Manager | DMS - Custom Development | Bengaluru | Supply Chain & Network Operations

- Job requisition ID : 107211
- Location: Bengaluru
- Entity: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP

Manager | DMS - Custom Development | Bengaluru | Supply Chain & Network Operations

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Your work profile

We are seeking an experienced Transition Manager to lead large-scale Application Management Services (AMS) and Application Transition programs for enterprise clients. The role will be responsible for planning, governing, and executing end-to-end transitions while ensuring business continuity, operational readiness, stakeholder alignment, and seamless knowledge transfer.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Transition Management Office (TMO) setup, wave-based application transitions, governance, stakeholder management, knowledge transition, and service stabilization across complex application landscapes.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and execute transition strategies, operating models, and wave-based transition roadmaps.
- Establish application selection and prioritization criteria based on business criticality, dependencies, complexity, and operational risk.
- Develop integrated transition plans, milestones, dependencies, and readiness checkpoints.
- Drive transition governance through structured stage gates and sign-off mechanisms.

- Establish and manage the Transition Management Office (TMO).
- Lead governance forums including Steering Committees, operational reviews, and executive status meetings.
- Manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and escalation processes.
- Track transition KPIs, maturity metrics, and executive dashboards.
- Lead application onboarding and transition activities across multiple waves.
- Ensure completion of knowledge transfer, access provisioning, documentation readiness,



and operational handover.
- Validate transition readiness through shadow, reverse-shadow, and hypercare phases.
- Drive service stabilization and transition exit criteria achievement.
- Build trusted relationships and drive alignment across cross-functional teams.
- Manage communication plans, executive reporting, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Facilitate decision-making and issue resolution across multiple workstreams.

- Coordinate internal delivery teams, SMEs, architects, and support resources.
- Manage resource planning, capacity forecasting, and transition staffing requirements.
- Identify and mitigate key-person dependencies and resource risks.
- Drive knowledge retention and cross-skilling initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to improve transition velocity, operational efficiency, and service maturity.
- Drive standardization, automation, and best practices across transition activities.
- Support transition maturity assessments and roadmap development toward target operating models.

Key skills required:

- 10–14 years of IT services experience with 5+ years managing application transitions or managed services transitions.
- Proven experience leading large-scale AMS, Application Support, or IT Outsourcing transitions.
- Strong understanding of transition lifecycle including KT, shadow/reverse-shadow, hypercare, and stabilization.
- Experience managing multi-application, multi-vendor, and geographically distributed teams.
- Robust governance, program management, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience with service management frameworks such as ITIL.
- Strong communication and executive presentation skills.

- Experience in setting up and leading Transition Management Offices (TMO).
- Exposure to manufacturing, automotive, retail, consumer goods, or enterprise application landscapes.
- Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery and reporting tools.
- PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL, or equivalent certifications.
- Experience in digital transformation, AMS transformation, or global delivery models.
- Education any Graduate.

📌 Manager | DMS - Custom Development | Bengaluru | Supply Chain & Network Operations (India)
🏢 Deloitte
📍 India