This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 1500000 (ie INR 5-15 LPA)
Experience: 8+ yrs
Location: New Delhi
Job Type: Full-time
We are looking for an experiencedSenior Operations & Technology Leaderto lead and scale complex technology and IT service operations within a large, fast-paced organisation. The role combinesoperational leadership, technology management, strategic transformation, P&L ownership, team leadership, automation, AI adoption, and data-driven performance management.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading large technology organisations through periods of growth and transformation while maintaining high standards of service quality, operational efficiency, and customer impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and scale large, complextechnology and IT service operationsacross on-site and offshore teams.
- Develop and execute operational strategies aligned with organisational growth and transformation objectives.
- Lead technology organisations of250+ employees, including managers, technical teams, and support functions.
- Manage24x7 IT service delivery, ensuring reliability, service quality, operational continuity, and customer satisfaction.
- Own and manageP&L, budgets, resource allocation, operational costs, and financial performance.
- Drive organisational transformation, process optimisation, and operational excellence initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improvequality, productivity, speed to impact, and cost efficiencyusing operational and business data.
- Establish and monitor meaningful operational metrics and dashboards to measure team performance, service quality, delivery effectiveness, and business value.
- Leverageautomation, AI, and emerging technologiesto improve scalability, productivity, service delivery, and operational outcomes.
- Analyse operational and business data to identify trends, risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Ensure technology teams follow strongITSM, SDLC, engineering, and product management practices.
- Partner with technology, engineering, product, business, and executive stakeholders on strategic initiatives.
- Clearly communicate the work delivered by technology teams, the value generated, key challenges, and improvement opportunities using measurable data.
- Build high-performing leadership teams and establish strong accountability, governance, and performance-management practices.
- Drive continuous improvement across processes, technology platforms, service delivery, and organisational capabilities.
- Represent technology and operations at executive-level forums and contribute to strategic business decisions.
What Makes You a Great Fit
- 8+ years of experiencemanaging large-scale technology, IT services, operations, or technology consulting organisations.
- Proven experience leadinglarge, complex organisations through growth, transformation, and operational change.
- Experience managingon-site and offshore teamsdelivering IT services in a 24x7 environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading organisations of250+ employees.
- Strong experience withP&L ownership, budgeting, resource planning, and commercial management.
- Strong understanding ofITSM, SDLC, technology operations, and product management best practices.
- Proven experience implementingautomation and AIto improve scale, productivity, quality, and operational outcomes.
- Strong data-driven mindset with the ability to analyse metrics, identify trends, and translate insights into business improvements.
- Ability to define and communicate meaningfuloperational and business metricsthat demonstrate team performance and value.
- Software engineering, technology consulting, or technical leadership background is preferred.
- Strong executive-level communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and the ability to connect technology operations with organisational objectives.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead large, diverse teams.
- Highly analytical, commercially minded, and focused on measurable operational outcomes.