Role: Head of Automation

Designation: Associate Director /
T9
Location: Pune (Hybrid – 3 days onsite mandatory)
Experience: 15–20+ years
Reporting to: Head of Transformation

Role Overview

This is a strategic leadership role responsible for building
and scaling the enterprise automation capability. The role combines technology
depth, advisory mindset, and delivery ownership to drive next -gen
automation including Agentic AI.

Key Role Expectations

- Lead end -to -end Automation CoE
for the enterprise

- Transition from traditional RPA
to Intelligent & Agentic Automation

- Champion innovation, value
realization, and transformation

- Act as a bridge between
business, technology, and strategy

- Be a hands -on leader, not a
supervisory manager

Key Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Automation Leadership

- Define long -term automation
& AI roadmap

- Scale adoption across business
units

- Establish governance, standards,
and best practices

- Drive enterprise -level value
realization

- Improve / evolve the overall value
proposition of the existing set up.

2. Solutioning & Technology Leadership

- Provide end -to -end automation
solutioning

- Drive innovative problem solving
by leveraging optimum tools / technologies (represented below but not
limited to):

- RPA platforms (AA,
UiPath)

- AI/ML, GenAI,
Agentic frameworks

- Data engineering
& visualization

- IDP and workflow




automation

- Enable integration of automation
with enterprise tech ecosystem

3. Delivery & Value Realization

- Own program delivery across
multiple initiatives

- Track KPIs, ROI, and business
impact

- Drive continuous improvement and
optimization

- Build a strong automation pipeline

4. Stakeholder Management

- Partner with senior leaders across
functions

- Influence decision -making with
data and insights

- Drive change management and
adoption

5. Team Leadership

- Lead and develop 3 direct reports

- Build future -ready skills within
the team

- Create a high -performance,
non -supervisory culture

6. Vendor & Commercial Management

- Manage vendor ecosystem and
contracts

- Optimize cost, licensing, and
platform investments

- Drive partner -led innovation where
required

7. Innovation & Future State

- Lead transition to Agentic
Automation model

- Build automation capability as a
strategic differentiator

- Proactively showcase innovation
internally and externally

What Makes This Role Unique

- Enterprise -wide influence (not
limited to one function)

- Opportunity to shape next -gen
automation (Agentic AI)

- High visibility with senior
leadership

- Strong culture with employee -centric
approach

- Entrepreneurial setting with no
supervisory layers