Chief Information Officer — Low-Carbon Platform

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on renewal of a high-cost and brittle enterprise technology estate within a listed integrated energy producer and services platform. The immediate arena is the low-carbon platform during a transition-investment decision. For mandate 367, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Information Officer operating perimeter covers approximately ₹41,750 crore in operated asset and trading portfolio, with activity spanning several low-carbon platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Information Officer Oil & Energy remit carries direct influence over roughly 650 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Chief Information Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the low-carbon platform. The Chief Information Officer Oil & Energy seat must resolve a transition-investment decision, while preserving the underlying strengths of the low-carbon platform. For mandate 367, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Information Officer’s first year on the low-carbon platform is expected to end with service stability, cyber hygiene and transparent technology economics. In mandate 367, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Chief Information Officer — Low-Carbon Platform requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a transition-investment decision created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the low-carbon platform. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Chief Information Officer value-creation thesis for the low-carbon platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹41,750 crore in operated asset and trading portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Information Officer Oil & Energy organisation of about 650 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the low-carbon platform economics and execution constraints created by a transition-investment decision, with Chief Information Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Information Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the low-carbon platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned enterprise service, cyber, architecture and technology economics rather than a single application tower in mandate 367.
• Build the Chief Information Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the low-carbon platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Oil & Energy organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the low-carbon platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to renewal of a high-cost and brittle enterprise technology estate, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Information Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the low-carbon platform, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable low-carbon platform trend against service stability, cyber hygiene and transparent technology economics, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Chief Information Officer’s agreed first-year low-carbon platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Information Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the low-carbon platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Information Officer mandate’s highest-priority low-carbon platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical low-carbon platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Information Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Information Officer-owned improvement in the low-carbon platform operating constraint behind a transition-investment decision, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 367: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a CIO, Regional CIO or Enterprise Technology Head in a listed Oil & Energy or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the low-carbon platform, your Chief Information Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Chief Information Officer brief.

As a Chief Information Officer candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹24,200 crore and led an organisation of at least 500 people.

For mandate 367, the board wants two transitions: a difficult low-carbon platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a transition-investment decision. As the prospective Chief Information Officer for this low-carbon platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 367 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Information Officer role in Oil & Energy is based in New Delhi; relocation is expected, although a structured weekly commute may be considered during the first quarter.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of CIO, Regional CIO or Enterprise Technology Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Oil & Energy governance forum.
• Proven Chief Information Officer ownership of at least ₹24,200 crore and leadership of no fewer than 500 employees in a comparable low-carbon platform context.
• One completed Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector example of renewal of a high-cost and brittle enterprise technology estate with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Chief Information Officer-level low-carbon platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the New Delhi location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 367.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Information Officer package is ₹3.2–4.6 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final low-carbon platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 367 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Information Officer appointment in New Delhi, centred on the low-carbon platform, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 367.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 367. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 367.