CTO - Strategy Consultant

Wipro Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro invites an experienced Innovation Center Engagement Lead to drive strategic, high-visibility innovation engagements. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, shape experiential journeys, and position deals through compelling storytelling.

The role demands a business development mindset, deep consulting experience, and hands-on oversight of on-site execution across tech-enabled demonstrations and customer journeys.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in consulting with a strong track record in technology-driven business transformation.
• Design Thinking expertise – ability to run workshops and apply user-centered approaches.
• Technology & innovation familiarity with AI, Cloud, and emerging technologies and link to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design and leadership of experiential innovation journeys for customers, government delegations, partners, and executives.
• Curate thematic innovation roadshows aligned to digital transformation and frontier technologies.
• Create compelling storytelling flows that integrate demos, videos, prototypes, and future-industry narratives.
• Partner with demo owners to customize experiences with strong business relevance and executive resonance.
• Lead detailed visit planning, dry runs, and on-site execution during visit days to ensure smooth operations.
• Oversee day-to-day innovation center operations, including technology readiness, immersion zones, and equipment safety.
• Govern demo onboarding, customization, versioning, refresh, and retirement cycles; develop digital content.
• Act as in-person integrator across functions and ecosystems, coordinating with leadership, partners, and government relations.
• Establish structured pre- and post-visit engagement models and track impact metrics like deal influence and diary outcomes.
• Define governance for innovation assets, data, and guardrails; ensure SOP compliance and safety.

Skills

Business development mindset

Design Thinking

Leadership

Tools

AI

Cloud platforms

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Innovation Center Engagement Lead with strong consulting experience and expertise in strategic customer engagement. The Innovation Center Engagement Lead ensures the Innovation Center operates as a high-credibility, revenue-influencing, and brand-defining experience engine, requiring continuous on-site leadership, orchestration, and ownership.

Role Overview

You will collaborate with senior leaders, lead multi-disciplinary teams, and bring a business development mindset to innovation engagements, helping clients achieve sustainable digital transformation through human-centered solutions and strategic deal positioning.

Experience Required

Minimum 10 years in consulting with a strong track record in technology-driven business transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Experience Design & Customer Visit Execution Leadership

• Own end-to-end design and leadership of experiential innovation journeys for customers, government delegations, partners, and executives.
• Curate thematic innovation roadshows aligned to business priorities such as digital transformation, remote operations, and frontier technologies (e.g., Omniverse, quantum, mixed reality).
• Create compelling storytelling flows that integrate demos, videos, prototypes, and future-industry narratives.
• Partner with demo owners to customize and personalize experiences, ensuring strong business relevance and executive resonance.
• Innovation & Market Insights – analyze trends and tailor strategies for Banking, Financial Services, Energy, Utilities, or Manufacturing sectors.

Deep Planning, Dry Runs & Visit-Day Execution Excellence

• Lead detailed visit planning and runbooks covering agendas, demo sequencing, room readiness, and visitor persona mapping.
• Conduct on-floor dry runs to validate flow, timing, transitions, and multi-demo coordination, eliminating operational surprises.
• Act as the on-site execution lead on visit day—managing hospitality, guest movement, executive availability, and real-time issue resolution.
• Enable senior leadership walkthroughs and presenter readiness; ensure content is aligned to live digital and immersive infrastructure.

Innovation Center Operations & Infrastructure Management

• Own day-to-day operations of the Innovation Center, ensuring readiness across technology, connectivity, AV, immersive zones, lighting, sensors, and display systems.
• Ensure all emerging tech zones, PoCs, prototypes, and immersive experiences are production-ready and continuously refreshed.
• Maintain health of complex, multi-technology environments including AI, robotics, drones, MR/VR, digital twins, and IoT platforms.
• Oversee service partners and maintenance activities hands-on to ensure zero disruption and quality completion.

On Boarding Demo Locally, Content & IP Lifecycle Management

• Govern demo onboarding, customization, versioning, refresh, and retirement cycles.
• Lead development of digital content including briefing decks, demo videos, storyboards, and data-driven exhibits.

In Person Cross-Functional & Ecosystem Orchestration

• Act as the in-person integrator across Practice Heads, Engineering/CTO teams, Ventures, Sales, Design, Labs, and domain experts.
• Coordinate closely with leadership and government relations teams for dignitary and strategic visits.
• Drive collaboration with hyperscalers, startups, academia, and ecosystem partners to keep the innovation narrative fresh and future ready.
• Define transformation strategies, create target state blueprints, and design roadmaps across infrastructure, platforms, applications, data, and processes.

Visitor Pipeline & Post-Visit Business Impact

• Establish structured pre-visit and post-visit engagement models to capture objectives, insights, and follow-up actions.
• Ensure disciplined documentation, demo summaries, and handoff to Sales/BD for pipeline acceleration.
• Track impact metrics including customer satisfaction, deal influence, demo usage, and innovation themes engaged.
• Design Thinking Application – Facilitate workshops, map customer journeys, and develop user-centric solutions aligned with client goals.

Governance, Safety & Asset Utilization

• Define governance for innovation assets, data, and responsible AI guardrails where applicable.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, visitor protocols, and equipment safety standards.
• Drive optimal utilization of labs, immersion rooms, prototype spaces, and demo stations.

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years in leading innovation center, center of excellence, consulting, pre-sales, delivering strategic initiatives using design thinking frameworks, with exposure to technology-driven transformation.
• Design Thinking Expertise – Ability to run workshops and apply user-centered approaches.
• Technology & Innovation – Familiarity with AI, Cloud, and emerging technologies, and ability to link them to business outcomes.

Global Exposure

Ability to work in diverse international settings.

Preferred Skills

• Future of Work, Cloud Strategy, Customer Experience Reinvention, M&A, Sustainability.
• Strong background in partner and alliance management to drive co-innovation.
• Familiarity with enterprise delivery models (Agile, scaled Agile, predictive).
• Hands-on orchestration of visits to innovation centers.
• Executive hosting, in-person storytelling, whiteboarding, walkthroughs, and immersive demonstrations rely on physical presence and charisma.

Applications from people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.