Pharma Program & Delivery Leader

Capgemini; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini India is seeking a Pharma Program Delivery Leader to drive end-to-end program delivery for global pharmaceutical engagements, with accountability for governance, client relationships, compliance, and growth. You will lead senior managers and multidisciplinary teams, advancing GenAI, automation, and digital engineering initiatives across distributed delivery groups.

You will partner with clients to define roadmaps and transformation outcomes, while ensuring regulatory requirements and

Qualifications

• Seasoned leader with deep expertise in Pharma/Life Sciences domain
• Large-scale program management experience
• Regulated delivery environments
• AI-led transformation
• Executive stakeholder management

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program delivery, governance, quality, risks, dependencies, financial performance, and executive escalations
• Serve as the senior India-based interface for client leadership and internal executives
• Ensure delivery with GxP, validation, quality management, data integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory requirements
• Drive GenAI, Agentic AI, automation, and engineering productivity initiatives from ideation to enterprise-scale adoption
• Lead senior managers, program managers, architects, and multidisciplinary global delivery teams
• Build organizational capability, succession plans, leadership pipelines, and reduce key resource dependencies
• Partner with clients to define transformation roadmaps, delivery strategies, and business outcomes
• Support solutioning, proposals, account expansion opportunities, and strategic growth initiatives
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality, and innovation across delivery organizations
• Ensure successful execution of large, complex, multi-workstream programs across global teams

Job description

Your Role

As a Pharma Program Delivery Leader, you will lead strategic pharmaceutical engagements with end-to-end accountability for delivery excellence, client relationships, operational governance, financial performance, regulatory compliance, and business growth. You will serve as a trusted advisor to client and Capgemini leadership teams, driving transformation initiatives and ensuring successful execution across globally distributed teams.

This role requires a seasoned leader with deep expertise in the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences domain, large-scale program management, regulated delivery environments, AI-led transformation, and executive stakeholder management. You will play a pivotal role in shaping delivery strategy, driving innovation, and supporting account growth.

In this role, you will:

• Own end-to-end program delivery, governance, quality, risks, dependencies, financial performance, and executive escalations.
• Serve as the senior India-based interface for client leadership and internal executive stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery compliance with GxP, validation, quality management systems, data integrity, audit readiness, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive GenAI, Agentic AI, automation, and engineering productivity initiatives from ideation through enterprise-scale adoption.
• Lead senior managers, program managers, architects, and multidisciplinary global delivery teams.
• Build organizational capability, succession plans, leadership pipelines, and reduce critical resource dependencies.
• Partner with clients to define transformation roadmaps, delivery strategies, and business outcomes.
• Support solutioning, proposals, account expansion opportunities, and strategic business growth initiatives.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, quality, and innovation across delivery organizations.
• Ensure successful execution of large, complex, multi-workstream programs across global teams.

What You'll Love About Working Here

• Opportunity to lead strategic transformation programs for top global Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences organizations.
• Direct engagement with senior client executives and Capgemini leadership teams.
• Exposure to cutting-edge innovations in GenAI, Agentic AI, Automation, Digital Engineering, and Data-Driven Operations.
• Leadership role in large-scale global delivery and business transformation programs.
• Opportunity to shape future-ready delivery organizations and develop high-performing teams.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, consulting excellence, and operational leadership.
• Access to Capgemini's global network of industry experts, frameworks, and emerging technologies.
• Strong career progression opportunities within a world-leading engineering and technology transformation organization.

in India

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations realize their future through technology, data, and people. With nearly 60 years of heritage, Capgemini is a responsible and diverse organization with 420,000 team members across more than 50 countries.

Capgemini in India comprises nearly 235,000 team members working across 13 locations, including Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Noida, Gurugram, and more. We deliver end-to-end services across strategy, technology, engineering, and operations.