Principal Lead- API Governance & Product Management

Overall objectives

Define and implement a comprehensive API governance framework that ensures consistency security and scalability across all value streams.

Drive the API Technical product strategy to support digital transformation platform enablement and ecosystem integration.

Foster an API-first mindset across the streams promoting modularity reusability and agility.

Ensure APIs are designed and managed as strategic digital assets that deliver measurable business value.

Align API initiatives with enterprise architecture data strategy and reusable adoption goals.

Establish metrics and KPIs to measure API performance adoption and business impact.

Role specific responsibilities

Lead the API onboarding process through technical product owners for internal and external consumers ensuring ease of access and compliance.

Develop and maintain API governance policies including naming conventions documentation standards and security protocols.

Own the API product lifecycle from ideation and design to retirement and replacement.

Manage the API catalog and developer portal ensuring discoverability and usability.

Monitor and report on API performance adoption and ROI to  leadership.

Facilitate API design reviews ensuring adherence to governance and architectural standards.

Drive API innovation including experimentation with emerging technologies like AI-powered APIs and event-driven architectures.

General functional responsibilities

Promote API reuse and standardization across business units to reduce duplication and accelerate delivery.

Ensure security and compliance through regular audits threat modeling and policy enforcement.

Lead cross-functional working groups to align API strategy with enterprise goals.

Maintain API documentation standards ensuring clarity completeness and accessibility.

Support incident management and troubleshooting for API-related issues.

Contribute to budget planning and resource allocation for API Engineering.

Provide training enablement and support to development teams on API best practices.

Qualifications :

Core competencies required  (Exp Overall : 15 Years Banking 10 Years)

Ability to translate business needs into API capabilities.

Expertise in API protocols (REST GraphQL gRPC) API gateways and service mesh.

Strong grasp of API lifecycle governance versioning and deprecation policies.

Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g. Open Banking GDPR PSD2 HIPAA) and their impact on APIs.

Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without authority.

Strong communication and evangelism skills to promote API adoption and literacy.

Proficiency in API analytics usage tracking and performance optimization.

Experience with tools like API Management Kong Cloud Native Services Kubernetes

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time