Deputy Manager - Information Technology

Adani; Karaikal District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani is seeking an experienced IT leader to drive site-level IT strategy and build a roadmap aligned with business priorities. You will coordinate with Technology and Analytics teams to transform business processes using IoT and AI, while ensuring 24x7 IT operations and governance compliance.

Responsibilities include budgeting, stakeholder engagement, and overseeing IT projects, security, and vendor management at the site level in a large industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or BE/BTech required.
• 7–8 years experience managing IT services at a large site, preferably in power, transmission, resources or logistics.
• Around 3–5 years experience leading the IT function for a similar unit/site or small-scale organization.
• Experience in managing information technology projects.
• Exposure to IT/OT Infrastructure for Ports and Logistics is a plus.
• Exposure to OT Security (SCADA, DCS) and automation technologies.
• Knowledge of IT security practices and secure operations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to IT strategy formulation and build an IT roadmap from the site perspective.
• Execute strategic IT initiatives at site level aligned with business requirements and priorities.
• Understand and integrate IT and digital strategy to transform business processes using IoT, AI and other technologies.
• Prepare and manage the site IT budget and track expenditures against guidelines.
• Design and deploy initiatives to raise awareness of IT services and communicate their value to the business.
• Identify opportunities to enhance IT operations, governance, and security at the site.
• Ensure 24x7 IT support and adherence to SLAs with external partners; manage the IT command and control facility.
• Governance: implement and comply with the governance framework; timely data submission to BU/Group governance.
• Manage assets, ITO partner SLAs, escalations, and third-party resources for infrastructure projects.

Skills

IT management

IT projects

IT security

IT governance

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science BE / BTech

Job description

To contribute and partner in business IT strategy formulation and building business IT roadmap by providing inputs from site perspectives

• 2. To execute strategic initiatives for IT function at site level aligned with business requirements and site priorities
• 3. To understand our current business processes and integrate our IT and digital strategy for transforming our business processes using IOT, AI amongst many other technology drivers. Alignment with Technology and Analytics teams.
• 4. To understand business expectations with respect to site IT services, assess current level of IT functionalities, identify and communicate gaps and scope of improvements to the business team; Devise a strategic plan to meet and deliver IT solutions and services in line with site related requirements. Manage 24X7 operation IT support and adheres to SLA with external partners. Establish and manage 24X7 IT Command and control facility.
• 5. To prepare and finalize the entire site IT budget as per budget guidelines shared by the business IT Monitoring and control IT budget and provide regular updates to HOD
• 6. To design and deploy initiatives raising awareness about IT services and solutions and communicating its value contribution to the business
• 7. Identify opportunities for enhancement of IT operations, security or governance at the site and discuss the same with the business team. Help business team to prepare business cases and materialize the opportunities. Stay abreast of latest developments in the field of IT through engagement with partners, association with IT excellence bodies, IT research etc.
• 8. Implement processes and systems for maintaining security of IT solutions and services in line with standard Adani operating procedures
• 9. Implement governance systems and processes at the site in alignment to the governance framework. Timely submission of data asked by BU/Group governance team.
• 10. Manage complete asset inventory and compliances, ITO partner SLAs and escalations. Vendor management and timely execution of all Infrastructure projects. Third party resource management.

Qualifications

Minimum: Bachelor’s DegreeinComputerScience BE / B Tech in any relateddiscipline

Minimum7to8yearsofexperienceinmanagingITservicesinalargesite,preferablyinarelatedindustry(power,transmission,resourcesorlogistics);Around3-5yearsofexperienceofleadingtheITfunctionforasimilarunit/site / small-scaleorganization

• Experience of managinginformationtechnologyprojects
• Exposure tolarge-scaletransformationanddrivingchangeattheteam/unit level. Experience in managing IT/OT Infrastructure for Ports and Logistics will be added advantage.
• ExposuretoOT Security(SCADA,DCS) and automation technologies
• Soundexposure toITsecuritypracticesand managing secureoperations

Job Info

• Job Identification 57884
• Job Category Information Technology
• Posting Date 09/10/2026, 06:28 AM
• Apply Before 10/31/2026, 06:28 AM
• Job Schedule Full time

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