring and stabilization

Your skills and experience

• Ensuring predictable delivery outcomes
• Managing dependencies across teams
• Delivery planning and execution
• Removing blockers and risks
• Stakeholder communication
• Release coordination
• Agile governance and reporting

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.