Job Description:

The Practice Manager is expected to be a leader in Wipro's Insurance Advisory Group and will be responsible for driving strategic thought leadership, consulting solutions, and technology and business process services at Wipro's top insurance clients. He/ She will be accountable for:

- Manage domain practices including Life, P&C and Wealth Management

- Drive thought leadership to the domain practices

- Provide SME/consulting services to our clients

- Build domain competency in the insurance vertical of the organization

- Conceptualizing, developing and delivering strategic consulting engagements

- Leadership responsibilities for managing consulting teams, setting senior level client expectations, thought leadership, strategic problem solving

- Leading efforts in creating industry and practice knowledge, leading business research, developing position papers and white papers, and participating / presenting at industry conferences

- Integrating solutions from across the company and bring them together in a seamless client experience

- Work closely with our large account teams to hunt and harvest new opportunities using domain/consulting as tip of the arrow

- Identify product and service partnership opportunities critical to integrated solution delivery

- Enhance Wipro's brand as a thought leader by representing Wipro as a speaker at major conferences, participating in reputed industry blogs and contributing articles to leading publications as required.

Job Qualification:

- International experience of the insurance industry

- Possess a blend of both business and technical skills with the ability to translate business needs into deliverable solutions

- Strong knowledge of the drivers and impacts currently affecting the global insurance industry

- Familiar with the technology trends, providers and solutions in the insurance market place.

- Innovative thinking and capability to carve out niche areas of interest for insurers and ideate solutions and frameworks

- Ability to lead consulting teams in high pressure client engagements

- Excellent problem solving, communication, and client management skills are essential. This role requires strong leadership skills and demonstrated capabilities of being a thought leader.

- The candidate must be able to work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, and be high on Drive and initiative, Self Confidence.

- Should be able to conceptualize, analyze, create blueprint for business transformations and present solutions in the insurance or wealth management domain.

Experience Range:

- The candidate should have at least 12-15 years of professional experience in the Insurance vertical of tier 1 IT provider or in a big four consulting firm with Senior Management level responsibilities. A deep understanding of insurance company operating models, and processes (i.e. claims, underwriting, policy servicing, Omni-channel management, digital marketing, etc.), industry trends, best practices and overview of regulatory/compliance issues.

- A good understanding and background in IT services, operational improvement, global sourcing, and quality management are essential.

- Knowledge of digital pillars i.e. Social Media, Mobility, Analytics, IOT, AI, RPA, Cloud, Block Chain, etc.

- Knowledge of offshoring and onsite-offshore model is mandatory with US/UK and other international client exposure.

Wipro is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and makes all employment and employment-related decisions without regard to a person's race, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law

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