Director- Media & Entertainment

Wipro Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Limited in Bengaluru seeks a Director- Media & Entertainment Consulting to establish, develop, and manage a global CoE, accountable for strategy, performance, talent agenda, and market positioning.

The role involves senior advisory leadership to client executives, shaping large-scale procurement transformations, building scalable practice, and driving cross-geography engagements across advertising, content, and tech.

Qualifications

• Fifteen years of media and entertainment consulting experience.
• Proven track record building and scaling a Center of Excellence with P&L ownership.
• Strong relationships with senior executives and credibility as trusted advisor.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Establish and scale a global Media & Entertainment CoE with strategy and governance.
• Lead business development, securing large, multi-geography engagements.
• Oversee delivery quality and value realization across global client programs.
• Build and mentor a high-performing, inclusive consulting team.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Business development

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Job Title: Director- Media & Entertainment

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description:

Job Description

Wipro is seeking an experienced Media & Entertainment Consulting Leader to establish, develop, and manage a global Media & Entertainment Consulting Center of Excellence (CoE). The role carries full accountability for the strategy, performance, capability development, talent agenda, and market positioning of the practice.

The successful candidate will provide senior advisory leadership to client executives, shape and deliver large-scale procurement transformation programs, and build a scalable consulting practice that addresses the full spectrum of Media & Entertainment capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Establish and Scale the Center of Excellence

• Define the vision, strategy, and operating model for a global Media and Entertainment Consulting CoE in collaboration with Wipro’s M&E Consulting Leadership. Develop the service portfolio, methodologies, accelerators, and intellectual property across all the Media and Entertainment value chain.
• Build and lead a distributed team of consultants, category specialists, and solution architects.
• Establish governance structures, delivery frameworks, quality standards, and performance metrics for the practice.

Business Development and Growth

• Hold accountability for the practice performance, including utilization and headcount growth.
• Support origination, shaping, and securing large media & entertainment engagements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders, including Chief Strategy Officers, Chief Information Officers, and Chief Technology Officers, Chief Finance Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Product Officers and other C-Level executives in targeted accounts
• Support the establishment of alliances with technology and platform providers to strengthen the practice ecosystem and market reach.
• Position the organization as a market authority through published perspectives, research, industry engagement and representation at tradeshows and events

Delivery and Capability Leadership

• Ensure consistency, quality, and value realization across global client engagements.
• Develop and continuously strengthen capabilities across the following offerings in Media & Entertainment Content & Advertising Operations
  • Advertising Tech & Inventory Yield Optimisation, AI Driven Digital Transformation across the Media Value Chain, Content Strategy & Business Model Reinvention, Cost Reduction & Resource Optimisation, IP Rights Management, Royalties & Artist Payments, Audience Engagement and Retention

Talent and Thought Leadership

• Attract, develop, and retain high-performing consulting talent with experience in business processes in the media value chain.
• Establish career frameworks, capability-development programs, and a strong practice culture.
• Promote innovation, intellectual property creation, and the adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, automation, and generative AI across the demand and supply chains for media and entertainment content and experiences .

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of fifteen years of experience in media and entertainment consulting, including substantial experience in management consulting or advisory at a recognized firm.
• A demonstrated record of building and scaling a consulting practice or Center of Excellence, including profit-and-loss ownership.
• Deep, applied expertise across the full spectrum of offerings in Media & Entertainment
• Demonstrated ability to sell and deliver large, complex, multi-geography transformation engagements.
• Established relationships with senior executives and credibility as a trusted advisor.
• Cross-industry experience, such as hospitality/entertainment venues, sports, retail and consumer goods, new technology, marketing/advertising and/or resorts/cruise lines
• A bachelor's degree is required; a master's degree in business administration or a related advanced qualification is preferred.
• Willingness to travel internationally as business requirements dictate.

Preferred Attributes

• A recognized subject-matter authority with published perspectives and an established professional network.
• Experience embedding artificial intelligence and data-driven decision intelligence within Media and Entertainment solutions.
• An entrepreneurial orientation suited to a build-and-grow environment.
• A capable people leader with a record of developing inclusive, high-performing teams.

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.

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.

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.