Chief Technology Advisor

Customer-facing executive role
International Sales
India
Role at a glance
Location
Bengaluru, with Pune considered for the right candidate.
Focus
Strategic Indian enterprises, plus the India operations and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) of our multinational clients
Experience
18+ years in enterprise technology, including at least eight years in senior customer-facing advisory roles
Travel
Frequent travel across India’s major metros, with periodic international travel
Works with
Account teams, CSE pre-sales engineers, Management Consulting, delivery teams and OEM partners
About World Wide Technology
At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.
Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world’s most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.
With over 16,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT’s culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 15 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.
WWT has grown quickly in India, to more than 300 people in cities including Bengaluru and Pune. In 2026, Great Place to Work® India ranked WWT India third in its mid-size category.
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About The Role
As WWT’s Chief Technology Advisor (CTA) for India, you will be the senior technology voice for our clients in one of the world’s fastest-growing technology markets. You will build trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, chief architects and GCC leaders, help them shape their technology strategy, and turn that strategy into architectures, programs and measurable business outcomes with WWT and our global OEM partners.
India’s technology landscape is moving fast. Enterprises are taking AI from pilot to production. Data center capacity is growing rapidly. GCCs are taking on global technology mandates. New data protection and cyber resilience rules are changing how infrastructure is designed. You will help clients navigate all of it with clear, evidence-based advice, proven first in WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) and AI Proving Ground.
This is a senior, customer-facing role that leads through influence. You will work closely with our account teams, CSE pre-sales engineers, Management Consulting and delivery teams in India and around the world, and with the India leadership of our OEM partners.
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What You’ll Do
You will advise senior technology leaders as they modernize infrastructure, scale AI and move to hybrid cloud. Your work spans five areas.
Be a trusted advisor to India’s technology leaders
Lead executive conversations with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and GCC heads to understand their business priorities, technology roadmaps and constraints.
Bring a clear, objective point of view on AI, data center modernization, hybrid cloud, networking and cybersecurity, drawing on the world’s leading OEMs.
Turn India’s regulatory requirements into practical architecture decisions on data residency, resilience and security, including the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and requirements from RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and CERT-In.
Shape strategy and architecture
Run executive briefings, architecture workshops and enablement sessions with WWT experts in AI, networking, compute, storage, cloud, security, automation and application development.
Guide clients from AI pilots to production, from private AI platforms to large GPU clusters, covering compute, high-performance networking and storage, and the power and cooling realities of India’s data centers.
Design resilient architectures for India’s scale, including the multi-site data center and disaster recovery models expected in regulated sectors such as banking and capital markets.
Use the ATC and AI Proving Ground to run objective, multi-vendor proofs of concept, so clients can validate before they invest. In a market that buys on evidence and total cost of ownership, this is a powerful differentiator.
Connect global and local
Be the bridge between WWT’s global account teams and the India operations and GCCs of our multinational clients, aligning local priorities with global strategy.
Help clients deploy in India with confidence, working with CSE, supply chain and integration teams so solutions meet India’s import, certification and support requirements.
Know WWT’s capabilities in depth, from the ATC, AI Proving Ground and global integration centers to consulting, digital and lifecycle services, and build strong relationships with the leaders behind them.
Drive growth with account teams and partners
Partner with account leaders to build account strategies and executive relationship plans for a focused portfolio of strategic clients.
Shape large, multi-OEM pursuits. Frame the business case, lead the technical narrative and support complex RFP responses, while making sure solutions are commercially sound and deliverable.
Build strong relationships with the India leadership of our OEM partners to develop joint opportunities.
Ensure smooth transitions from sales to delivery with CSE, Management Consulting, implementation and project teams.
Provide accurate, timely management information, such as activity reports, bid reviews and forecasts, in line with WWT’s quality and business processes.
Build WWT’s technical brand in India
Be a visible voice for WWT in India’s CIO community through client events, industry forums such as NASSCOM and DSCI, and thought leadership.
Mentor India-based CSEs and help grow a strong local technical bench.
Keep your knowledge and certifications current through industry, product and sales training.
What Success Looks Like In Your First Year
Trusted, regular engagement with senior technology leaders across a focused portfolio of strategic accounts, each with a clear point of view and an agreed plan.
Executive workshops and strategy engagements, in areas such as AI readiness, data center modernization and cyber resilience, that turn into qualified, multi-OEM pipeline.
Clients routinely validating major technology decisions in the ATC and AI Proving Ground before they invest.
Stronger alignment between WWT’s global account teams and the India operations and GCCs of our multinational clients.
A recognized WWT voice in India’s CIO community, and a more confident, capable India CSE team.
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What you’ll bring
Seniority: 18+ years in enterprise technology, with at least eight years in senior customer-facing roles such as chief architect, field CTO, pre-sales leader or technology consultant, at a systems integrator, OEM, consultancy or large enterprise.
Executive network: trusted relationships with CIO, CTO and CISO-level leaders at large Indian enterprises, multinationals or GCCs, in sectors such as banking and financial services, telecom, technology, manufacturing and life sciences.
Architecture breadth: current expertise across data center infrastructure (compute, storage and networking), hybrid and multi-cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), security and automation, with recognized depth in at least one area such as AI infrastructure, cybersecurity or cloud.
Complex environments: a track record of shaping and governing complex architectures and large deployments for organizations such as Fortune India 500 companies, multinationals and their GCCs.
Regulatory awareness: working knowledge of India’s data protection and sector regulations (DPDP Act, RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and CERT-In) and how they shape architecture choices.
Multi-vendor fluency: an objective, hands-on understanding of global OEM technologies, and of how OEMs, distributors and partners take technology to market in India.
Commercial acumen: you build ROI and TCO business cases that stand up to scrutiny, shape large deals and lead complex RFP responses.
Executive presence: you make complex technology simple for boards and business leaders, and earn credibility with engineers.
Collaboration and influence: you lead through influence, negotiate well and wo

Work arrangement
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