Governance Head - CEO Office - IT

Job Description:

- The Governance Head - CEO Office operates as a strategic extension of the CEO, responsible for establishing, running, and enforcing enterprise-wide governance, operating cadence, and leadership accountability.

- This role ensures organizational discipline, delivery predictability, risk visibility, and execution alignment across portfolios, while explicitly staying out of day-to-day operations.

Role Purpose:

To institutionalize governance, decision discipline, and execution rigor across the organization, enabling the CEO to drive growth and strategy with confidence, clarity, and control.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and operate enterprise governance frameworks across Portfolios, Delivery, and Support functions.

- Own CEO / Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly with outcome-driven dashboards.

- Ensure portfolio-level predictability on revenue, delivery, utilization, and risk.

- Act as custodian of decision-rights, escalation models, and accountability tracking.

- Identify cross-portfolio risks, dependencies, and systemic bottlenecks.

- Drive compliance posture (ISO, SOC, internal controls) as an enabler, not a blocker.

- Enforce leadership discipline through structured reviews and follow-through.

- Prepare concise, forward-looking CEO briefs with risks, trade-offs, and decision asks.

What This Role Owns:

- Governance cadence and quality.

- Leadership accountability tracking.

- Portfolio health visibility.

- Enterprise risk and compliance posture.

- Decision escalation integrity.

What This Role Does NOT Own:

- Day-to-day delivery execution.

- Sales closures or account ownership.

- People management within delivery teams.

- Operational firefighting.

Key Stakeholders:

- CEO and Executive Committee.

- Portfolio Heads (Automotive, IoT, Smart Devices, Compute).

- Service Delivery Leadership.

- Finance, HR, TA, Business Operations.

Success Metrics (1218 months):

- Predictable revenue and delivery metrics across portfolios.

- Reduction in unplanned escalations reaching CEO.

- Improved review quality and leadership preparedness.

- Compliance maturity without delivery slowdown.

- Clear ownership and closure of cross-functional issues.

Required Experience & Skills:

- 15+ years in Governance, Delivery Excellence, Program Management, or Enterprise Operations.

- Strong experience working with CEO / CXO stakeholders.

- Deep understanding of engineering services or technology organizations.

- Proven ability to influence without authority.

- Strong judgment, structured thinking, and executive communication skills.

- Experience with ISO, SOC, internal audits, or enterprise governance preferred.