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Associate Director - Service Excellence & Program Mobilization

Associate Director - Service Excellence & Program Mobilization

Ara Resources Pvt LtdIndia
30+ days ago
Job description

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)

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