Job Description

About Nayara Energy: Nayara Energy is a new-age downstream energy and petrochemicals company with a formidable presence spanning across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, from Refining to Retail. Nayara Energy operates in India for India driven by a relentless commitment to fuel the nation's energy aspirations. At the heart of our operations lies the Vadinar refinery, India's second-largest single-site refinery with a capacity of 20MMTPA.With over 6,300 Retail Outlets, we cater to the need for reliable and safe mobility across the length and breadth of the country. We have adopted a phase wise asset development strategy to enter the petrochemicals sector which will be a significant step in our crude to chemicals journey. Through sustainable development projects in Health and Nutrition, Education and Skill Development, and Sustainable Livelihoods, Nayara Energy enhances the quality of life in the communities it operates in. Delivering value for all our stakeholders is at the very core of our beliefs and we are committed to providing the energy that fuels the dreams of our employees, customers, partners and communities.

Job Purpose: The role is operated as a trusted advisor to CDIO leadership and senior stakeholders. The position will influence outcomes through independent analysis, structured recommendations, and governance forums. The role is responsible for shaping and governing strategic IT and digital initiatives, IT strategy execution, and operational excellence by applying structured project management, business analysis, architecture, and emerging technology capabilities. The position ensures alignment between business objectives and IT solutions while delivering measurable business value and efficiency improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

Project & Program Management

• Ensure governance, prioritization, and course correction of strategic IT and digital initiatives in line with agreed scope, timelines, budgets, and governance standards.
• Define and institutionalize standard project lifecycle and governance frameworks for IT initiatives.
• Provide portfolio level oversight, risk sensing, and executive reporting across strategic initiatives.
• Support project planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting activities.
• Escalate and drive resolution of cross initiative risks and dependencies.
• Drive change management and stakeholder adoption activities.

Business Analysis / Requirements Analysis

• Ensure consistent translation of business strategy into initiative level requirements through standardized business analysis practices.
• Define standards and review quality of functional specifications, user stories, and process models.
• Elicit, analyze, review, and validate business and IT requirements for specific projects.
• Ensure traceability and controlled change management across strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with business users, IT teams, and vendors for requirement clarification for specific projects.
• Support requirement verification and solution acceptance activities.

Vendor Management

• Govern effective vendor engagement to ensure service quality, cost efficiency, and performance management.
• Provide strategic inputs into vendor selection and contracting for digital and emerging technology initiatives
• Track vendor performance metrics and service levels.
• Support escalation management for vendor related issues.

IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture

• Contribute to the development and execution of IT strategy and architecture aligned with Nayara’s business objectives and operating model.
• Contribute to and review IT strategy, operating model, and roadmap proposals for CDIO leadership. Apply enterprise and business architecture principles in solution design.
• Drive Nayara Solution Reviews through NSRB, govern and support solution architecture covering integration, scalability, and compliance.
• Provide inputs on current IT landscape and future state architecture.
• Enable CDIO in all leadership and stakeholder discussion preparation.
• Define and Deliver IT Balanced Score Card and other CDIO office specific responsibilities.

Cloud Architecture & Technology Enablement

• Ensure alignment of cloud solution designs with enterprise architecture, security, and cost principles.
• Support cloud solution design across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models.
• Define and oversee cloud governance models in collaboration with security and infrastructure teams as part of NSRB.
• Support optimization of cloud workloads for performance and cost.

Digital & Emerging Technologies

• Evaluate, prioritise, and recommend adoption of emerging technologies to drive innovation and business improvement
• Frame business value hypotheses and investment cases for emerging technologies
• Evaluate technology feasibility, risks, and regulatory considerations.
• Support integration of emerging technologies into existing systems through the NSRB construct
• Measure and articulate business value from digital initiatives.

Data Automation & Process Transformation

• Enable data driven decision making and process efficiency through data engineering and automation initiatives.
• Support data modelling, data quality, and analytics initiatives.
• Assist in designing data storage and retrieval solutions.
• Identify opportunities for processing automation and workflow optimization.
• Support automation initiatives using platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of IT and business processes.

Knowledge

Educational Qualifications & Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering - Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• Post graduate qualification (MBA / PGDM) preferred.
• Relevant experience in project management, Enterprise Architecture, new product introduction, business analysis, digital transformation, or technology strategy roles.
• Experience operating in enterprise IT strategy, transformation, or CDIO/CTO office environments preferred.

Relevant (Functional/Level) & Total Years of Experience:

• 10-15 years of experience in managing stakeholders at senior level.

Skills

Functional Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Communication (verbal & written)
• Proactive risk identification and mitigation mindset
• Strategic thinking with business outcome focus
• Continuous learning and adaptability to new technologies
• Ownership, accountability, and execution focus

Behavioral Skills:

• Team Player
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail and quality orientation
• Ability to manage change and ambiguity