Project Manager for Network and OT transformation

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At Tech Mahindra (Tech Mahindra | Connected World, Connected Experiences), we live the philosophy of connected world and connected experiences. We thrive on change that is powered by the intelligent symphony of technology and humans designing meaningful and sustainable experiences. Consumer experiences are driving and disrupting industries like never before. Businesses must build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive the change. Change that connects us all and empowers us to deliver experiences that span across the digital, the physical, the convergent, and everything in between. That's when truly connected experiences manifest.

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Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates, and the Society to Rise. It has 150,000+ professionals working for 1000+ Global Customers (including Fortune 500 companies) in 90 Countries. We're part of the esteemed Mahindra group, headquartered in India. Under a new CEO, Tech Mahindra is committed to a transformative journey with Scale @ Speed as our guiding principle.

About the role:

Job Title: Project Manager for Network and OT transformation

Program Context

The Managed Platform forms a central pillar of company global Plant Upgrade / IT-OT Modernization Program, delivering standardized, secure, and supportable edge infrastructure across production sites.

This platform hosts OT workloads such as SCADA, CTD, and other plant-level applications and is integrated with centralized 24/7 operations, monitoring, and backup services.

Role Purpose

The consultant will serve as the project manager and rollout coordinator for the Managed OT Platform workstream.

The role ensures consistent planning, deployment, and governance of the Managed Platform across all plants in scope, aligning execution with the overall Plant Upgrade program, security standards, and central IT operations frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Global rollout leadership Plan, coordinate, and track the deployment of the Managed Platform across all regions, ensuring adherence to reference design, architecture standards, and program milestones.
• Project governance Establish and maintain rollout governance, progress tracking, and reporting to the central PMO, including schedule, risk, issue, and dependency management.
• Cross-functional alignment Collaborate with regional project teams, engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations groups to ensure smooth site implementation and handover to support.
• Vendor and partner management Coordinate with external service providers responsible for hardware supply, configuration, and support integration.
• Operational handover Ensure each site's platform is successfully transitioned to 24/7 central support, with all required monitoring, backup, and documentation in place.
• Stakeholder communication Provide executive-level progress updates, KPI tracking, and consolidated reporting to the Plant Upgrade Director.
• Continuous improvement Identify rollout bottlenecks, process inefficiencies, and technical risks, recommending corrective actions and contributing to global template enhancements.
• Compliance and readiness assurance Validate that all deployments meet corporate IT security, backup, and lifecycle management standards prior to operational acceptance.

Required Experience and Competencies

• Proven experience in large-scale infrastructure or OT/IT convergence programs, ideally across multi-site industrial environments.
• Strong background in program or project management, with a focus on global rollout coordination and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Solid understanding of OT infrastructure, edge compute platforms, virtualization, and backup/monitoring solutions (e.g., Rubrik, Cisco, VMware, CTD).
• Familiarity with ITIL or service transition frameworks and central operations handover processes.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills across technical and executive audiences.
• Fluent in English; additional languages (e.g., Chinese) are an advantage.

Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.