Job Title: Director- Energy Downstream
City: Bengaluru
State/Province: Karnataka
Posting Start Date: 7/29/26
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.
About the Role:
Wipro Consulting is seeking a Partner with deep domain expertise in the Chemicals industry to drive growth, client impact, and digital transformation engagements for the US Markets. This leader will bring strong subject matter knowledge across chemical manufacturing, operations, and supply chain, while leveraging digital technologies—including AI, data, and advanced analytics —to solve complex business problems for global clients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead client engagements focused on manufacturing excellence, new product innovation, process optimization, sustainability, and regulatory compliance .
- Design and implement AI/ML-enabled solutions for predictive maintenance, pricing optimization, digital R&D, demand forecasting, safety, and ESG reporting.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver end-to-end digital transformation programs .
- Build and nurture relationships with industry bodies, technology partners, and thought leaders to advance Wipro’s chemicals practice.
- Mentor and grow consulting teams with deep domain and digital capabilities.
- Research, distill and present value propositions for customers including assembling marketing collateral and targeted campaigns.
Qualifications:
- Master’s or PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline (strong preference).
- 18+ years of experience in the Chemicals industry and/or consulting with proven impact in manufacturing, R&D, or commercial operations.
- Strong understanding of chemical processes, specialty vs. commodity segments, and industry trends (e.g., sustainability, digital plants, digital R&D).
- Demonstrated track record of delivering digital and AI-enabled transformation initiatives in chemicals or process industries.
- Experience or training in continuous improvement programs (Six Sigma, LEAN, etc) is preferred.
- Excellent client-facing, leadership, and communication skills.
Role Purpose
Partners are expected to lead a practice/vertical/client account and are responsible for the sales, consulting delivery, growth and people development. They are responsible for developing and managing client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, capturing and converting premium consulting opportunities into sustainable engagements for Wipro, improving maturity of consulting services and delivering impact on WiproâÃÂÃÂs business. The Partner must achieve personal billability at high fee rates.
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1. Consulting Execution
Achieves utilisation target. An ambassador for Wipro tenets and values
Focuses on quality of assignments led by the practice and ensures client satisfaction and strong client feedback
Build strong client relationships across client organisations and Wipro. Recognised as an industry leader and expert
Manages practice and teams to ensure the right balance of delivery and business development
Collaborates with other practices and builds bespoke propositions from understanding of offerings and client business
Stimulates demand for solutions by adding fresh insight or customising to meeting evolving client/market needs
Cognizant of and applies industry best practices and standards in consulting delivery teams
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2, Business development
Ensures high levels of individual and team utilization in line with the levels expected as part of the goal setting process.
Directs larger sales activities, bids and proposals
Facilitates pull through revenue for wider Wipro services. Sponsors sales initiatives, campaigns and events
Manages a practice sales pipeline to support revenue targets (personal and practice). Manages a revenue target as agreed with manager
Develops and delivers against the practice business/strategy plan. Has a demonstrable pipeline of leads, opportunities and proposals
Has an effective network of client contracts at executive/buying level. Establishes a consulting presence in accordance with the account plan for targets
Coordinates sales activities and meetings across the practice. Able to sell/major/complex assignments involving multiple practices/service lines
Negotiates commercials with clients (and in conjunction with sales team if appropriate). Leads marketing and prospecting activities to populate the sales funnel. Carries the practice/client account quarterly and annual revenue and order book targets
Builds an opportunity pipeline with clients/s through consultative selling and collaborates with other consultants and sales teams in sales activities
Ensures and effective level of senior stakeholder mapping and relationship (CXO and functional heads level)
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3. Thought Leadership
Recognised as an industry thought leader and ensures all thought leadership is shared with GCG/Wipro is one of the various channels. Responsible for leading, challenging and explaining current, emerging and future industry trends and themes. Heads the development of industry leading thought leadership/insight in practice area and ensures adequate thought leadership for own practice to support growth
Ensures case studies and track records are utilized across Wipro in sales efforts. Presents Wipro thought leadership at external industry forums. Able to demonstrate the impact of said thought leadership. Ensures thought leadership is utilised externally and generates sales opportunities
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4. Contribution to Practice/Wipro
Continually delivers all Wipro admin in a timely manner (timesheets, appraisals expenses, etc.,) Owns and drives a system to manage internal initiatives to the benefit of the practice. Evangelizes the importance of innovation and IP creation
Holds people accountable for leveraging IP and knowledge assets from the central knowledge repository of Wipro and GCG and promotes reuse
Ensures the practice engagement teams effectively contribute tools, methods and assets, information sources and IP to the knowledge management platform. Encourages the team to create and share IP, PoV/White papers, represents the company at strategic industry and analyst conferences
Ensures the practice has market relevant capabilities and service offerings, ensures a recruitment service pipeline to support future business and new capabilities and service offerings. Builds active partnerships including, but not limited to solution providers, alliance partners, and analysts
Participates in industry solution related networks, serves on a committee, presents papers, etc. Manages team targets and goals in line with practice plan
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.
Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.
