Assistant Vice President - Service Transition

Service Transition, AVP

Job Description:

Job Title: Service Transition, AVP

Corporate Title: AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• GTI has articulated a bold new vision and strategy to simplify, rationalise and rebalance the estate to reduce risk and optimise cost. This strategy includes the transformation of its Hosting services to a simplified and modernised Hybrid Cloud (Private + Public) target state wherein applications will be hosted on the optimal environment / platforms to balance business value, financial costs and operational risk. This Key Deliverable will execute the Hosting services aspect of the GTI Strategy

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Strategic Transition Execution: Drive the end-to-end execution of the Service Transition Plan for a designated service domain (e.g., Compute, Storage, Database, Data Centre), translating high-level transition designs into granular, executable plans with clearly defined milestones, interdependencies, and robust readiness gates.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Orchestrate and coordinate complex transition activities across diverse stakeholders including RTB teams, DXC, external vendors, and central functional units, fostering a collaborative and outcome-oriented environment.
• Operational Readiness & Assurance: Proactively validate and assure operational readiness across all critical dimensions (people, process, tooling, knowledge transfer) prior to service cutover, minimizing disruption and ensuring seamless transition.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, track, manage, and escalate risks, issues, actions, and dependencies, implementing effective mitigation strategies to safeguard transition objectives.
• Commercial & Legal Support: Provide support for commercial transition activities, including but not limited to novation and asset transfers, collaborating closely with legal and commercial teams.
• Stakeholder Communication & Reporting: Prepare and present clear, concise, and timely reporting for senior management and governance forums, providing actionable insights into transition progress, challenges, and risks.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure stringent adherence to GTI programme governance, reporting standards, and Clarity requirements, upholding best practices in project and service management.

Your skills and experience

• Extensive IT Infrastructure & Transition Expertise: Demonstrable strong experience in IT infrastructure services, with a proven track record of successfully managing large-scale service transitions or vendor exits within a complex enterprise environment.
• Deep Hosting Services Knowledge: Solid understanding of core Hosting services, encompassing Compute, Storage, Databases, and Data Centre operations.
• Regulated Environment Experience: Proven experience operating effectively within complex, highly regulated financial services environments, with a strong appreciation for compliance and control frameworks.
• Robust Project/Programme Management: Strong project and programme management capabilities, including:
  • Expertise in planning and milestone tracking.
  • Proficiency in dependency and critical path management.
  • Advanced RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) management and escalation.
  • Skill in structured status reporting and executive summaries.
• Hands-on Delivery Tooling Proficiency: Practical, hands-on delivery skills utilising:
  • Excel: Advanced proficiency for planning, tracking, and readiness assessments.
  • Jira: Experience managing activities, risks, and dependencies.
  • Confluence: Proven ability to create and manage documentation and transition artefacts.
  • Clarity: Familiarity with Clarity for project tracking and reporting.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Experience Level

Executive Level