Description:

Role Overview:

- The Head of Digital / India Delivery Head - Automotive Digital will be responsible for leading and scaling end-to-end digital delivery for automotive clients across India and global markets.

- This role is a senior leadership position accountable for large-scale delivery operations, technology strategy, client partnerships, and financial performance across automotive digital engineering programs.

- The incumbent will drive innovation across connected vehicles, software-defined vehicles, embedded and mechanical engineering, and next-generation digital platforms, while ensuring operational excellence, delivery governance, and sustainable business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Digital Delivery Leadership

- Own and lead end-to-end delivery for large automotive digital engineering portfolios across OEMs and Tier-1 clients.

- Manage complex, multi-year, multi-geo delivery programs covering connected vehicles, embedded software, digital engineering, and automotive platforms.

- Ensure consistent delivery excellence through robust governance models, quality frameworks, and risk management practices.

- Scale delivery operations in line with business growth, ensuring optimal utilization, productivity, and margin performance.

Technology & Domain Leadership

- Provide strategic direction across automotive digital domains including connected vehicles, ADAS-supporting platforms, embedded systems, vehicle software, digital twins, PLM, and cloud-enabled automotive solutions.

- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices such as Agile, SAFe, DevOps, CI/CD, model-based development, and software-defined vehicle architectures.

- Collaborate with technology leaders to define and execute roadmaps for next-generation automotive digital solutions.

- Ensure alignment of engineering capabilities with evolving OEM and Tier-1 technology roadmaps.

Client & Stakeholder Management

- Act as the senior-most delivery escalation point for key GCC automotive clients in India and global stakeholders.

- Build long-term strategic relationships with CXOs, engineering heads, and program sponsors at OEMs and Tier-1s.

- Partner with sales and account leadership to support business development, solutioning, and large deal pursuits.

- Ensure high client satisfaction through proactive engagement, transparency, and outcome-driven delivery.

People & Organizational Leadership

- Lead and inspire large, diverse delivery organizations of 500+ engineers across multiple locations.

- Build strong leadership benches and succession plans across delivery, engineering, and program management roles.

- Drive a high-performance culture focused on accountability, innovation, continuous learning, and talent retention.

- Champion diversity, inclusion, and employee engagement initiatives across the delivery organization.

Financial & Business Management

- Own P&L for the automotive digital delivery portfolio, including revenue growth, margins, and cost optimization.

- Drive operational efficiencies through automation, tooling, and optimized delivery models.

- Establish and monitor KPIs for delivery performance, financial health, quality, and customer satisfaction.

- Support strategic planning, annual operating plans, and long-term growth strategies for the automotive digital business.

Required Experience & Skills:

Experience

- 20-25 years of experience in IT services, engineering services, or digital engineering organizations.

- Minimum 8+ years in senior delivery leadership roles managing large-scale, complex programs.

- Proven experience leading automotive digital delivery for OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.

- Strong background in managing India-based delivery for global automotive clients and GCC models.

Domain Expertise (Must Have)

- Automotive digital engineering, connected vehicles, embedded systems, or mechanical/digital engineering.

- Exposure to automotive software platforms, vehicle electronics, and end-to-end product engineering lifecycles.

Leadership & Management

- Demonstrated ability to lead and scale organizations of 500+ engineers.

- Strong delivery governance, program management, and operational excellence expertise.

- Proven capability in managing senior stakeholders across geographies and cultures.

Business & Financial Acumen

- Strong understanding of P&L management, delivery economics, and commercial models.

- Experience supporting large deals, renewals, and strategic account growth.

Communication & Influence

- MBA from a tire -1 or tire -2 institute is required

- Excellent client-facing communication and executive presentation skills.

- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, internal leadership, and external partners.

Educational Qualifications

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering Computer Science, Electronics, or related disciplines preferred