Practice Manager - IT

Practice Manager

Location : Pune - Hinjewadi

Primary Skills :

About the job :

- We are looking forward to hire Seasoned Engineering IT professionals at the level of Competency / Practice Manager. In this role, we are looking to hire professionals who thrive on challenges and desires to make a real difference in the cutting[1]edge digital transformation business.

- 12+ years of experience in building teams with Embedded Systems, IoT and possibly Factory Automation background. Equally considered will be 5+ years of experience driving digital transformation.

- Should have experience in a resource management role.

- Abilities needed to execute job duties, such as project management, Resources Allocation and Management, Resource Forecasting, Skillset requirement, defining learning journey and certifications, reskilling strategy, etc.

- Experience on handling project development and preferably end to end solution.

- Should be conversant with Embedded System (Automotive, Medical Devices, Industrial Products, Industrial Automation), IoT, Factory Automation (Process Industry, Discrete Mfg, Process Mfg).

- Should possess excellent communication skills, an attitude to get things done, and a willingness to work in a high-growth environment.

- Should be able to build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs.

- Should be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with various levels of management, staff, and clients.

- Willing to travel - as much required

Desirable Skills :

- Should possess good communication skills to be able to communicate to the all stakeholders.

- Demonstrated the Ability to train/mentor/guide the team on implementation aspects.

- Possess appetite and aptitude for owning responsibility of technical decisions and direction for project/module.

- Experience in the end-to-end project and solution development is desired.

- Multi-group coordination for solution development and deployment.

- Knowledge of IoT, Cloud and Embedded systems and devices terminology preferred.

- Exposure to Agile methodology is advantage.

Responsibilities :

- Cultivate strong relationships with delivery leadership to plan and forecast resource needs (demand generation and draw blueprint to maintain the delivery pool of resources.

- Understand sales opportunities, proactively identify ways, and means to have the right resources.

- Own Resource fulfillment metrics for Embedded System, Factory Automation, IoT Competency unit.

- Ready to meet with customers to discuss their evolving needs and to assess the quality of the Company's relationship with them.

- Manage a team of resource managers. People Management

- As a thought leader effectively communicate the Embedded System, Factory Automation, IoT Competency unit's goals to every level and align their performance.

- Work with Architect's team to identify for quarterly learning goals and implement across all levels.

- Own the Embedded System, Factory Automation, IoT competency certification goals and drive the team members to meet the goals.

- Establish continuous communication (bi-directional) with the team members.

- Prepare and implement the mentoring framework at all levels to align the team members' aspiration goals with the Embedded System, Factory Automation, IoT Competency unit and goals.

- Be the champion of performance management by metrics to identity right talent for rightful compensation and benefits.

- People retention by proactive scanning of the people risks, work with the "high-risk" employees and retain.

- Be on top of industry people's compensation and benefits and work with HR teams to influence course correction to our policies.

Leadership And Process Excellence :

- Act as a thought leader in defining success criteria and understand business needs of customers in an ever-changing business environment.

- Contribute to and leads strategic plans and documents.

- Partner with diverse teams of Account managers, external vendors, Talent Acquisition and Resource fulfilment teams.

- Establish collaborative relationships and maintain close communication with the senior management team, as well as with other key internal stakeholders to identify potential opportunities and ensure alignment on current projects.

- Implement a strategic business and commercial plan that helps to increase customer base and ensure its strong presence.