Headline

Head of Engineering & GCC Site Leader | $20M+ P&L · $900K SGA | 250+ Engineers | Fintech · Healthcare · Banking · Media | Fortune 100 | Bengaluru

About

India GCC Site Leader and Head of Engineering with 24 years scaling engineering organisations — most recently leading a 250+ member India GCC at Code & Theory as Head of Engineering and Country Manager, with full site P&L ownership of $20M+. At Code & Theory, I held a dual mandate — Technology delivery and full-site execution simultaneously. I conceived and led the organisation's global AI engineering transformation from India, governed architectures across React, Next.js, native iOS/Android, and cloud-native platforms, drove QA transformation from manual testing to full Quality Engineering and defined the open-source strategy that open sourced 15+ native components. Accountable for 25+ concurrent global programs across Web, Mobile, AI/ML and Quality Engineering for Fortune 100 clients across US, UK and APAC — while building leadership depth through succession planning and developing first-line leaders into people managers. Over 24 years I've built and scaled engineering organisations from seed teams to 400+, turned underutilized sites into high-performance delivery engines and converted complex transformation programs into long-term client partnerships. I operate at the intersection of engineering and business — owning technology strategy, delivery governance and growth simultaneously. My focus is simple: build organisations that deliver outcomes, not just output. Equally invested in the people side — developing leaders, building inclusive cultures, and creating environments where accountability and ownership are lived, not mandated. I turn technology delivery into predictable, scalable growth. 📩 Currently open to: Head of Engineering · VP Engineering · GCC Site Leader · Country Manager · Senior Director of Engineering roles in Bengaluru. Reach me at indhumathi.venkataraman@gmail.com

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

cursor

Canva Magic Studio

ChatGPT

Gamma

Wispr Flow

Work experience

Caregiving at Career Break, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Planned career break for family caregiving. Actively seeking senior engineering leadership roles.

Head of Engineering & Country Manager (India GCC) at Code and Theory, May 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Led the India centre as Head of Engineering and Country Manager — a dual mandate that combined engineering strategy and full-site business operations for a 250+ member organisation. Owned the site's P&L, SGA budget and eight functions reporting directly — making Code & Theory India a fully self-sufficient global delivery centre. Built and scaled the site from a underutilised engineering centre into a high-performance delivery engine running 25+ concurrent global programs for some of the world's most recognised brands — across fintech, banking, healthcare, beauty, media and enterprise technology. Led the organisation through its most complex period — navigating a post-merger integration, technology portfolio transition and workforce transformation/optimization — while sustaining delivery quality, client relationships and team culture throughout. Initiated AI engineering strategy from the India site — establishing the frameworks, tools and processes that shaped how engineering teams across three global sites work today. Believed that great engineering cultures are built through people, not processes — and invested deeply in leadership development, DEI, and building an environment where engineers grow into leaders. Currently exploring senior engineering leadership opportunities — Head of Engineering, VP Engineering, GCC Site Leader and Country Manager roles where I can bring this same combination of engineering depth and operational scale.

Director Of Engineering at Code and Theory, Jul 2022 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Manager at Accenture in India, Dec 2017 - May 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Built and scaled a 400+ member global engineering organization owning delivery for multi-million-dollar portfolios supporting Fortune 100 clients. Held end-to-end ownership of large transformation portfolios, aligning technology strategy with revenue growth, margin improvement, and client retention across North America and Europe. Drove 30% gains in operational efficiency, improving delivery predictability and expanding margins through automation, CI/CD and platform standardization. Led complex, distributed, multi-vendor ecosystems, balancing cost optimization, utilization, and quality while scaling programs. Partnered closely with executive stakeholders to translate innovation and PoCs into commercialized platforms, expanded account scope and long-term revenue. Recipient of the DigiShark 2020 Award. Generated “out of box” ideas, solutions and PoC's to solve client's problem. Presented in Accenture's Global Technology Innovation Contest 2021. A P&L-minded transformation leader, experienced in scaling seed teams into enterprise-grade delivery organizations that consistently drive revenue, margin and sustained client value.

Software Application Manager at Accenture in India, Jul 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Principal Engineer - Software Development at Broadcom, Oct 2013 - Jun 2014 · 9 mos, bangalore, Led global team delivering 4G LTE debug toolset for enterprise customer support.

Senior Project Manager at Renesas Mobile Corporation, Dec 2010 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore,  Senior Project Manager responsible for the cellular modem trace, debugging and analysis solutions, driving a development team to work for the multi-site project.  Responsible to create an integrated software solution for embedded modem trace generation, capture and analysis; including embedded software / hardware and Windows / Linux software.  As development manager, she manages the functional analysis, development life cycle, staff development and project implementation. Also responsible to define SW Release & Test strategy and plan. Drive customer delivery.

Application Development Team Lead at Nokia India, Jul 2008 - Nov 2010 · 2 y 4 mo, Bangalore

Lead Software Engineer at Sasken Technologies Limited, Oct 2000 - Jul 2008 · 7 y 9 mo, Bangalore

Education

Master of Science, Computer Software Technology/Technician, BITS-PILANI

Master of Science - MS, Software systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani