Head Program - IT

Job description

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.