Digital Strategy

Developing the vision for digital strategy & transformation

The Digital and AI Strategy practice is at the forefront of redefining how enterprises create, deliver, and sustain value in an AI-driven economy. We partner with the C-suite to move beyond conventional digital transformation; helping organisations anticipate the future in real time, reimagine business models, and unlock new vectors of value creation and competitive advantage through the strategic integration of AI.​​ ​​

Our approach is strategy-led, execution-driven, and value-anchored. We are deliberately pivoting toward an asset and alliance-based consulting model, bringing together proprietary accelerators, curated technology partnerships, and deep domain expertise to harness the true transformative potential of AI at enterprise scale. This enables us to accelerate value discovery, compress delivery timelines, and translate AI investments into measurable, tangible business value through focused, high-conviction engagements.​​ ​​

Our team at PwC brings unmatched depth across AI strategy, enterprise architecture, transformation governance, and value realisation, underpinned by a multidisciplinary team of strategists, architects, and technologists who operate at the intersection of business value and technology. It is this breadth of capability, combined with the firm's leadership vision for AI-first transformation, that sets the stage for truly sustainable, value-led change — not episodic initiatives, but enduring enterprise evolution where value compounds over time.​​​

From opportunity identification to sustained value realisation, we embed governance, accountability, and continuous improvement into every engagement, ensuring that transformation is not just delivered, but that lasting business value is realised, protected, and amplified at every stage of the journey.​​

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Digital Strategy practice supports clients in delivering some of their most important and complex technology transformation. This is a tremendously exciting time for CxOs. The speed of technology change creates opportunities and threats for us all. The cost of technology is failing, new technology consumption models are now available and people want technology 'on the go'. In the digital world, businesses are looking to deliver new functionality in days and weeks, not months and years. We help our clients understand and evolve the way they align IT with the business, and source, organise and manage IT to deliver the modern day demands of the business.

In PwC's Digital Strategy practice we are clear about what we stand for and have the right vision, people and leadership to succeed in helping our clients become more effective business.

Digital and Value Realisation Office (VRO)

As digital and AI investments accelerate, organisations are increasingly shifting their focus from delivering programmes on time and on budget to ensuring that expected business value is realised and sustained. A Value Realisation Office (VRO) helps bridge strategy, finance and execution by aligning investments to measurable outcomes, strengthening governance and tracking benefits across the transformation lifecycle. Enabled by PwC’s VRO expertise and an integrated platform, it provides greater visibility, accountability and a structured approach to turning transformation investments into tangible business outcomes.

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Digital transformation is a fundamental reality for businesses today. Post 2020, every industry and every organization realised that they will have to transform in the next few years. This goes beyond being able to deploy a new IT tool or business process — it means discovering unexpected value, adopting emerging technologies and driving greater enterprise and IT operational value. Success depends on building a culture and communication structure that is ready, willing and able to adapt to these transformations, repeatedly. This is, thus, a great time for business and technology leaders to position themselves for space in the boardroom - a career-defining moment.

PwC's Digital Strategy helps organisations in creating the roadmap for digital adoption and successfully bridge the gaps in their internal culture, skill, technology and data while helping them succeed in their digital transformation journey.

Abhijit Majumdar
Partner and Digital Strategy Leader, PwC India

Digital transformation is not just about adopting technology; it is about redefining how businesses create value in a rapidly evolving environment. Its relevance lies in enabling organizations to stay competitive, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new growth opportunities. By integrating digital capabilities into core processes, enterprises can drive efficiency, foster innovation, and build resilience against market disruptions. 

We in Digital Strategy competency help clients develop in their digital transformation as a strategic imperative that aligns technology with business ambition to deliver sustainable outcomes.

Sayantan Chatterjee
Partner, Digital Strategy Consulting, PwC India

Adopting digital is the new norm and all enterprises understand its importance and relevance. What is crucial is that the digital roadmap has to align with business ambition. The tenets on which a forward looking enterprise adopts digital are, increasing topline, adopting alternate business model, bringing in seamlessness in operations and improving customer experience. We, at Digital Strategy, practice helping organizations by mapping their digital pursuits to their ambitions and adopt the sustainable operating model to increase Digital Stamina. 

Finally what matters is whether the digital program helps meet its objective and provide value. This needs steering and support of a trusted advisor.

Viral Raval
Executive Director, Digital Strategy Consulting, PwC India

We advise the C-Suite (CEO/CDO/CTO/CIO) in designing their digital strategies and implementing their digital transformation

Our value-centric
approach

1 · Value discovery

Value discovery focuses on identifying opportunities that matter most to the business.

We work with technology leaders to uncover high-value digital and AI use cases, assess feasibility through POCs, and define clear value hypotheses aligned to digital and AI strategic objectives.

2 · Value delivery

Value delivery translates prioritised opportunities into tangible solutions.

We design, build, and deploy digital and AI capabilities through focused, time-boxed engagements, embedding them into existing processes, platforms, and operating models.

3 · Value realisation

Value realisation ensures that delivered digital and AI solutions achieve and sustain the intended business outcomes.

We track benefits, measure performance against agreed KPIs, and embed mechanisms for continuous improvement, governance, and scaling.

Strategic priorities as part of the digital and AI transformation​

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AI-enabled digital transformation​
  • Defining how business models are redesigned and value is created leveraging AI​
  • Driving transformation from analysing the past to anticipating the future, at scale and in-real time​
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Accelerated value realisation​
  • Short engagements pivoted around value‑realisation
  • Rapidly identify and validate opportunities for business value creation using AI and digital​
  • Quantify and track RoI, risk and dependencies​
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Orchestrated solutions through strategic alliances​
  • Orchestrating pointed solutions by conducting POCs through qualified alliance partners and PwC’s in-house teams
  • Deliver enhanced business value and tangible outcomes​
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Strategy-led, execution-driven​
  • Integrated proposition combining strategy, delivery oversight and value realisation​
  • Operating model recommendation for the right Digital/ AI organisation, governance and processes​

Our differentiated service offerings address CxO challenges:

We have worked with some of the leading brands of different industry sectors and have significant experience across technology areas in addressing challenges faced by CxOs.

Key Challenges

Our Offerings

  1. How do we assess our current digital and AI maturity and define a clear roadmap to scale transformation across the enterprise?
  2. How do we establish an effective enterprise architecture that aligns business, applications, data, and infrastructure with strategic goals?
  3. How do we set up the right EA governance and operating model to drive consistency, accountability, and faster decision-making?
  4. How do we design a future-ready Digital/IT Target Operating Model and build a scalable GCC strategy that supports growth, efficiency, and innovation?
Digital Strategy & roadmap
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  1. Digital and AI strategy roadmap
    • Digital and AI maturity assessment
    • Digital and AI strategy and roadmap
  2. Enterprise Architecture (EA)
    • EA office setup and center of excellence (COE) advisory
    • Business, applications, data, and infrastructure architecture
  3. EA governance
    • EA office setup and operate
    • EA COE advisory
  4. Digital/IT TOM design
    • TOM assessment
    • TOM design
  5. IT GCC setup strategy
    • GCC strategy and setup
    • GCC COE setup
    • GCC operating model design
    • GCC transition management
  1. How do we define, govern, and track business value from digital, AI, and transformation investments in a consistent and measurable way?
  2. How do we set up a value governance structure that ensures ownership, accountability, and timely decision-making across programs?
  3. How do we improve program and project execution through a strong PMO/Transformation Management Office while balancing Agile and traditional delivery models?
Digital Strategy & roadmap
Value Realisation Office

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  1. Value management and tracking
    • Value governance and setup
    • Business value realisation and tracking
  2. Transformation Management Office (TMO)
    • Digital project management office (PMO) COE setup
    • Program management (Agile, IT PM)
    • Product management (AI PM, product owner)
  1. How do we strengthen digital/AI leadership and decision-making while aligning technology priorities with business strategy and growth objectives?
  2. How do we make the right technology sourcing and vendor choices, while optimising technology costs and improving commercial outcomes?
  3. How do we build robust IT capabilities, governance, policies, and vendor management practices to improve service quality, control, and operational efficiency?
  4. How can we integrate/separate the technology landscape following an acquisition/merger/ divestiture?
Digital Strategy & roadmap
CDIO Services

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  1. Digital/AI leadership advisory
    • Sourcing advisory: Technology product and vendor selection
    • CDIO as a service
    • Technology cost optimisation
  2. Digital/IT capabilities management
    • IT Service Management process design and IT governance
    • Technology sourcing and contract review
    • IT policies, procedures, and SOPs
    • IT vendor management
  3. M&A (technology) advisory
    • Technology due diligence
    • Post-merger integration
  1. How do we sustain transformation outcomes through managed services while ensuring ongoing alignment to digital strategy and business priorities?
  2. How do we establish strong value tracking and governance to continuously measure benefits, identify gaps, and improve realisation over time?
  3. How do we strengthen vendor management, scoping, and SLA oversight to improve service quality, accountability, and cost efficiency?
Digital Strategy & roadmap
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Digital strategy enabling managed services

  • Managed value tracking
  • Vendor management office (VMO)
  • Scoping and SLA management
  • IT change management
  • EA reviews and management
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Contact us

Sayantan Chatterjee

Partner, Digital Strategy, PwC India

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Viral Raval

Executive Director, Digital Strategy, PwC India

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Anbuselvan Sahadevan

Executive Director, Digital Strategy Consulting, PwC India

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