Protiviti
Website:
protiviti.com
Job details:
JD 1: Contract to Hire (CTH)
Role: Head of Automation (Contract to Hire – 6 Months with possibility of extension)
Designation: Principal Consultant / T9 Equivalent
Location: Pune (Hybrid – 3 days onsite mandatory)
Experience: 15+ years (flexible based on relevance)
Reporting to: Head of Transformation
Role Context
This is a critical, high-impact leadership role to anchor the Automation function for the enterprise. We are looking for a hands-on automation leader with strong advisory capability who can stabilize, guide, and elevate an existing automation ecosystem.
This position is initially a 6-month contract (CTH) with potential conversion to full-time based on performance and fit.
Key Role Expectations
- Act as a Technology Advisor + Delivery Leader (not just a program manager)
- Provide hands-on technical guidance across automation landscape
- Drive evolution from RPA-led automation = Intelligent + Agentic Automation
- Engage with senior stakeholders and influence strategy
- Lead a large, hybrid team (FTE + vendors)
- Build and demonstrate “Art of Possible” across automation use cases
Core Responsibilities
1. Automation Strategy & Advisory
- Define and drive enterprise-wide automation roadmap
- Evaluate problems tool-agnostically and recommend best-fit solutions
- Identify and scale use cases leveraging tools / technologies below (represented and not exhaustive)
- RPA (Automation Anywhere, UiPath)
- Scripting (Python)
- Data (Alteryx, Power BI)
- AI/ML & GenAI
- IDP (Intelligent Document Processing)
- Power Platform
- Emerging Agentic AI
- Showcase automation value to leadership forums
- Improve / evolve the overall value proposition of the existing set up.
2. Delivery & Platform Governance
- Oversee delivery across automation programs (quality, timelines, value)
- Manage platform ecosystem (licenses, upgrades, vendor coordination)
- Ensure automation support, stability, and service management
- Drive citizen development enablement
3. Stakeholder & Influence Leadership
- Partner with business and non-tech stakeholders (both at PGS and across Enterprise) to define problem statements
- Present solutions and value proposition to senior leadership
- Demonstrate outcomes and ROI (hard value delivery mindset)
- Operate effectively in a matrix environment
4. Team & Vendor Leadership
- Manage 3 direct reports
- Guide and mentor next-line leaders (T6/T7)
- Manage vendor partners, contracts, and commercials
5. Transformation & Innovation
- Anchor shift toward Agentic Automation Delivery
- Drive experimentation and innovation across tools
- Build a culture of continuous upskilling and curiosity
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