Transition Lead | Director

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Capgemini in India comprises nearly 175,000 team members working across 13 locations: Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Salem and Tiruchirappalli. 

About BSV

Business Services India is a global business line that maximizes our deep consulting, digital technology, and operational expertise to shape the future of business operations with intelligent automation in order to create outstanding value for our clients, for Capgemini, and for our people.
Capgemini’s Business Services has a proven reputation, documented industry and functional experience, comprehensive portfolio and collaborative engagement. 
We are highly differentiated, so the world’s leading organizations trust us to dramatically improve their business performance and shareholder value.

Why Join Capgemini?
The choices you make today lay the foundation for change tomorrow. 

Choosing Capgemini means having the opportunity to make a difference, whether for the world’s leading businesses or for society. It means getting the support you need to shape your career in the way that works for you. It means when the future doesn’t look as bright as you’d like, you have the opportunity to make change: to rewrite it. 
When you join Capgemini, you don’t just start a new job. You become part of something bigger. A diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and experts, all working together to unleash human energy through technology, for an inclusive and sustainable future. At Capgemini, people are at the heart of everything we do! You can exponentially grow your career by being part of innovative projects and taking advantage of our extensive Learning & Development programs. With us, you will experience an inclusive, safe, healthy, and flexible work environment to bring out the best 
in you! You also get a chance to make positive social change and build a better world by taking an active role in our Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives. And whilst you make a difference, you will also have a lot of fun. 

Job Description

Capgemini is seeking for a leasdersip role to primarily deliver the Transition Lead role.

Primary Skills

The ideal candidate will have 20+ years of experience in Business Process Transitions, with a proven track record of project management excellence and demonstrated contributions to P&L growth through sales and project execution. A bachelor’s degree is required, with an MBA strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
•    Portfolio Leadership: Lead and manage a diverse portfolio of transition programs, including but not limited to:
o    Transformation-led transitions
o    Lift-and-shift transitions
o    Incumbent vendor transitions
o    Staff augmentation initiatives
o    Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) models
o    Transition as a Service (TaaS)
All transitions will be executed within a structured project management framework.
•    Collaborate with Transformation teams to develop implementation plans and timelines for initiatives arising from Global design alignment and Impact Assessment workshops, ensuring Day 1 transformation initiatives are executed seamlessly.
•    Program Governance: Establish and maintain robust program governance structures at strategic, operational, and tactical levels, ensuring compliance with methodologies and tollgates.
•    Transition Excellence: Deliver high-quality transition programs within defined parameters of time, cost, and quality, while proactively managing risks and resolving issues.
•    Knowledge Transfer & Ramp-up: Demonstrate a solid understanding of business processes within scope and expertise in Knowledge Transfer (KT) and ramp-up methodologies.
•    Status Reporting & Escalation Management: Provide comprehensive transition status reporting and manage escalations to ensure seamless execution and stakeholder alignment.
•    Multi-Country and Multi-Tower Rollouts: Manage complex, large-scale transitions across multiple countries and business towers, involving significant scope, FTEs, and parallel transformation opportunities.

Secondary Skills

•    Program & Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated ability to lead complex programs and projects with industry specialization in at least one domain.
•    Transition & Transformation Leadership: Independent Proven experience managing large-scale transitions, including those involving transformation and standardization, with 200+ FTEs or more.
•    Business Process Expertise: Strong understanding of business process solutions with extensive experience in transition design and execution.
•    Leadership & Talent Development: Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to mentor, develop, and lead high-performing teams.
•    Risk Management & Problem-Solving: Proficient in proactive risk management and issue resolution, ensuring successful project outcomes.