Associate Director-Chief of Staff

Key Roles and Responsibilities of the Position:

This position will be performing these key functions to develop a strong support structure required for the smooth running of the IDC to enable the transformation: 

Program Management Office & Change Management of the following

• CTX IDC needs employee engagement at the ground level and understanding of the pulse of the engineers. 

• Once the teams are established and stable, IDC’s higher maturity journey will begin towards delivery of business outcomes. 

Chief of Staff for the AVP including budget management, being a delegate of the AVP 

Alignment to the Agile transformation objectives of CTX. 

Streamline and oversee following functions: 

• People and Culture, strategy and execution 

• Operational and Financial Data Management 

• Vendor, NPW, invoice, rosters, assets – reporting 

• Communication strategy and execution 

• Align to ATS IDC governance mechanisms to ensure smooth collaboration with the enabling functions like HR, Finance, Procurement, Real Estate, Facilities, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Communications, and IT. 

Align to ATS local CoP chapters (e.g. - Cloud, AI/ML, Digital) and horizontally, me at CTX level to deliver horizontal value: While the teams are organized as four vertical offices, there are common technology and process themes which will need to be harnessed horizontally and significant value can be delivered through: 

• Best practice sharing 

• Development of accelerators and innovations to speed-up adoption 

• Skill-building, sharing, and certifications. 

• Align to DIB-ERG chapters (Spirit, CSR, Pulse, AT&T Believes India, Women of AT&T, Well-being) to improve engagement and impact 

Role requirements: 

• Total 12+ years' experience in working in IT software industry. 

• Experience/ expertise in Vendor contract management, business and operations management and program management. 

• Excellence in employee engagement and creating employee delight. Working with a diverse workforce and helping create a highly motivated and highly performing workforce is required. 

• Experience in process transformation and adapting different processes based on organizational needs. Optimization and performance measurement with metrics is required as a demonstrated skill 

• Experience / expertise in managing large operations with large teams 

• Excellent communication skills. Has experience in public speaking and representing organization in external forums 

• Collaborate within the Agile Practice and lend support to organizational initiatives 

• Experience / expertise in leading support functions supporting large organizations 

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types 

• Track record of working with different work cultures and environments. Exposure to US based clients / partners is required 

• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence team members, peers, and senior management. Escalation and conflict management. 

• Strategic Collaboration: Developing Strategy, Setting Priorities to meet business and technology objectives by collaborating with US partners and other key stakeholders. 

• Willingness to learn and adapt to change. 

• Create / adopt strategies for workforce engagement. Make returning to office a success. This position requires in-office engagement. 

• Drive change management, workforce management, vendor management processes, financial reporting processes, roster management processes etc 

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

IND:AP:Hyderabad / Argus Bldg 4f & 5f, Sattva, Knowledge City- Adm: Argus Building, Sattva, Knowledge City

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