Associate Director - Digital, Enterprise Architecture

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Date: 29 Aug 2025

Location: Bangalore, KA, IN, 560024

Company: Tata Consumer Products Limited

                                                      Tata Consumer Products Ltd.

 

 

 

 

About the Job: Associate Director- Digital, Enterprise Architecture

 

 

Function: Digital

Location: Bangalore

Reporting To: Global CIO

We at Tata Consumer Products, a leading FMCG powerhouse, are on an exhilarating journey to transform our sales operations through cutting-edge IT enablement. Our pursuit of excellence propels us toward innovations that redefine industry standards, and we’re looking for a maverick to lead this revolution. If you’re passionate about the intersection of IT, sales, and business operations, we want you on our team! 

How does this Job align to our Strategy?  

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability. 

This job opportunity closely aligns with the key strategic pillar, which is Driving Digital & Innovation, creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities.  

This role is responsible for driving and overseeing the digital enterprise architecture strategy for TCPL’s landscape across functions encompassing a diverse suite of business-critical applications.

Top dimensions :

Geography: Global

Direct reports:  Global CIO

Complexity of the role (Optional):

 

Matrix Reports:

Type of Role: Individual Contributor

Primary Stakeholders (Optional): Digital transformation team, digital delivery teams – product delivery team, SAP enterprise team, Data & AI team, External vendor partners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are the Key Deliverables in this role ?

Financial Outcomes

  • Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap to support business strategy and digital transformation goals.

Customer Service

  • Foster an architecture-driven culture across IT and business teams.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders on digital technology trends and opportunities.
  • Collaborate with business units (Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing) to understand the enterprise requirements
  • Work closely with project managers, product owners, solution architects, and vendors to drive project delivery.

 

Internal Process

  • Define, implement, and enforce architectural principles, standards, and guidelines.
  • Lead architecture review boards and ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Establish frameworks for data security, privacy, scalability, and interoperability.
  • Evaluate and recommend best-fit technologies (cloud platforms, analytics, automation tools) suited for FMCG business needs.
  • Ensure seamless integration of new solutions with legacy systems.
  • Oversee design of end-to-end digital solutions

 

Innovation and Learning

  • Driving Innovation Through Stability: By ensuring seamless and stable performance of our core platforms &  applications
  • Drive innovation pilots and proofs-of-concept to demonstrate business value.

 

What are the Critical success factors for the Role ?

  • B.E/B.Tech in Computer Science or IT or MBA
  • 12–15 years of experience in product engineering/application development/enterprise architecture , preferably within FMCG or manufacturing sectors.
  • Strong understanding of Value chain  including Sales & Supply chain
  • Proven track record in architecting large-scale digital transformation programs.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), integration frameworks (APIs/Middleware), data analytics, cybersecurity.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role ?

  • Is a disruptor at heart, who looks at the status quo and says, "We can do better."
  • Boasts a bias for action that's so pronounced, it's almost palpable, with a sense of urgency that's as infectious as it is inspiring.