Job Title: CTO - Product Lead
City: Bengaluru
State/Province: Karnataka
Posting Start Date: 8/13/26
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
Role Purpose
The purpose of the role is to create exceptional product architectural design for the existing and new products and enable delivery teams to provide exceptional client engagement and satisfaction.
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Do
Develop architectural designs for the new and existing products
Define product requirements and design needs by displaying complete understanding of product vision and business requirements
Understand market- driven business needs and objectives; technology trends and requirements to define architecture requirements and strategy
Create a product-wide architectural design that ensures systems are scalable, reliable, and compatible with different deployment options
Develop theme-based Proof of Concepts (POCs) in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the product idea and realise it as a viable one
Analyze, propose and implement the core technology strategy for product development
Conduct impact analyses of changes and new requirements on the product development effort
Provide solutioning of RFPs received from clients and ensure overall product design assurance as per business needs
Collaborate with sales, development, consulting teams to reconcile solutions to architecture
Analyse technology environment, enterprise specifics, client requirements to set a product solution design framework/ architecture
Provide technical leadership to the design, development and implementation of custom solutions through thoughtful use of modern technology
Define and understand current state product features and identify improvements, options & tradeoffs to define target state solutions
Clearly articulate, document and sell architectural targets, recommendations and reusable patterns and accordingly propose investment roadmaps
Validate the solution/ prototype from technology, cost structure and customer differentiation point of view
Identify problem areas and perform root cause analysis of architectural design and solutions and provide relevant solutions to the problem
Tracks industry and application trends and relates these to planning current and future IT needs
Provides technical and strategic input during the product deployment at the client site
Support Delivery team during the product deployment process and resolve complex issues
Collaborate with delivery team to develop a product validation and performance testing plan as per the business requirements and specifications.
Identifies implementation risks and potential impacts.
Maintain product roadmap and provide timely inputs for product upgrades as per the market needs
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Enable Delivery Teams by providing optimal delivery solutions/ frameworks
Build and maintain relationships with executives, technical leaders, product owners, peer architects and other stakeholders to become a trusted advisor
Develops and establishes relevant technical, business process and overall support metrics (KPI/SLA) to drive results
Identify technical, process, structural risks and prepare a risk mitigation plan for the product
Ensure quality assurance of all the architecture or design decisions and provides technical mitigation support to the delivery teams
Leads the development and maintenance of enterprise framework and related artefacts
Develops trust and builds effective working relationships through respectful, collaborative engagement across individual product teams
Ensure optimal Client Engagement
Support pre-sales team while presenting the entire product design and its principles to the client
Negotiate, manage and coordinate with the client teams to ensure all requirements are met and create an impact of solution proposed
Demonstrate thought leadership with strong technical capability in front of the client to win the confidence and act as a trusted advisor
Competency Building and Branding
Ensure completion of necessary trainings and certifications
Develop Proof of Concepts (POCs),case studies, demos etc. for new growth areas based on market and customer research
Develop and present a point of view of Wipro on product design and architect by writing white papers, blogs etc.
Attain market referencability and recognition through highest analyst rankings, client testimonials and partner credits
Be the voice of WiproâÃÂÃÂs Thought Leadership by speaking in forums (internal and external)
Mentor developers, designers and Junior architects for their further career development and enhancement
Contribute to the architecture practice by conducting selection interviews etc
Team Management
Resourcing
Anticipating new talent requirements as per the market/ industry trends or client requirements
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Talent Management
Ensure adequate onboarding and training for the team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool and ensure their career progression within the organization
Manage team attrition
Drive diversity in leadership positions
Performance Management
Set goals for the team, conduct timely performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to own direct reports
Ensure that the Performance Nxt is followed for the entire team
Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
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Deliver
No. Performance Parameter Measure
1. Product design and development CSAT, quality of design/ architecture, FTR, delivery as per cost, quality and timeline, POC review and standards
2. Capability development % trainings and certifications completed, mentor technical teams, Thought leadership content developed (white papers, Wipro PoVs)
3. Team Management Team attrition %, Employee satisfaction score
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Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention. Come to Wipro. Realize your ambitions.
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