Regional Head of Tech Transformation

Responsibilities

• Global Program Management & Transformation Execution
• Own global program management discipline for India-linked technology transformation initiatives, ensuring clear scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, financials, and outcomes.
• Partner with the Global Head of Technology Transformation to translate enterprise transformation priorities into actionable India execution plans.
• Establish integrated program plans across global and India technology teams, ensuring alignment to enterprise roadmaps, investment priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Drive disciplined execution across complex, cross-functional programs involving application development, infrastructure, cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, operations, and enterprise platforms.
• Create transparency through executive-level reporting, program dashboards, RAID logs, dependency tracking, milestone governance, and benefits realization reporting.
• Identify execution risks early, escalate effectively, and drive resolution across matrixed stakeholder groups.
• Enterprise Agile & Delivery Governance
• Drive adoption and maturity of Enterprise Agile practices across India technology teams in alignment with global technology standards.
• Support scalable Agile operating models, including product-aligned teams, Agile release planning, quarterly planning, PI-style pla

Additional Information

Reporting To: Director, Head of Sales & Marketing Tech Shift: EMEA (1:30 pm - 10:30 pm IST) (India) About Russell Investments, Mumbai: Russell Investments is a leading outsourced financial partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 90-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm is "Top 12 Ranked Consultant (2009-2024)" in P&I survey 2024 with $962 billion in assets under advisement (as of December 31, 2025) and $376.9 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2025) for clients in 30 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington in the United States, Russell Investments has offices around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai - and has opened a new office in Mumbai, India in June 2023. Joining the Mumbai office is an incredible opportunity to work closely with global stakeholders to support the technology and infrastructure that drives the investment and trading processes of a globally recognized asset management firm. Be part of the team based out of Goregaon (East) and contribute to the foundation and culture of the firm's growing operations in India. The Mumbai office operates with varying shifts to accommodate time zones around the world. For more information, please visit https://www.russellinvestments.com . Job Description: We are seeking a senior COO / Technology Transformation Lead, India - Global Technology to drive operational discipline, enterprise Agile maturity, global program management, technology-finance alignment, and transformation execution across the India technology organization. This is a senior individual contributor role . The successful candidate will not be primarily accountable for direct people management but will be expected to operate with significant influence across a complex global matrix. The role serves as a transformation execution partner to the Head of India Technology & Application Development and works closely with the Global Head of Technology Transformation to ensure India technology initiatives are aligned to enterprise priorities, global transformation roadmaps, financial plans, delivery commitments, and measurable business outcomes. The role will act as the execution engine for India technology transformation-bringing structure, transparency, governance, and delivery discipline across a growing India technology footprint. This includes responsibility for global program management, enterprise Agile execution, portfolio governance, capacity planning, cost transparency, benefits tracking, operating model maturity, and cross-functional dependency management. This role carries a clear build vs. run mandate : supporting stable, efficient, and well-controlled technology operations while helping scale India into a strategic global technology capability hub. The role requires deep experience in Global Capability Center operating models , technology transformation, enterprise Agile, technology financial management, and matrix-based execution. Operating within a global matrix organization, this leader will partner across engineering, application development, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, finance, enterprise architecture, risk, and business stakeholders to ensure transformation initiatives are well-governed, properly funded, financially transparent, and delivered with strong execution discipline.

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