Vikas Jain

About Vikas Jain

25+ Years of Strong Experience in Strategizing, Designing/Architecting, Planning, Implementing, Supporting, Optimising and Transforming GLOBAL IT for various Large Size clients across all the major sectors of the Industry. A seasoned Technology & Management executive with an outcome focused proven track record of serving Leadership to Strategize, start & scale / transform and build capabilities and consistently deliver beyond expectations. Driving innovation by leveraging the latest technologies, nurturing & sustaining relationships, Effective Stakeholders Management, Building & developing high performing global talent, Curating and shaping organization culture and encouraging the dynamic adoption. Strong experience on Building and executing IT strategies to support dynamic business needs. Responsible to drive IT investments to the value based business outcomes for the organisation. Demonstrated the ability to create/manage/lead large teams while building consensus and developing a vision for success. Solid experience on managing Multi-million dollars complex projects and global clients. Driving large size/Complex \"Cloud First\" and \"Digital Transformational\" projects for Organizations, customers & clients. Efficiently developing and managing strong CXOs level relationships. Demonstrates Success through following specialties: Strategy & Vision Formulation & Execution Digital Transformation – Services, Technology, Business Processes and People Enterprise Architecture Management Global Enterprise Service Delivery Management & IT Operations Organization Change Management Global Integrated Capabilities Setup / Scale-up Intelligent Operations through Hyper Automation Optimization - Technology, Processes and Services Strong Financials/Budget Management - Driving high Optimizations People Coach/Mentor - Led the team of 150+ Global high performing talent Solid Presentation & Communication Skills Strong Vendors Management & Contract Reviews Lead Auditor - ISO 27001 - Driving CompliancesStrong Technologist and SuperFast learner to adopt any Dynamic changes in the environment. Demonstrable leadership capabilities in managing Organisations changes, complex business challenges, maintaining customer & partner relationships to strategically transform & secure profitable business, and making high-stake decisions within fast-paced, high-pressure environments using experience-backed judgment & strong work-ethics. Strong Combination of \"Speed\",\"Quality\" and \"Efficiency\".

Experience

1. Senior Director - Cloud and Enterprise Technology Services & Digital Transformation

   PwC India

   Apr 2023 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Vikas heads the Enterprise Technology Services(10+ domains/services) at PwC India. His responsibilities include :1. Build and execute IT strategies to support dynamic business needs (for PwC internal and 350+ external clients).2. Responsible to drive IT investments to the value based business outcomes for the organisation3. Drive complex large size programs(10+ Digital Transformations projects) across all Tech & Security domains4. Responsible for devising IT policies and ensuring compliance on all external/internal audits.5. Lead Infra architect to design HA and DR enabled Cloud and Onprem Infrastructure solutions. Expert on Digital Transformation and driving the digitization of the platforms - Automation, DevOps, RPA, AI, Machine learning and Data Analytics technologies7. Infra Optimisation lead - Responsible to drive efficiency across technology platforms, Processes and People aspects of IT services. Lead technologies adoption and ensure right digital tools are used for the stabilization of environments9. Responsible for managing budgets and performing cost management to run all my Infra services efficiently and effectively(with high ROI).10. Effective stakeholders Management - Driving interactions with top management layer(CXOs) and industry leaders to support business operation.11. Responsible for managing 10+ Domains/Tech services(Datacenter operations, Servers Operations, Cloud design, Architecting & Deliveries(Azure & AWS), On prem to cloud migrations, Virtualization services (VMWARE, Hyper V.), Identity and Access Management, Messaging and collaboration Services, Storage Management services, Backup Services, Archival Services etc.12. Responsible for Vendors relationship management (Hardware, Software, Services & cloud OEMs) including contracts reviews. Identity and drive service improvement plans to improve process es, technologies and people aspects encouraging preventive mindset. People developer & Transformations coach

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad)

  Strategic Thinking and Leadership Program, Organizational Leadership

• Victor Convent School

  10th, All Subjects

• Victor Convent Higher Secondary School Percent

  12th, Maths

• Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE (Gold Medalist), Electronics

• PricewaterhouseCoopers with multiple Global Universities

  Toward Leadership Program, Strategic Leadership

• Indian School of Business

  Leadership Executive Program - Driving Profitable Growth Strategic and Transformational leadership, Executive Leadership Program

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, Business Administration and Management, General

  2014 — 2016