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📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India· Full-time
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WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: The role is responsible for leading and overseeing end-to-end cloud operations, ensuring the availability, reliability, security, performance, and resilience of cloud platforms and services. It manages service monitoring, incident response, and incident resolution for production applications and cloud infrastructure, while ensuring operations teams are skilled and enabled to execute cloud-related requests with speed and diligence. The role also provides governance over a large third-party managed services organisation, ensuring delivery against agreed KPIs, SLAs, and operational commitments through effective service reviews, metrics reporting, performance management, and continuous service improvement. What you'll be doing: Responsible for overseeing cloud operations, driving operational excellence, and improving the operational landscape through automation and AI-driven solutions delivered by internal resources and third-party partnerships. Product: Work with product and engineering teams to define operational support patterns for each cloud product. Collaborate with business, archi

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📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India· Full-time
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WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: WPP Media is embarking on a transformative data journey through Databridge —our internal comprehensive data strategy and framework designed to unify our fragmented global data landscape. We are moving from isolated, market-specific implementations to a standardized, scalable, cloud-agnostic, and AI-ready data platform built on a modern tech stack: dbt, Databricks, Python (dlthub), and GitHub Actions . As Data Operations Lead , you will establish and head our new Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai. This is a build-and-run role : you'll define how the team operates while leading day-to-day delivery of operational excellence across global data products. You will be the custodian of production —owning the operational layer including CI/CD automation, deployment pipelines, monitoring, data quality enforcement, incident management, and support. This role requires deep technical knowledge of Databricks and modern data platforms, alongside the ability to lead, mentor, and scale a growing team. What you'll be doin

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📍 India· Full-time· Remote
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About the Team The APAC team is responsible for bringing OpenAI’s mission, products, and partnerships to life across one of the company’s most strategically important regions. As we scale our presence across Asia-Pacific, we are building a regional operating model that enables strong local execution, consistent global alignment, and long-term impact across businesses, products, markets, and functions. About the Role We are looking for a Strategy & Operations Lead to lead and scale operational excellence across India. Reporting to the General Manager, India, this leader will work hand in hand with the GM to translate global strategy into regional execution, ensure operating discipline across markets and functions, and help the business scale with consistency, speed, and rigor. This person will act as a key bridge between global leadership and regional teams, bringing clarity to priorities, building scalable operating systems, and ensuring the region is set up to deliver against ambitious business goals while keeping the long-term opportunity in mind. This role is based in Bangalore, India and we use a hybrid model of 3 days in office. In this role, you will: Define and implement the India operating strategy in alignment with APAC & global objectives and regional priorities. Drive execution across key markets, ensuring consistency while adapting to local needs, regulations, and market dynamics. Partner with global leadership to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and ensure strong execution in-region. Establish KPIs, reporting frameworks, and operating cadences to track performance and inform decision-making. Build and optimize scalable processes across business lines, including consumer, product, partnerships, and other key functions. Identify operational gaps and inefficiencies, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives. Support market entry strategies and operational readiness for India Enable strategic partnerships through strong operatio

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📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India· Full-time
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The Lead –Asset Operations will lead the operational management of the group’s hospitality assets to ensure optimal performance, profitability, and strategic alignment with organizational goals. The role will oversee multiple properties, drive operational excellence, implement value creation initiatives, manage vendor and operator relationships, and coordinate design and refurbishment projects. This position is critical in delivering superior guest experiences while maximizing asset performance. Source: Adani Group | Job ID: 49017

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📍 India· Full-time
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About Paytm Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology. About the Role- As a Product Manager (Devices), you will own and lead the device charter across Soundbox, EDC, and emerging AI-enabled devices. You will set the strategy, define the roadmap, and work closely with CXOs to drive merchant experience, operational efficiency, and business impact. Key Responsibilities- - Define and own the device roadmap & vision aligned to Paytm’s growth strategy. - Lead end-to-end device lifecycle management: activation → monitoring → predictive health → refurb/replacement → end-of-life. - Drive AI-powered device innovation (merchant-facing AI device, multilingual bot integration). -Influence leadership and cross-functional priorities with data-backed recommendations. - Mentor PMs/Associate PMs and build a strong device product culture. - Track industry benchmarks and competitive landscape to position Paytm devices ahead of peers. What You’ll Contribute To - Large-scale AI adoption strategy. - Cross-device predictive health models to reduce downtime and false positives. - Proactive merchant engagement through Device and CLM. - Sustainability & cost efficiency through smart refurb and replacement policies. Skills & Qualifications- - Product experience, with at least 2 years owning device/IoT/fintech hardware products. - Strong leadership & roadmap ownership skills, with CXO-level exposure. - Experience in driving cross-functional programs (engineering, business, operations). - Strategic thinker with execution excellence. Ability to influence stakeholders and mentor junior PMs. Why join us? A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across busin

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📍 India· Full-time
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We’re hiring at Paytm Payments Services Limited(PPSL) About the Role- As a Product Manager (Devices), you will own and lead the device charter across Soundbox, EDC, and emerging AI-enabled devices. You will set the strategy, define the roadmap, and work closely with CXOs to drive merchant experience, operational efficiency, and business impact. Key Responsibilities- - Define and own the device roadmap & vision aligned to Paytm’s growth strategy. - Lead end-to-end device lifecycle management: activation → monitoring → predictive health → refurb/replacement → end-of-life. - Drive AI-powered device innovation (merchant-facing AI device, multilingual bot integration). -Influence leadership and cross-functional priorities with data-backed recommendations. - Mentor PMs/Associate PMs and build a strong device product culture. - Track industry benchmarks and competitive landscape to position Paytm devices ahead of peers. What You’ll Contribute To - Large-scale AI adoption strategy. - Cross-device predictive health models to reduce downtime and false positives. - Proactive merchant engagement through Device and CLM. - Sustainability & cost efficiency through smart refurb and replacement policies. Skills & Qualifications- - Product experience, with at least 2 years owning device/IoT/fintech hardware products. - Strong leadership & roadmap ownership skills, with CXO-level exposure. - Experience in driving cross-functional programs (engineering, business, operations). - Strategic thinker with execution excellence. Ability to influence stakeholders and mentor junior PMs. Why join us? A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities A solid 360 feedback from your peer teams on your support of their goals Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager Compensation: If you are the right fit, we believe in cre

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📍 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India· Full-time
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Lead - Terminal Operations is responsible for the strategic direction, management, and optimization of terminal operations. This role involves developing and implementing operational plans, leading and developing the team, enhancing passenger experience, driving process improvements, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships to ensure efficient and seamless terminal operations. Source: Adani Group | Job ID: 56018

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📍 Bengaluru, India· Full-time
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Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem. This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us. THE ROLE As a hands-on senior leader for our India SecOps team, you will shape and safeguard Everpure’s security posture at the intersection of detection engineering, threat hunting, attack surface management, and incident response. Positioned as a strategic cornerstone in Bangalore, you will empower an elite engineering team, optimize critical SecOps pipelines, and partner cross-functionally across global engineering and infrastructure groups. By driving execution excellence and high team morale, you ensure our enterprise platform and global telemetry remain resilient against evolving threats. WHAT YOU'LL DO Scale & Lead SecOps Operations: Architect, mentor, and grow the India SecOps team to foster an environment of high morale, technical excellence, and rapid execution across detection engineering and incident response. Proactively Manage & Remediate Attack Surface: Own end-to-end Attack Surface Management (ASM) across cloud environments, SaaS applications, endpoints, and secrets management to measurably minimize enterprise exposure and mitigate risk. Optimize Telemetry & Incident Response: Mature SIEM and SOAR automation pipelines to drastically reduce mean time to detect, contain, and respond (MTTD/MTTC/MTTR) while continuously elevating alert fidelity and signal confidence. Drive Cross-Functional Alignment & RCA Postmortems: Lead continuous validation through purple-teaming and incident postmortems alo

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📍 India· Full-time
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About the Team OpenAI’s Real Estate & Workplace (REW) team creates and operates the spaces, programs, and services that enable employees to do their best work. The team’s work spans real estate, workplace operations, design and construction, workplace experience, food programs, employee services, analytics, and global programs. As OpenAI’s presence in India grows, REW is building flexible, scalable, AI-native, people-centered workplaces that combine a consistent employee experience with strong operational and financial discipline and thoughtful adaptation to each location. Workplace & Location The location for this role is Mumbai . The role requires to be onsite 5 days per week, with regular travel among Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore. About the Role We are looking for an experienced Senior Workplace Operations Manager to set the operational direction, define the workplace operating model, and lead workplace operations and employee experience across OpenAI’s locations in India, including but not limited to Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore. This hands-on, country-level role combines strategic planning, senior stakeholder partnership, and day-to-day execution in a fast-changing environment. As OpenAI’s senior workplace operations owner in India, you will translate business and employee needs into a scalable, AI-native operating model and define the standards, priorities, and service outcomes that support the country’s growth. You will remain accountable for delivery through integrated facilities-management partners, contractors, and specialist vendors, while partnering closely with India business leaders, regional REW leadership, and colleagues across REW, Workplace Experience, Leasing, Design & Construction, Food, Corporate Security, IT, Finance, People, and Procurement. This is a senior individual-contributor role reporting to the Head of Workplace, JAPAC. You’ll be responsible for: Set and own the country-wide workplace operating model, service qualit

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📍 India
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Head - Production is responsible for leading the overall production function within the precast business unit. The role involves overseeing daily operations, managing production teams, ensuring product quality, maintaining safety compliance, optimizing costs, and aligning operations with strategic goals. The position plays a key leadership role in driving productivity, efficiency, and continuous improvement across all factory and site production activities. Source: Adani Group | Job ID: 52678

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📍 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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Lead Revenue Assurance lead and oversee the end-to-end revenue assurance process across multiple business entities by ensuring seamless coordination with senior stakeholders, driving adherence to KPIs, SLAs, and KRAs, resolving systemic issues, and leading continuous process improvement across teams. The role requires strategic oversight of revenue assurance activities, team performance monitoring through team leads, and high-level stakeholder engagement with operations and finance leadership. Source: Adani Group | Job ID: 41519

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📍 Bengaluru, India· Full-time· Hybrid
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For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. For over 20 years, Smartsheet has helped people and teams achieve–well, anything. As the Intelligent Work Management Platform, we are redefining the velocity of work by uniting people, data, and AI to move businesses forward. We don’t just automate tasks; we eliminate execution silos and turn strategic vision into measurable enterprise impact. We’re creating a space to think big and take action, because when challenge meets purpose and AI-powered execution meets human ingenuity, that’s magic at work. It’s what we show up for every day, helping organizations not just keep up with change, but thrive because of it. Our India Global Capability Center isn't just supporting global operations—we’re leading global innovation. After scaling rapidly into a best-in-class hub, we deliver the product innovation and enterprise capabilities that accelerate our global growth, profitability, and scale. As we expand Smartsheet India, we’re searching for a Principal AI Engineer, who craves variety and ownership. You’ll have the opportunity to work across multiple teams and disciplines, building a versatile skillset while solving the complex challenges of a global platform. You Will: Own the target-state architecture for Smartsheet's AI platform, defining the standards that bind Data, Agents, Knowledge Graph, Context Graph into one coherent system. Set the architecture for the agent harness and sub-agent framework including orchestration, lifecycle, hand-off contracts, Evals (Offline and Online) and capability-tier classificati

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📍 Pune, India
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Job Title Site Leader (Director), Operations Quality Assurance- Job Description The Site Leader (Director), Operations Quality Assurance is responsible for leading the Quality function across the Pune (Chakan) manufacturing sites. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure all medical devices, manufacturing processes, and quality system activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements, Philips standards, and business objectives. Your Role: Lead all Operations Quality Assurance activities across the Pune (Chakan) manufacturing sites, ensuring compliance, product quality, patient safety, and operations quality performance. Accountable for developing and executing the Operations Quality Strategy, translating enterprise quality objectives into measurable site-level priorities/results, driving a culture of quality and compliance, ensuring inspection readiness, and continuously improving quality performance across the sites. As the senior Quality leader and designated Quality Management Representative, the Director represents the organization during regulatory inspections/external audits, ensures the effectiveness and compliance of the Quality Management System and partners closely with Operations, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, and Business Leadership to ensure product quality, patient safety, and business continuity. Ensure all products, manufacturing processes, and quality system activities comply with FDA regulations, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDSAP, EU MDR, and other applicable global requirements. Lead and represent the sites during FDA inspections, Notified Body audits, customer audits, and regulatory authority interactions, maintaining a continuous state of inspection readiness. Drive timely resolution of audit findings, compliance gaps, nonconformances, and CAPA act

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📍 Chennai, India· Full-time
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About Hexnode Hexnode is a global leader in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), trusted by over 100 countries and managing millions of devices worldwide. With a rapid pace of innovation, we have established ourselves as a dominant force across Apple, Windows, Android, macOS, Linux, and tvOS. Fuelling the transformation to a seamless ecosystem of connected tools, Hexnode is revolutionizing the enterprise software and cybersecurity landscape. Job Overview: In this role, you will not just oversee ticket resolution; you will lead the evolution of our support culture by implementing the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to ensure long-term product adoption and client success. As a linchpin of our 24/7 global operations, you will manage critical handovers and ensure our response times remain industry leading. Responsibilities: · Manage and mentor a shift of Technical Support Engineers, fostering a high-performance environment focused on technical growth and empathy. · Oversee the Shift Handover process to the incoming Lead, ensuring zero data loss and continuity of service for all high-priority issues. · Guarantee that all incoming tickets are triaged and dispatched within defined response times to meet and exceed global SLAs. · Conduct deep-dive analysis of incident patterns to identify root causes and provide strategic suggestions for incident management improvements. · Partner with Engineering and Product teams to function as the "Voice of the Customer," ensuring technical feedback directly influences the product roadmap. · Stay at the forefront of UEM trends and provide advanced training sessions for both high-value clients and internal technical stakeholders. Requirements: · 10+ years of total technical support experience, with at least 4–5 years in a formal leadership or supervisory role, preferably within a SaaS environment. · Mandatory, deep-seated expertise in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and its ecosystem. · Advanced Technical Exposure: Direct experie

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📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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About the Role Redwood is scaling public cloud infrastructure and AI features across multiple product lines, and we need a FinOps Lead to bring rigor, visibility, and accountability to that spend. This is a senior individual-contributor role with the authority to drive cross-functional cost governance directly. This role owns the translation of raw cloud cost data and AI spent into the models, forecasts, and governance mechanisms that let engineering, product, and executive leadership make informed decisions. This is not a bill-monitoring role. You will build the cost attribution infrastructure that ties cloud/AI spend to specific product lines and, ultimately, to ROI involving architecture and engineering teams to make the right trade offs and decisions in line with the strategic roadmap. The role will report to the Senior Director, Product Engineering Operations, and work closely with Cloud Engineering, the CPO's org, and engineering leadership to create cost visibility and defensibility informing leadership on efficiency strategies. Your ability to be an effective communicator, collaborative team player, and analytical thinker will be keys to success in this role. Responsibilities Cost Visibility, Attribution & Optimization Own and continuously improve cost models that attribute AWS (and other public cloud) spend by product line, team, and environment Drive tagging governance and hygiene, define standards, audit compliance, and close attribution gaps that prevent accurate cost-per-product reporting Build shared cost allocation models to drive transparency into per-team cost drivers where there are prevalent savings plans, reserved instances and network charges Build toward feature-level cost attribution that connects infrastructure spend to product ROI, not just aggregate bill totals Create and manage optimization programs with achievable savings targets, including working across engineering and finance to rightsize, clean up and modernize infrastructur

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