Program Director

Infosys; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys is seeking a Principal/Lead Consultant – Program Director Project Management with extensive Agile and SAFe experience. The role requires steering large programs, mentoring consultants, and collaborating with client teams, vendors, and executives. MBA preferred with PMO and transformation expertise.

Ideal candidates will have 10–20 years post-MBA, strong banking/financial services exposure, and certifications like PMP/SAFe/PRINCE2. Strong WBS/RBS, and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

• MBA from a top-tier institution.
• Proven track record leading large programs as PM/Program Head.
• Experience in Management Consulting with top firms.
• Led 8+ large-scale business/technology transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead as Project Head for large programs with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to firm-building initiatives.
• Collaborate with client, vendor, and stakeholder teams to deliver on-time, on-budget value.
• Drive transformation programs and agile delivery using structured methodologies.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

SAFe Framework

Mentoring

Stakeholder Mgmt

PMO Leadership

Transformation Management

WBS/RBS

CxO Engagement

Banking Industry

Vendor Management

Jira

Changepoint

Education

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Jira

Clarizen

Clarity

Planview

Changepoint

Job description

Principal/Lead Consultant – Program Director Project Management: Experience in agile methodologies, have led as Project Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master roles within SAFe projects and helped build Agile Ways of working transformation programs for client IT organizations. Proven ability to lead teams and be committed to mentor junior consultants. Should be able to collaborate and work across client teams, vendor, stakeholders etc. At least one recognized project management certification (e.g., PMI-PMP, SAFe, PRINCE2, CAPM, CSM). Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Power-point, Excel and PM Tools like Jira, Clarizen, Clarity, Change-point, Planview etc.

• Experience: 10-20 years, with at least 6+ years of leading large programs working with top-tier consulting firms post MBA preferable in Project Management/Program Management/PMO/Transformation Realization Office specializing in banking and financial institutions.
• An MBA from a top-tier institution.
• Experience in Management Consulting preferable with big 4 firms and other IT enabled services equivalent firms.
• Proven experience in leading at least 8 large-scale business transformation or technology-enabled transformation programs as a project head. Demonstrated ability to manage extensive teams, foster strong client relationships, and execute complex programs on time, within budget, and delivering measurable value.
• Fluency with local language and a proven track record of client relationship management in the countries of hiring.
• Experience of working on high value projects which involve high level of interaction with CxOs and Top management executives with good relationship with local banks/ FIs and sales experience in local market.
• Expertise in developing and managing comprehensive Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Risk Breakdown Structures (RBS) to ensure project clarity, task division, and risk identification.
• Demonstrated ability to implement and lead process-driven delivery methodologies, ensuring adherence to best practices and structured project execution.
• Be responsible for driving complex engagements for large-medium-small sized companies across the globe.
• Drive Project Management tracks and pursuits with focus on Digital offerings, Digital transformation Roadmap & Digital Innovation methodologies.
• Lead and deliver engagement focused on transformation management office and Agile work methodologies.
• Drive a customer centric mindset culture with digital exploiting potential opportunities through an innovative journey, from ideation to commercialization. Help business innovate on the future of industry to become more profitable and improve their performance, solve complex industry and market related challenges.
• Lead large scale projects through the full lifecycle, working along with cross functional delivery teams.
• Be a competency leader in driving the development and implementation of program management capabilities across the practice.
• Provide mentorship to a team of high performing consultants and actively participate in firm building initiatives including the consultant referral program.
• Drive next generation banking thought leadership, contribute to building business strategy/value-driven propositions, accelerated solution design capabilities for banking transformation engagements to deliver faster projects.
• Proactively work with product innovation teams to build cutting‑edge banking capabilities on the Finacle platform.