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Brief About the Client:

One of our clients, a leading global organization with a complex, multi-country operations footprint, is looking to hire a Digital & IT Governance Lead – AMEA to establish and lead regional governance across Digital & IT. The role will drive financial performance, portfolio governance, operational reporting, workforce planning, and compliance, working closely with senior technology leadership across multiple markets.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and lead the regional Digital & IT Governance Office, overseeing governance forums, executive dashboards, performance KPIs, and action tracking.

• Drive quarterly business reviews and group reporting, consolidating financial, operational, workforce, cybersecurity, and transformation metrics across countries.

• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, CAPEX/OPEX performance, cost optimization, savings commitments, and investment value realization.

• Lead regional vendor efficiency initiatives, tracking vendor rationalization, utilization, spend optimization, and savings targets in partnership with Procurement and country technology leaders.

• Coordinate strategic workforce planning, monitoring workforce capacity, critical skills, succession, and capability requirements.

• Oversee cybersecurity and risk governance reporting, audit findings, compliance indicators, and remediation tracking in partnership with cybersecurity leadership, without owning technical security controls.

• Maintain visibility across the regional Digital & IT portfolio, monitoring delivery performance, benefits realization, investment priorities, and strategic transformation initiatives.

• Lead cross-functional coordination across Finance, HR, Procurement, Cybersecurity, Architecture, and country technology teams, ensuring accountability and timely execution.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in IT governance, PMO, portfolio management, business performance management, or Digital & IT strategy.

• Strong experience in executive reporting, financial governance, budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, and performance management.

• Exposure to cybersecurity governance, risk management, audit coordination, and compliance reporting.

• Experience working in multinational, matrixed organizations with geographically distributed stakeholders.

• Strong expertise in governance frameworks, KPI dashboards, portfolio reporting, and management presentations; proficiency in Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint is desirable.

• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and cross-functional leadership skills, including the ability to drive outcomes without direct authority.

Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India