Associate Director/Director - Solution Architect

Required skill set:

- Lead and design solutions for complex testing problems by driving the requirements discussions with existing customers

- Conceptualize, design, develop and present the proposed solution; ensuring an integrated end-to-end testing solution is delivered 'right first time'

- Responsible for end to end pre-sales pursuit management in coordination with cross functional teams such as sales, delivery, horizontals, networking, marketing and process teams in global delivery model for the existing accounts

- Act as a technical liaison between prospects, clients, quality engineering teams and management

- Engage with the customer build professional relationship; participate in teleconferences; lead customer workshops and presentations

- Act as a strong leader with organizational and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail, critical thinking, solid communication and proven leadership skills - with the ability to lead multiple pursuit teams simultaneously

- Travel to customer location across the geography to participate in proposal / RFP / SOW defense discussions and presentations

Good to have Skills / Experience:

- 14-18 years proven experience as a Solution Architect on large-scale testing accounts

- Experience as a Solution Architect or senior SME leading the development of solutions for testing complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers.

- Awareness of testing approaches, practices, techniques and methodologies to help design the overall testing solution

- Well-versed in continuous integration, continuous delivery and continuous testing

- In depth knowledge of one or more technical specializations including - quality engineering, release management, test environment management, test automation, test data management, testing approaches and test execution, performance engineering, development operations.

- Knowledge or experience in applying technologies like AI and ML in the testing domain

- Strong domain experience in few verticals such as BFSI, Healthcare, Retail, Airlines, Telecom etc. is a big plus