Chief Technology Officer

KNR Management Consultants · India

KRAs

1. IT Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute a global IT strategy and roadmap aligned with organizational growth and expansion plans.
• Partner with senior leadership to position technology as a strategic business driver.
• Establish strong IT governance, policies, and operating frameworks across regions.
• Lead IT budgeting, cost optimization, and ROI-driven investment decisions.
• Build and manage a high-performing, globally distributed IT organization.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Proven experience developing and executing IT strategy across multiple countries/geographies is mandatory, with the ability to operate effectively across diverse business, regulatory, and cultural environments.

2. Bid & Tender Management – Government / Government Ministry

• Lead end-to-end bid and tender management for technology-led opportunities with government departments, ministries, public-sector organizations, and other institutional clients.
• Own the bid lifecycle from opportunity qualification, RFP/RFQ/RFI analysis, solutioning, technical and commercial coordination, compliance documentation, pricing inputs, and submission through clarification, negotiation, and award stages.
• Work closely with business, finance, legal, solution architects, delivery, cybersecurity, and procurement teams to build competitive, compliant, and commercially viable proposals.
• Develop and review technical proposals, statements of work, solution architectures, implementation approaches, service levels, risk assumptions, and governance models.
• Ensure adherence to government procurement requirements, tender conditions, eligibility criteria, security standards, data-protection obligations, and contractual commitments.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Mandatory experience handling bids/tenders or institutional engagements across multiple geographies, preferably involving international government, ministry or public-sector stakeholders and differing procurement/regulatory frameworks.

3. Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with global technology vendors, system integrator, strategic partners, and service providers.
• Negotiate and oversee large-scale contracts, SLAs, commercial terms, performance metrics, renewals, and service governance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to deliver business-aligned technology solutions.
• Drive stakeholder alignment across operations, compliance, and customer experience teams.

4. Merger & Acquisition (M&A) / Technology Integration

• Provide technology leadership and due diligence support for mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, joint ventures, and business integrations.
• Assess target organizations’ IT architecture, applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity posture, data landscape, technology contracts, licenses, vendors, and technical debt.
• Identify technology synergies, integration risks, cost opportunities, duplication, and transformation priorities and translate findings into actionable integration plans.
• Develop and execute post-merger technology integration roadmaps covering applications, infrastructure, data, identity/access, cybersecurity, cloud platforms, governance, and operating models.
• Partner with executive leadership, finance, legal, HR, business teams, and external advisors to ensure technology integration supports the broader deal thesis and business objectives.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Mandatory experience supporting or leading M&A/integration initiatives involving businesses, teams, systems, or stakeholders across multiple countries/geographies.

5. Digital Transformation & AI Integration

• Drive enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives across operations and customer interfaces.
• Lead adoption of AI/ML technologies, including intelligent document processing, fraud detection systems, predictive analytics, conversational AI, and automation.
• Develop scalable data platforms, analytics capabilities, and decision intelligence systems.
• Embed automation and digital-first workflows across business processes.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Experience leading transformation and AI/digital programs across international markets is essential, including coordination with global stakeholders and technology teams.

6. Global IT Infrastructure & Systems Management

• Oversee end-to-end IT infrastructure, enterprise systems, and application landscape across all global locations.
• Lead cloud transformation initiatives (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid architectures.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and resilience of mission-critical systems.
• Drive modernization through micro-services architecture, APIs, and platform engineering.
• Manage global IT operations supporting high-volume, transaction-heavy environments.

7. Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance

• Develop and implement a robust cybersecurity strategy and governance framework.
• Ensure compliance with global data protection regulations (GDPR, etc.) and government specific security requirements.
• Lead risk management, security operations, and incident response mechanisms.
• Establish and maintain business continuity and disaster recovery frameworks.
• Conduct regular security audits, vulnerability assessments, and compliance reviews.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Mandatory experience managing cybersecurity, risk, compliance, or technology governance across multiple geographies, with an understanding of differing regulatory and data-protection environments.

8. Innovation & Emerging Technologies

• Identify and implement emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence / Generative AI, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and Blockchain (where applicable).
• Establish innovation frameworks and Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
• Foster a culture of continuous innovation, experimentation, and agility.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Demonstrated ability to evaluate and scale emerging technologies in international/global operating environments is preferred.

9. Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead and mentor multicultural IT teams across geographies.
• Build strong leadership pipelines (CTO/VP/Director levels).
• Drive capability development in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and data engineering.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.

Required Qualifications

Educational Background

• Engineering Graduate (B.Tech. / BE) – Mandatory.
• Master’s degree (MBA / PGDM / M.Tech) – Preferred.

Professional Experience

• 20+ years of progressive experience in IT leadership roles.
• 8+ years in senior leadership roles (CIO / CTO / Head IT).
• Experience within listed Indian companies / large enterprises / global services organizations.
• Proven track record of managing global IT operations across multiple geographies.
• Experience in regulated industries or government-linked environments is highly desirable.
• GLOBAL EXPOSURE – Mandatory: substantial international experience leading technology functions, programs, bid and tender management, stakeholders, teams, vendors, or operations across multiple countries/geographies.