Practice Head - Automation Center of Excellence - IT

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Build and lead a practice focused on Automation across IT /Applications/Business processes

- Build solutions and capabilities of Automation practice - to create differentiating position for the company in the market

- Own business growth/revenue targets and enable sales teams to create opportunities

- Establish and nurture strategic relationships with partners in Automation domain

- Manage delivery and operations responsibilities of the practice - collaborating closely with delivery organization

- Leverage and collaborate with other practices within the organisation to drive a holistic automation capability across the company

- Integrate Automation offerings with Digital offerings

- Engage customers  as a thought leader - and define automation strategies for customers

- Manage Presales, solutioning , sales enablement responsibilities for practice

- Build and nurture a talented pool of specialists in practice - as a people manager

Skills & experience :

- In depth understanding of Automation/ RPA concepts

- Experience in applying automation principles across IT services

- Experience in Automation/RPA platforms - Automation Anywhere; UiPath & Blue Prism, Work Fusion

- Past experience of application dev/maintenance/business process management

- Good knowledge of IT architectures and integration requirements

- Lead the teams as an architect/consultant

- Project management/ program management/delivery leadership experience

- Deep understanding of Technology and architecture concepts

- Experience in customer facing /presales/consulting roles - excellent communication skills

- Team building and team management skills

Academic qualifications :

- Degree in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, business, or related field or equivalent experience