Job Description
About The Role Capgemini is seeking a Director level executive to
Delivery Management Lead and manage the delivery of multiple projects/programs across geographies or business units, ensuring timely, quality, and cost-effective execution. AI-Enabled Program Oversight: Drive the use of AI models, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and generative AI to enhance delivery speed, quality, and decision-making. Collaborate with AI/ML teams to ensure solution feasibility, deployment readiness, and business impact realization. Client Engagement Serve as the primary point of contact for clients on delivery matters. Build strong client relationships, manage expectations, and ensure customer satisfaction. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor project managers, tech leads, and other delivery staff. Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement. Governance & Reporting Define and enforce delivery governance frameworks. Track key delivery metrics (e.g., velocity, quality, defect leakage, SLA adherence) and provide regular updates to leadership. Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify risks and issues in delivery. Lead mitigation strategies and communicate impacts effectively to internal and external stakeholders. Process Excellence: Drive adoption of Agile, DevOps, and other delivery best practices. Continuously improve delivery efficiency, quality, and responsiveness. Financial Oversight Manage budgets, forecasts, and profitability of delivery engagements. Ensure resource optimization and cost control. Collaboration Work closely with Sales, Pre-sales, Practice, HR, and Finance teams to support growth, staffing, and operational alignment. Our Ideal Candidate They will have 15-20 years of experience with a strong project track record and demonstrated P&L contribution to sales. A Bachelors degree is required; MBA is strongly preferred. This person is motivated to deliver high-quality work to drive customer satisfaction. They use their intellect, insight, and ability to build creative solutions with clients and colleagues while embracing a collaborative mindset. Key qualifications include
Domain: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance only
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; MBA is a plus
3-5 years in a leadership or executive delivery role
Proven track record of managing complex, large-scale technology programs or portfolios
Excellent client-facing, communication, and negotiation skills
Deep understanding of project delivery methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Hybrid)
Strong knowledge of SDLC, quality frameworks, and IT operations
Ability to manage geographically distributed teams
Experience in AI
Nice to Have: PMP / SAFe / ITIL or similar certifications
Experience in cloud migration, digital transformation, or product implementation
Prior experience working in a global delivery model (onsite-offshore)
Job Classification
Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area / Department: Project & Program Management
Role Category: Technology / IT
Role: Principal Program Manager
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Capgemini
Location(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills:
it operations
project delivery
agile
sdlc
delivery methodologies
client engagement
process excellence
cloud migration
delivery leadership
financial services
pmp
delivery management
waterfall
devops
team leadership
scrum
digital transformation
itil