Head of Information Technology

Talink; Chennai District; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Talink in India seeks a Head of Technology – India to bridge global technology leadership with a 1,200+ engineering organization and report to CTO/Global Technology Leadership Team. This is a high-visibility executive role shaping strategy, governance and delivery across offshore teams, with regular UK travel and partnerships with senior stakeholders.

You will lead transformation programmes, drive engineering excellence and ensure alignment with the global technology vision while building a

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading engineering organisations within large enterprise technology environments.
• Track record influencing large-scale engineering organisations (1,000+ engineers).
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as strategic technology leadership representative within India.
• Drive engineering strategy and governance across offshore technology teams.
• Strengthen alignment between UK technology leadership and India-based engineering groups.
• Lead transformation programmes spanning platforms, operating models and practices.

Skills

Executive leadership

Global delivery

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Offshore collaboration

Job description

Reporting To: CTO / Global Technology Leadership Team

Lead Technology at Scale for a Major FTSE 100 Retail Organisation

We are partnering with one of the UK's most recognised FTSE 100 retail organisations to appoint a Head of Technology – India, a pivotal leadership role that will serve as the bridge between global technology leadership and a large-scale India engineering organisation.

This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished technology executive to influence the direction, performance and culture of a technology function comprising more than 1,200 engineers while partnering closely with senior leadership across the UK and India.

As the senior technology representative in India, you will play a critical role in driving engineering excellence, strengthening strategic partnerships, leading transformation initiatives and ensuring alignment with the organisation's global technology vision.

The Opportunity

Working closely with the CTO and Global Technology Leadership Team, you will:

• Act as the strategic technology leadership representative within India.
• Drive the execution of engineering strategy across a large offshore technology organisation.
• Strengthen alignment between UK technology leadership and India-based engineering teams.
• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders, engineering leaders and strategic technology partners.
• Champion engineering excellence, modern software development practices and high-performance technology culture.
• Lead governance, operational effectiveness and delivery assurance across multiple engineering portfolios.
• Influence large-scale technology transformation programmes spanning platforms, operating models and engineering practices.
• Ensure technology operations align with enterprise security, risk and compliance standards.

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a proven technology leader who has built their career through engineering and technology leadership roles and is comfortable operating within complex, large-scale enterprise environments.

You will bring:

• Significant experience leading engineering organisations within large enterprise technology environments.
• Strong technical credibility and a deep understanding of modern software engineering practices.
• Experience managing strategic relationships with global technology service providers and outsourced delivery partners.
• A track record of influencing large-scale engineering organisations, ideally supporting teams of 1,000+ engineers.
• Experience operating within global delivery, offshore or UK–India technology models.
• Success leading engineering transformation, organisational change and performance improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• The ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities while maintaining strategic focus.

Highly Desirable

• Experience within retail, consumer, eCommerce or customer‑facing digital businesses.
• Exposure to building, scaling or leading Global Capability Centres (GCCs) or captive technology organisations.
• Multi‑vendor technology environment experience.
• Previous experience partnering with UK or European technology leadership teams.
• Experience driving engineering excellence, governance and operational transformation programmes.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be recognised for:

• Strong executive presence and leadership credibility.
• The ability to influence at the highest levels of an organisation.
• Cross‑cultural leadership experience within global technology environments.
• A collaborative and people‑first leadership style.
• Strategic thinking combined with strong operational execution.
• A passion for building high‑performing engineering organisations and leadership teams.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's most respected retail organisations at a time of significant technology investment and transformation. You will have direct exposure to global technology leadership, influence technology strategy at scale and play a key role in shaping the future of a large international engineering organisation.

Travel

Regular travel to the United Kingdom will be required, including an initial immersion period with UK‑based technology teams.

Compensation

An executive‑level compensation package is on offer, including a highly competitive base salary, performance bonus and comprehensive benefits package.