Chief Information Officer (CIO- Digital Transformation) - Conglomerate, Ahmedabad

Chief Information Officer (CIO- Digital Transformation) - Conglomerate, Ahmedabad

1 Nos.
66916
Full Time
18.0 Year(s) To 25.0 Year(s)
115.00 LPA TO 120.00 LPA
IT Software- Systems / EDP / MIS
Oil and Gas/Petroleum
B.Tech/B.E. - Computers
Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Oversee technology operations and evaluate them according to the established goals.

- Work closely with the global technology leadership to drive technology and product strategy

- Contribute to broader Technology Strategy working with BU CIOs and across enterprise functions

- Developing and enforcing IT best practices across the organization

- Drive process improvements reducing year-over-year operations costs

- Implement best practices for quality, testing, and change management to ensure defect free solutions

- Drive innovation through automation and new technologies

- Contribute to the growth, including the development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans to exceed the growth and revenue goals of the organization

- Influence and collaborate with practitioners across all on cross-functional practices, and business collaboration efforts

- Demonstrate excellent judgment, be commercially-focused and be driven by professional excellence and a commitment

- Manage engagement and delivery from Managed Service provider and other vendors

Technology Oversight:

- Be part of broader digital transformation journey and contribute to the success of digitization

- Understanding of various IT functions and be the regional point of contact for enterprise services, e.g. IT Helpdesk, InfoSec, SOC, Application Development, Production Services. Business Analysis and etc.

- Be part of the global technology leadership, provide insights towards better project management, architecture & design, project execution and application development and support procedures

- Mentor the India technology leads on the latest technology trends and drive adoption where applicable

- Be the face-off for any technology audits and compliance matters from the region, work closely with the relevant team to implement proper mitigation controls for any non-compliances

- Drive the technology trainings across the functions and manage the IT talent by providing them a platform for collaboration and internal mobility

People Management:

- Work with Human Capital and other IFS functions regionally to define better employee engagement strategies in the region

- Work in collaboration with IT global managers to define goals, performance management and develop retention strategies

- Work with Human Capital on hiring top talent, performance management, year-end appraisals, promotions, and other people compliance matters in the APAC region

- Review the employee survey results and develop a framework working with Human Capital teams for better employee engagement strategies in the region

Financial Management:

- Participate in yearly budgetary discussions and ensure the budgets are optimally spent across various IT functions in India

- Ensure various projects are properly funded, track the projects spends and report the budget overshoots and capitalization

REQUIREMENTS:

- 18+ years IT leadership experience in an India captive setup, preferably in Large Conglomerate

- Proven experience in setting up large scale team and executing programs in a global landscape

- Proven experience in business development, managing partnerships with large and/or industry-leading organizations

- Prior experience in building and leading global capability centers in India is a plus

- Strong technology focus and experienced in driving operational excellence and digital transformation projects

- Should be able to understand and manage various IT functions from ground level e.g., BA, App Dev, Production Support, ITSM, DevOps, Infrastructure, helpdesk, and InfoSec

- Deep understanding of technology architectures, including AI, ML, and Cloud (Azure, AWS)

- Deep understanding of project management, product management, and delivery concepts including Agile, MVP, and devops. and global services support

- Experience leading with Scrum teams

- Understanding of data management principles (governance, stewardship, quality, lineage, MDM, etc.)

- Experience in developing and implementing processes and controls to drive operational efficiencies

- Experience in consulting and product business needs and apply domain specific knowledge

- Strong ability to influence across multiple business lines

- Experience dealing with financial data products preferred

- Experience with business or process analysis

Company Profile

Indian multinational conglomerate having business interest in multiple areas. Diversified organisation in India with market cap of over $100 billion (as on 5th April 2021) comprising 6 publicly traded companies. It has created a world class transport and utility infrastructure portfolio that has a pan-India presence.

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