Wipro Appoints Sanjeev Jain as Chief Operating Officer
Wipro Limited, a leading technology services
and consulting company, today announced the appointment of Sanjeev Jain as the
Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. Sanjeev succeeds Amit Choudhary,
who is stepping down to pursue opportunities outside the organization. Sanjeev
will report to Srinivas Pallia and will continue to be a member of Wipro’s
Executive Committee.
Sanjeev joined Wipro in 2023 as the Global Head of
Business Operations. He brings over 30 years of experience in leading large,
diverse teams, scaling up global operations, and deploying Lean Six Sigma
and design thinking principles to drive operational excellence and business
transformation.
Over the past year, Sanjeev has been leading
Wipro’s talent supply chain, including Wipro’s gig work platform, TopGear, as
well as talent skilling, global mobility, talent acquisition, and business
resilience functions. He has played a key leadership role in the development
and deployment of Wipro’s AI training and upskilling strategy.
As Chief Operating Officer, Sanjeev will be
responsible for continuing Wipro’s journey of building a client-centric
delivery organization focused on driving sustainable, profitable, and
delivery-led growth. He will oversee Global Business Operations, the Chief
Information Office, the Chief Information Security Office, and the Enterprise
Risk Management function and continue to work closely with Wipro’s leadership
teams across the organization on transformation initiatives.
“In the short time that Sanjeev has been with
Wipro, he has developed strong relationships with on-the-ground delivery teams
and made a significant impact on our strategic thinking and execution prowess,”
said Srinivas Pallia,
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro Limited. “Under his leadership, we’ve built out our approach to AI
training and upskilling and trained over 225,000 of our people in AI
principles. Sanjeev has also been instrumental in devising our career
development strategy for next-gen associates and significantly enhancing our
utilization. As COO, he will be responsible for continuing to simplify our
operating model, building a client-centric delivery organization, and driving
operational excellence with a focus on execution rigor and speed.
“I would like to thank Amit for his leadership
over the last two years and for building a strong operations foundation and
structure that will be invaluable as we move forward. Amit will be with us
until the end of May, working closely with Sanjeev and me to ensure a smooth
transition.”
Commenting on his appointment, Sanjeev Jain said, “I am honored and excited to take on the role of Chief
Operating Officer. I look forward to further strengthening our operational and
delivery capabilities to bring more value to our clients.”
Prior to joining Wipro, Sanjeev held
leadership roles at Kyndryl Holdings (IBM spin-off), IBM, Cognizant, and GE.
In his previous roles, Sanjeev enabled profitable growth
by integrating the end-to-end talent supply
chain, driving margin expansion, simplifying processes, and strengthening the
operating rhythm.
Sanjeev is a distinguished alumnus of IIM-Mumbai
and a certified Master Black Belt from GE. He will be based in Bengaluru.
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