The Head of Digital Engineering, India is ADM’s India execution and scale leader, accountable for engineering delivery capacity, velocity, and quality across Digital & Technology.
This role builds and runs ADM’s India digital hub as a global execution engine—delivering Finance products, AI capabilities, and enterprise digital engineering at scale—while acting as site leader for talent attraction, retention, and leadership development.
Your Responsibilities
India as a Global Execution Engine
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Own end‑to‑end engineering execution from India across Finance products, AI platforms, and priority enterprise digital products.
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Scale India from ~80 to ~160 engineers by 2026 with predictable delivery, high quality, and strong bench strength.
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Ensure India contributes materially to ADM’s digital outcomes—not supplemental capacity.
Finance & AI Product Delivery
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Build and scale 2–3 core Finance products in partnership with Product leaders.
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Lead India’s contribution to AI build across GT and the business, including data pipelines, ML engineering enablement, and applied AI use cases.
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Ensure delivery meets enterprise standards, security expectations, and measurable business outcomes.
Engineering Quality, Speed, and Accountability
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Enforce engineering standards, delivery discipline, and quality bars across India teams.
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Own staffing decisions for squads, delivery commitments, and engineering performance.
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Actively remove delivery friction, skills gaps, and underperformance.
Talent, Leadership & Site Ownership
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Serve as India site leader for Digital & Technology.
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Build a strong leadership layer (Directors, Senior Managers, Chapter Leads).
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Own talent attraction, retention, engagement, and succession for India engineering.
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Partner with HR on early-career pipelines, lateral hiring, and leadership development.
Enterprise Partnership
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Partner closely with VP Product, VP Digital Factory, VP Data & AI, Enterprise Architecture, Tech Ops, and CISO.
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Represent India delivery transparently with US and global leaders—clear commitments, clear risks, no surprises.
Your Interfaces & Scope
Primary Partners:
Product, Digital Factory, Data & AI, Enterprise Architecture, Tech Ops, CISO, D&T Value Office
Operating Model:
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Product owns what and why
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Digital Factory owns global engineering model and tooling
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This role owns India execution, talent, and delivery outcomes
Capabilities Owned
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AI & Applied Engineering Delivery
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Test Engineering & Quality Assurance
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Automation & RPA Development
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Software Engineering (Full Stack Development, API and Integration development)
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Engineering Leadership & Talent Management (India)
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Squad Staffing & Delivery Accountability
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India Hub Operations (delivery-facing only)
Success Measures (12–18 Months)
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India scale: 160 engineers with stable leadership and low regretted attrition
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Delivery: 2–3 Finance products live with adoption and business ownership
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AI impact: Measurable GT and business AI capabilities delivered from India
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Velocity & quality: Improved cycle time, fewer escaped defects, predictable delivery
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Talent: Strong leadership bench; India viewed as a destination hub, not a cost center
Your Profile-
15+ years leading large‑scale digital or software engineering teams
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Proven experience scaling technology hubs in India
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Strong delivery background across enterprise platforms and digital products
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Senior‑level stakeholder management with global teams
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Deep people leadership and talent‑building experience
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Finance product or enterprise systems experience
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AI / data‑enabled product delivery exposure
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Experience operating in a product‑led engineering model
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Multi‑region enterprise delivery environments
