Director – Global Innovation Centre Operations & Strategy

The Senior Manager – GIC Operations & Strategy is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of Experian's Hyderabad Global Innovation Centre (GIC).

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will serve as the operational backbone of the GIC — making sure the site's technical forums, executive programmes, infrastructure growth, and strategic initiatives run with precision and purpose.

This role is a great fit for an operations leader who is equally at home in a board-level conversation and on the floor of an engineering forum. You bring a blend of operational rigour, technical fluency, and stakeholder management skills — and you are energised by the opportunity to help scale a world-class delivery centre.

1. Technical Forums & Engineering Leadership

• Own and drive the cadence of multiple technical forums — TPM forums, Engineering Leader forums, and Architecture forums — making sure each has a structured agenda, clear outcomes, and followed on actions.
• Represent the MD's office in cross-functional technical governance, connecting delivery teams with senior leadership.
• Advance the AI reusability and silo-breaking agenda across engineering communities; track progress and raise blockers.

2. GIC Operations & Day-to-Day Management

• Manage the day-to-day operational activities of the Hyderabad GIC, working with local teams and global stakeholders to keep operations seamless.
• Partner with enabling functions — Finance, Procurement, IT, Communications, HR, Talent Acquisition, and Admin — to plan and carry out the continued scaling of the Hyderabad site.
• Build resiliency across processes to support a multi-location operations strategy and ensure business continuity.
• Coordinate with Lean Six Sigma and BU Functional Managers to identify and drive efficiency improvements.

3. Blue Optima & Developer Velocity

• Act as the coordination point between GIC leadership and Blue Optima champions across the Hyderabad centre.
• Drive a structured effort to improve VC (Velocity Coding) productivity scores — setting targets, monitoring trends, and building action plans with engineering leads.

4. Office Expansion & Infrastructure

• Lead GIC-side coordination for the planned office expansion across two new floors, working with Facilities, Procurement, IT, and vendor partners to deliver on time and within budget.
• Make sure new space aligns with workforce planning needs and GIC growth projections.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for the MD on expansion milestones and risk management.

5. Executive Events & Executive Support

• Plan and deliver all executive-level events at the Hyderabad GIC — including ExCo visits, leadership town halls, client engagement events, and MD-hosted forums.
• Manage the MD's operational needs, including multi-location travel planning, stakeholder meeting preparation, and briefing documentation.
• Engage stakeholders at a strategic level — shaping, agreeing, and driving initiatives that add value to the business.

6. Innovation, AI & Continuous Improvement

• Lead the AI reusability and cross-team collaboration agenda for Hyderabad; work with engineering and product leaders to break silos and drive measurable outcomes.
• Act as a change agent — proactively spotting opportunities for innovation, operational efficiency, and cost optimisation.
• Use operational performance metrics and historical data to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• Proven ability to manage budget forecasting and deliver within approved budgets.

Experience & Background

• 10–14 years of experience in GIC / shared services / IT operations management, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong technical background — prior experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or IT operations is highly valued.
• Proven experience managing large-scale operational or infrastructure projects (office builds, system migrations, forum governance).
• Experience working in or alongside engineering leadership in a global technology organisation.

Skills & Competencies

• Communication — you represent the MD's office and work with senior leaders, global partners, and department heads.
• Programme and project management — you manage several workstreams at once and keep them moving.
• Operational data fluency — you are comfortable working with productivity metrics, budgets, and performance dashboards.
• Collaboration — you bring diverse teams together across departments and regions without direct authority.
• Change orientation — you are energised by ambiguity, and you can create order and drive adoption of new ways of working.

Why This Role

• Work directly with the Managing Director of one of Experian's flagship GIC locations at a defining point in its growth journey.
• Shape the culture, infrastructure, and engineering community of a centre that is scaling in both headcount and strategic importance.
• Operate at the intersection of technology, strategy, and operations — no two days will look the same.
• Be part of Experian's broader mission to unlock the power of data and create a better tomorrow.

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

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