THE COMPANY
ACI Infotech is a $292M global technology consulting and services firm operating across 35+ markets. The company's practice areas span AI/ML, cloud enablement, digital transformation, intelligent automation, cybersecurity, data analytics, and enterprise applications serving Fortune 500 and mid-market clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and insurance. With exclusive partnerships across Salesforce Agentforce, Databricks, Dynatrace, AWS, Azure, and SAP, ACI is at an inflection point: scaling its AI and platform practices while maintaining the delivery rigour that defines its reputation.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own ACI Infotech's technology strategy: the platforms, architectures, and engineering standards that underpin delivery across all practice areas cloud, AI, data, automation, and security.
- Lead internal technology infrastructure and engineering operations including delivery tooling, developer platforms, internal automation, and the systems that power ACI's own business at scale.
- Partner with the CAIO, practice leads, and the CEO to ensure that ACI's technology capabilities match its commercial ambitions identifying gaps, prioritising investments, and making build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions with rigour.
- Set and enforce engineering excellence standards across delivery: architecture review processes, code quality gates, DevSecOps practices, cloud cost governance, and security posture so that what ACI ships to clients holds up under scrutiny.
- Drive ACI Infotech's technology partnership strategy: deepening technical relationships with hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP), platform partners (Salesforce, Databricks, SAP), and emerging ecosystem players aligned to the company's roadmap.
- Serve as a senior technical voice in enterprise client engagements: architecture validation, CTO-to-CTO conversations, and technical due diligence for strategic deals.
- Build and lead the senior engineering and architecture function — hiring, developing, and retaining principals, architects, and engineering leads who set the quality ceiling for the company.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 18+ years in technology with at least 6 years in a CTO, VP Engineering, or equivalent role at a global technology services firm, enterprise software company, or complex multi-practice consultancy.
- Broad technical fluency: cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, data and AI platforms, cybersecurity architecture, and modern software delivery — you don't need to be the deepest expert in all of them, but you need enough depth to lead the people who are.
- Strong engineering leadership track record: you've built and scaled engineering organisations of 200+ people across geographies, and you have a model for what high-performing technical teams look like.
- Experience managing technology partnerships with major cloud and platform vendors — including commercial negotiation, joint GTM, and technical alignment at a principal/architect level.
- Delivery credibility: you've overseen the execution of complex, multi-workstream engagements for large enterprises — you know what production-grade looks like and where delivery risk actually hides.
- Board-level and executive communication: you can translate technology strategy into business impact language, and you can defend a technology investment thesis in a room full of sceptics.
BONUS
- Experience at the intersection of AI and enterprise platforms — particularly cloud-native AI, LLM integration, or agentic systems at production scale.
- Background in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, insurance) where technology architecture must satisfy audit and compliance requirements.
- Track record building proprietary IP, platforms, or accelerators inside a services business — creating technical differentiation that wins and retains enterprise clients.
- Prior work establishing or scaling global delivery centres, including engineering capability building in India across Hyderabad, Bangalore, or Mumbai.
