Hitachi Consulting - Testing Practice Head

Job Description & Responsibilities

- Hands on Testing Leader in Terms of Capability Building

- Combination of mentoring, solution architecting, business pursuit, operations, and delivery management.

- Should have played the role of a SME / Architect.

- Will be required to drive effective strategies for sales and lead generation or Go-To-Market approaches or practice management

- Responsibilities will include planning for lateral resource intake and grooming internal talent based on the business pipeline.

- Will be responsible for building high performance teams and mentoring of resources in the CoP both in terms of the subject knowledge as well as career choices.

- Will be responsible to contribute to (and at times lead) the pursuit process for business in new accounts as well as existing accounts. This will include preparation of proposals, presales presentations, etc.

- Will have to work closely the pre-sales and sales team, right from the RFP/RFI and RFQ process and showcase the capabilities of the delivery organization in the financials competency.

- Will be responsible for regular delivery reviews and oversight of engagements that have financial business processes as critical components.

- Will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise in the Testing areas during the pursuit process and during project execution.

- Will continuously evaluate the market opportunities in the realm of Testing Areas and enhance the service offerings to address the market needs.

- Responsible for providing thought leadership emanating in the form of discussion papers and white papers to create best in class practices and tools for all client engagement.

- Highly articulate with excellent communication and presentation skills.

- Ability to work with multi-cultural teams.

Additional Requirements :

- Should have working knowledge of CMMI processes

- Ideally, should have worked in an IT services company of similar or larger size, with a global delivery model.

- Prefer candidates who have started careers in consulting/implementation projects and transitioned into managing offshore centric engagements

- Should be conversant with the onsite/offshore model and should be willing to travel for short stints (anywhere between a day to 15 days) at short notices.