Chief Technology Officer - Consumer

GlobalData is a productivity and intelligence platform that empowers leaders to act decisively in a world of complexity and change.By uniting proprietary data, human expertise, and purpose-built AI into a single, connected platform, we help organizations see what's coming, move faster, and lead with confidence.Our solutions are used by over 5,000 organizations across the world's largest industries, delivering tailored intelligence that supports strategic planning, innovation, risk management, and sustainable growth.Data that goes deeperProprietary coverage of 95% of global GDP, synthesized in real time from internal and external sources, aligned under a single business taxonomy - giving you earlier insight, unified context, and decisions you can trust.Experts who turn insight into impactHuman insights that AI alone can't replicate, from industry specialists and strategic advisors, embedded in your workflows to decode complexity and guide high-value action.AI that moves smarter & fasterAI that doesn't just think, but acts - forecasting market moves, surfacing answers in seconds, and freeing your teams to focus on execution when timing matters most.Workflow solutionsTogether, our six solutions turn intelligence into action, helping every team make smarter, faster decisions. Each solution focuses on the decisions that matter most, driving measurable impact.About the RoleWe are looking for an exceptional Chief Technology Officer for GlobalData's Consumer Division and provide senior leadership for our Bangalore technology organization.This is a critical leadership role with responsibility for the technology strategy, engineering organization and AI agenda supporting our Consumer business. The CTO will partner closely with business teams including central development teams and product leadership to shape the next generation of GlobalData's Consumer products, using our proprietary data, research and rapidly evolving AI capabilities to create differentiated customer experiences.In parallel, the CTO will lead and develop our Bangalore technology organization, establishing it as a strategic center for engineering, data and AI excellence within GlobalData.What we are looking for:The CTO will be accountable for:

• Technology Strategy: Define and execute the technology vision and roadmap for the Consumer business, ensuring technology investment is closely aligned with product strategy, customer needs and commercial growth.
• Product & Engineering: Lead the engineering organisation across Software Engineering, Data Engineering, AI/ML, QA, DevOps and Platform Engineering, creating a culture of technical excellence, ownership, pace and innovation.
• AI & Data: Drive the adoption of Generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning and modern data architectures across the Consumer portfolio, turning GlobalData's proprietary data and expertise into differentiated products and customer experiences.
• Architecture & Platforms: Evolve our technology architecture to deliver scalable, secure and resilient platforms while simplifying the technology estate and accelerating product development.
• Bangalore Leadership: Build and develop a high-performing technology organisation in Bangalore, attracting exceptional talent and developing the next generation of technology leaders.
• Execution & Operational Excellence: Improve engineering productivity, delivery predictability, platform reliability and cloud efficiency while maintaining high standards of security and governance.
• Executive & Customer Leadership: Act as the senior technology voice for Consumer, partnering with senior leadership and engaging directly with strategic customers where technology and AI are central to the relationship.What we are looking for:We are looking for a technology leader who combines strategic thinking, deep technical credibility, strong product instincts and outstanding organisational leadership.The successful candidate will bring:
• Significant senior technology leadership experience in a SaaS, data, information services, AI or technology product business.
• A track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organisations and leadership teams.
• Experience owning technology strategy for customer-facing products and platforms.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML, Generative AI, modern data platforms and cloudnative architectures.
• Experience modernising complex technology environments while continuing to deliver ambitious product roadmaps.
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to connect technology decisions to customer value and business outcomes.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams, ideally including significant technology organisations in India.
• The executive presence to operate with senior business leaders and customers, combined with sufficient technical depth to challenge architecture and engineering decisions.Our current environment includes Python, AWS, React/JavaScript, large-scale data pipelines, DevOps and platform engineering, alongside growing capabilities in LLMs, RAG, NLP, Generative AI and agentic AI. Experience with every technology is not required; architectural judgement and the ability to build exceptional technology organisations matter more.What Success Looks LikeThe CTO will establish a clear technology and AI strategy for Consumer Divison, strengthen our engineering leadership and operating model, and materially increase the speed at which we can turn ideas, data and AI capabilities into valuable customer products.Over time, we expect the CTO to create a more scalable and coherent technology platform, embed AI meaningfully across the Consumer portfolio, improve engineering quality and velocity, and establish Bangalore as a strategic centre of technology excellence for GlobalData.Why Join Us?This is an opportunity to lead technology for a strategically important GlobalData business at a point where AI is fundamentally changing how data and intelligence products are created and consumed.The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape that transformation: defining the technology strategy, building the organization and platforms behind it, and creating the next generation of AI-powered Consumer intelligence products.Commitment to D&I and EEO:We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, GlobalData is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favorable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.