Role : Associate Director - Service Excellence & Program Summary :
We are seeking a seasoned Associate Director with proven expertise in delivery excellence, program mobilization, and service excellence. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing large-scale, complex, multi-technology implementations, transformations, and migrations across industries, while also acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Service Excellence and Delivery Methods.
This role is pivotal in setting up new programs for success-mobilizing the right teams, methods, and governance structures, while ensuring delivery excellence, contract compliance, and innovation adoption.
Key Responsibilities :
- Mobilize large, complex programs across diverse technology platforms.
- Set up and institutionalize processes, tools, methods, quality controls, and assets for new engagements.
- Define and manage contract deliverables, including financial structures, liability clauses, dependencies, and entry / exit criteria.
- Drive delivery excellence through agile methodologies, service excellence frameworks, quality metrics, and continuous improvement.
- Act as an SME for Service Excellence and ADM, providing guidance and decision-making support across multiple teams.
- Represent the program in client steering committees and governance forums.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and build reusable playbooks and knowledge bases.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Solutioning, CoEs, Delivery, Platform Engineering, and Recruitment to ensure seamless mobilization.
- Lead and mentor teams, fostering knowledge-sharing and skill development.
- Ensure application development initiatives align with business goals, including solution design, testing, debugging, and improvement cycles.
Must Have Qualifications :
16-20 years of experience, with strong delivery and program management background.Proven track record of mobilizing and transitioning delivery engagements at scale.Expertise in Delivery Methods (DM) and Service Excellence principles.Strong understanding of contract and commercial management principles.Agile delivery management expertise with focus on SI delivery excellence.Experience in at least one major platform (e.g., o9 Solutions).Industry exposure in one or more : Health, Products, Communications, Media, Technology, Resources, Utilities, Financial Services, Life Sciences.Functional domain knowledge in at least one : Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Customer Experience.Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions.Certifications :
Mandatory : PMI or equivalent certification (PMP, PRINCE2).Optional : Relevant platform certifications (e.g., o9, Supply Chain Platform).(ref : hirist.tech)