Key Responsibilities​

​Technology Modernization Strategy and Roadmap

• Lead enterprise-wide technology modernization strategy engagements across complex technology landscapes

• Define modernization ambition, strategic intent and business-aligned technology modernization priorities

• Assess current-state technology estates across applications, platforms, architecture, integration, data, infrastructure and vendor ecosystems

• Identify modernization opportunities, technical debt, architecture constraints, platform gaps, business risks and value pools

• Shape target-state architecture and reference technology stack aligned to business priorities and enterprise architecture direction

• Define modernization guiding principles, decision & prioritization frameworks to support consistent technology choices

• Advice on vendor, platform and ecosystem strategy, including fitment of cloud platforms, enterprise platforms, integration platforms and modernization partners

• Build multi-year modernization roadmaps sequenced by business value, technical dependencies, cost, risk, complexity and readiness

• Develop modernization value cases linking technology investments to measurable outcomes such as agility, resilience, scalability, cost efficiency, reduced technology debt and speed-to-market

Application Modernization Strategy, Architecture & Planning

• Lead application estate assessments covering business criticality, technical health, architecture fit, complexity, dependencies, cost, resilience, scalability and modernization potential

• Assess aging and legacy application estates, including non-mainframe legacy applications, to identify technical debt, business risk, modernization constraints and transition priorities

• Define application modernization pathways for target applications

• Conduct application decomposition and domain analysis to identify modernization boundaries, dependency clusters, migration waves and sequencing options

• Shape target application architecture and transition architecture across applications, platforms, integration and data dependencies

• Define phased modernization approaches, coexistence models, migration plans and dependency management approaches that protect business continuity

• Advice on modernization patterns such as modular architecture, API-led integration, microservices, event-driven architecture, cloud-native enablement, strangler pattern and platform-based modernization

• Support data liberation and migration considerations required to reduce dependency on aging systems and enable future-ready application architecture

• Develop app modernization roadmaps and value cases aligned to enterprise modernization strategy, architecture direction and business priorities

Technology Strategy and Transformation – Senior Manager – Technology Modernization

Join our team in Technology Strategy & Transformation for an exciting career opportunity to help our most strategic clients define and accelerate technology modernization journeys that unlock growth, simplify complexity and create future-ready technology landscapes

Practice: Technology Strategy & Transformation, Global Network
Areas of Work: Technology Modernization Strategy, Application Modernization
Level: Senior Manager
Location: Bangalore/Gurugram/Mumbai/Pune/Chennai/Kolkata/Hyderabad

Role Overview​

We are looking for a Technology Modernization Strategy & Architecture leader with deep expertise in enterprise technology modernization, application modernization and modernization-led architecture strategy across all layers of IT landscape including architecture, application, data, AI, cloud, engineering and IT operations.

The role requires a senior consulting practitioner who can engage confidently with CxO and business leadership, shape the modernization value agenda, assess complex technology and application estates, drive target architecture and modernization pathway discussions, and translate business ambition into executable transformation roadmaps and value cases.

The successful candidate will be expected to evaluate complex technology estates, define modern target state, structure initiatives needed to achieve the target state, identify modernization pathways and guide clients through practical, sequenced transformation choices.

The role requires strong executive presence, structured problem solving, deep modernization expertise across IT landscape and the ability to guide senior clients through practical trade-offs across business value, technology debt, cost, risk, resilience, scalability and long-term architecture fit.