Head of Technology – India /n Location: Chennai, India /n Reporting To: CTO / Global Technology Leadership Team /n Lead Technology at Scale for a Major FTSE 100 Retail Organisation /n We are partnering with one of the UK's most recognised FTSE 100 retail organisations to appoint a Head of Technology – India, a pivotal leadership role that will serve as the bridge between global technology leadership and a large-scale India engineering organisation. /n This is a unique opportunity for an accomplished technology executive to influence the direction, performance and culture of a technology function comprising more than 1,200 engineers while partnering closely with senior leadership across the UK and India. /n As the senior technology representative in India, you will play a critical role in driving engineering excellence, strengthening strategic partnerships, leading transformation initiatives and ensuring alignment with the organisation's global technology vision. /n The Opportunity /n Working closely with the CTO and Global Technology Leadership Team, you will: /n /n

- Act as the strategic technology leadership representative within India.

/n

- Drive the execution of engineering strategy across a large offshore technology organisation.

/n

- Strengthen alignment between UK technology leadership and India-based engineering teams.

/n

- Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders, engineering leaders and strategic technology partners.

/n

- Champion engineering excellence, modern software development practices and high-performance technology culture.

/n

- Lead governance, operational effectiveness and delivery assurance across multiple engineering portfolios.

/n





- Influence large-scale technology transformation programmes spanning platforms, operating models and engineering practices.

/n

- Ensure technology operations align with enterprise security, risk and compliance standards.

/n /n What We're Looking For /n We are seeking a proven technology leader who has built their career through engineering and technology leadership roles and is comfortable operating within complex, large-scale enterprise environments. /n You will bring: /n /n

- Significant experience leading engineering organisations within large enterprise technology environments.

/n

- Strong technical credibility and a deep understanding of modern software engineering practices.

/n

- Experience managing strategic relationships with global technology service providers and outsourced delivery partners.

/n

- A track record of influencing large-scale engineering organisations, ideally supporting teams of 1,000+ engineers.

/n

- Experience operating within global delivery, offshore or UK–India technology models.

/n

- Success leading engineering transformation, organisational change and performance improvement initiatives.

/n

- Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

/n

- The ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities while maintaining strategic focus.

/n /n Highly Desirable /n /n





- Experience within retail, consumer, eCommerce or customer-facing digital businesses.

/n

- Exposure to building, scaling or leading Global Capability Centres (GCCs) or captive technology organisations.

/n

- Multi-vendor technology environment experience.

/n

- Previous experience partnering with UK or European technology leadership teams.

/n

- Experience driving engineering excellence, governance and operational transformation programmes.

/n /n Leadership Profile /n The successful candidate will be recognised for: /n /n

- Strong executive presence and leadership credibility.

/n

- The ability to influence at the highest levels of an organisation.

/n

- Cross-cultural leadership experience within global technology environments.

/n

- A collaborative and people-first leadership style.

/n

- Strategic thinking combined with solid operational execution.

/n

- A passion for building high-performing engineering organisations and leadership teams.

/n /n Why This Role? /n This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's most respected retail organisations at a time of significant technology investment and transformation. You will have direct exposure to global technology leadership, influence technology strategy at scale and play a key role in shaping the future of a large international engineering organisation. /n Travel /n Regular travel to the United Kingdom will be required, including an initial immersion period with UK-based technology teams. /n Compensation /n An executive-level compensation package is on offer, including a highly competitive base salary, performance bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

📌 Head of Information Technology (Thoothukudi)
🏢 Talink
📍 Thoothukudi