General Manager-Digital, Enterprise Architecture

Key Deliverables in this role -

Financial Outcomes

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap to support business strategy and digital transformation goals.

Customer Service

• Foster an architecture-driven culture across IT and business teams.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders on digital technology trends and opportunities.
• Collaborate with business units (Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing) to understand the enterprise requirements
• Work closely with project managers, product owners, solution architects, and vendors to drive project delivery.

Internal Process

• Define, implement, and enforce architectural principles, standards, and guidelines.
• Lead architecture review boards and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Establish frameworks for data security, privacy, scalability, and interoperability.
• Evaluate and recommend best-fit technologies (cloud platforms, analytics, automation tools) suited for FMCG business needs.
• Ensure seamless integration of new solutions with legacy systems.
• Oversee design of end-to-end digital solutions

Innovation and Learning

• Driving Innovation Through Stability: By ensuring seamless and stable performance of our core platforms & applications
• Drive innovation pilots and proofs-of-concept to demonstrate business value.

Critical success factors for the Role -

• B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science or IT or MBA
• 12–15 years of experience in product engineering/application development/enterprise architecture, preferably within FMCG or manufacturing sectors.
• Strong understanding of Value chain including Sales & Supply chain
• Proven track record in architecting large-scale digital transformation programs.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), integration frameworks (APIs/Middleware), data analytics, cybersecurity.