Solutions Manager

HCL Technologies Limited; Dadri; On-site; INR 400,000 - 680,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking an experienced Solution Manager for Digital Platforms and AI to oversee strategic digital platform programs, CMS operations, and integrations across enterprise websites.

The role entails translating business needs into scalable technical solutions, guiding architecture reviews, and coordinating cross-functional teams including front-end, backend, and security disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience with Drupal-based enterprise platforms and CMS operations.
• Experience with large-scale digital websites and integrations.
• Understanding of traditional, decoupled, and headless CMS architectures and API-driven content delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple digital platform programs and CMS operations across websites and integrations.
• Coordinate end-to-end from requirements to implementation and stabilization.
• Provide technical guidance for Drupal-based platforms and headless architectures.

Skills

Drupal expert

CMS architecture

API integrations

Headless CMS

AI/GenAI concepts

Cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD

React/Next.js

Solutioning/architecture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS/IT

Tools

Drupal

REST APIs

AWS/Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Solution Manager – Digital Platforms and AI

Solutions with a strong background in technical program management, digital

platform operations, CMS expertise, technical solutioning, and emerging

technology.

The role will support the Digital Experience function in managing multiple

workstreams across the corporate website and digital experience ecosystem,

including platform operations, business enhancements, CMS activities, integrations,

modernization initiatives, AI-enabled capabilities, and security and technology

The candidate should be able to translate business problems into practical

technical solutions, coordinate execution across multiple internal and external

teams, manage operational priorities and dependencies, and ensure initiatives

progress from requirement definition through implementation and stabilization.

The role requires an individual with prior hands-on technology experience who has

progressed into program ownership, technical solutioning, operational

management, and cross-functional coordination. The candidate should also

demonstrate strategic thinking and the ability to identify opportunities to improve

platform scalability, operational efficiency, digital experience, and business impact.

This is not a core development role; however, the candidate must retain sufficient

technical depth to review architecture and implementation approaches, guide

development teams and partners, troubleshoot complex issues, and evaluate

emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple digital platform programs and operational workstreams covering website enhancements, business requirements, CMS operations, integrations, platform improvements, modernization, and technology initiatives.
• Own end-to-end coordination of assigned initiatives from requirement understanding and current-state technical assessment through solutioning, planning, implementation, testing, release, and post-launch stabilization.
• Translate business requirements and operational challenges into structured, scalable, secure, maintainable, and technically feasible solutions across enterprise websites, digital platforms, CMS capabilities, integrations, and AIenabled solutions implementation estimates, risks, dependencies, and delivery plans proposed by internal development teams and external technology partners.
• Manage ongoing CMS and website operations, ensuring BAU activities, enhancements, releases, platform changes, dependencies, and business support requirements are appropriately prioritized and coordinated.
• Identify operational gaps, recurring issues, process inefficiencies, and delivery constraints, and recommend improvements to enhance platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Identify architectural limitations, technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and technology dependencies, and recommend appropriate solutions to improve platform performance, scalability, maintainability, and resilience.
• Support strategic planning and contribute to the evolution of the digital platform roadmap by evaluating business priorities, technology opportunities, platform dependencies, modernization requirements, and emerging capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight for Drupal-based platforms, oversight, integrations, upgrades, APIs, headless architectures, and modernization initiatives without operating as a full-time/core developer.
• Support headless and API-driven digital architectures and work closely with frontend, backend, architecture, infrastructure, security, and integration teams to ensure effective implementation and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Identify and drive opportunities to apply Generative AI, agentic AI, automation, and emerging technologies across digital experiences, search, personalization, content operations, platform workflows, and enterprise business processes.
• Design, develop, guide, or support the creation of AI proofs of concept, AI agents, prototypes, and AI-enabled workflows aligned with defined business and digital requirements.
• Evaluate AI and emerging technology solutions for technical feasibility, business relevance, accuracy, reliability, security scalability, governance, maintainability, and operational readiness.
• Guide development teams and external technology partners, challenge technical recommendations as needed, and ensure proposed solutions align with the agreed architecture, enterprise standards, business requirements, and.
• Coordinate with Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Analytics, SEO, development teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and other partners to manage and resolve technical, operational, and delivery dependencies.
• Support troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex application, CMS, platform, performance, integration, and operational issues.
• Maintain appropriate technical and operational documentation that covers solution approaches, architectural decisions, workflows, dependencies, risks, implementation requirements, operational procedures, and key platform knowledge.
• Clearly communicate program status, technical solutions, architectural recommendations, AI concepts, implementation approaches, risks, dependencies, and strategic opportunities to business stakeholders, senior management, and leadership.

Technical Expertise and Experience

• Strong experience working with Drupal-based enterprise platforms, including content architecture, modules, integrations, upgrades, APIs, and dependency management.
• Experience working with enterprise CMS platforms and large-scale digital websites with complex business, technology, integration, and operational requirements.
• Strong understanding of traditional, decoupled, and headless CMS architectures, API-driven content delivery models, and modern digital platform
• Good understanding of modern web technologies and architectures, including React, Next.js, Node.js, PHP, REST APIs, and related frontend/backend integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and enterprise AI application development, including practical experience with AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Understanding of prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and related AI architecture patterns.
• Experience integrating LLMs and AI capabilities with enterprise applications, APIs, CMS platforms, search systems, workflow platforms, and enterprise data sources.
• Ability to develop or guide AI proofs of concept and evaluate AI solutions from accuracy, reliability, security, scalability, governance, operational readiness, and business-value perspectives.
• Exposure to OpenAI APIs, Azure OpenAI, or equivalent enterprise AI platforms would be preferred.
• Working knowledge of cloud-hosted enterprise applications, preferably across AWS and/or Azure environments.
• Good understanding of CI/CD, enterprise application environments, security controls, and operational support requirements.

Functional and Leadership Competencies

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills.
• Ability to convert business requirements and conceptual ideas into structured technical solutions and implementation approaches.
• Ability to manage multiple technical initiatives, dependencies, development teams, and technology partners simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management capabilities.
• Ability to independently review and constructively challenge technical solutions and recommendations.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive technical initiatives from concept and evaluation through implementation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for business and non-technical stakeholders.
• Confident presentation skills with the ability to articulate technical viewpoints, recommendations, opportunities, and risks to senior management and leadership.
• Ability to work effectively across business, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, and partner teams without requiring direct reporting authority.

Experience and Qualification

• 9–10 years of overall technology experience with a strong foundation in enterprise web application development and digital platforms.
• Minimum 7-8 years of experience working with Drupal or similar enterprise CMS platforms.
• Prior hands-on development experience, with demonstrated progression into technical leadership, solutioning, architecture, or technical management responsibilities.
• Experience working on large-scale enterprise websites, CMS platforms, or digital experience applications.
• Demonstrable experience in AI/GenAI projects, AI agents, prototypes, intelligent search, automation, or related AI-enabled capabilities.
• Experience guiding development teams and working with external vendors or implementation partners.
• Experience interacting directly with business stakeholders, senior management, and leadership teams.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology,