Head Program - IT

Proven abstract thinking, motivational skills and passion for transformation

• Ability to ideate, strategize and transform at the organizational level

• Demonstrate strong networking and solutioning skills to work with business counterparts globally

• Expertise in understanding financial models and budgets

• Excellent execution rigor and ability to handle ambiguity and deliver towards the organization's vision

• Coach to enhance and strengthen team’s skills

Delivery & Execution Excellence

• Define and execute the technology roadmap aligned with business goals.

• Drive engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement across the tribe.

• Align technology initiatives with organizational digital transformation objectives.

• Establish OKRs, KPIs, and performance metrics for tribe success.

• Provide technical leadership across applications developed using Java.

• Drive modernization initiatives, API-first architecture, and cloud-native solutions.

• Monitor delivery risks, capacity planning, and people utilization.

• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering teams.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.

• Identify skill gaps and develop capability-building initiatives.

• Partner with business leaders, product teams, and senior management to prioritize initiatives.

• Present technology strategies, delivery updates, and performance metrics to CDS head.

• Stakeholder management with local business, RO and Paris.

• Manage vendor and partner relationships.

• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and organizational policies.

• Drive risk management, audit readiness, and production stability initiatives.

Financial & Organizational Management

• Own budgeting, financial planning, vendor management, and resource optimization.

• Drive productivity, workforce planning, capacity forecasting, and operational efficiency.

• Establish succession planning and leadership development programs.

• Build a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Innovation & Industry Leadership

• Represent the organization in innovation forums, architecture councils, and strategic leadership discussions.

• Bring industry best practices, emerging technologies, and modern engineering standards into the organization.

• Contribute to organizational thought leadership and business line value propositions.

Experience

• 18+ years leading large-scale technical teams

• Proven track record managing global delivery teams of 80+ professionals.

• Experience managing multi-million-dollar portfolios, budgets, and strategic transformation programs.

• Demonstrated success in modernization, cloud migration, and platform engineering initiatives.

• Strong executive stakeholder management experience across global business functions.