Delivery Manager- AI/ML- Female only

We are looking for a highly experienced Vice President to drive offshore delivery and to build a successful team including senior project and program manager and enterprise and solution architects to sale and deliver large and complex projects with a large part delivered remotely from India.

As part of a global business unit, you will have to manage a team of over 3000 + Insights and Data specialists, delivering hundreds of engagements in the Financial domain across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Member of I&D India Management team, with a direct reporting to I&D AI head, you will be accountable for revenue and profitability growth in addition to the human capital management in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

Innovative, Business technology Solution oriented, the candidate will have a solid experience on Azure and especially on Cortana Intelligence Framework. You are recognized in Microsoft Ecosystem in India and potentially in North America.

Key Responsibilities:

The individual will be responsible for all practice aspects including technical, financial and commercial.

She will:
• Manage the overall capability ensuring the right mix of skills and level
• Drive the performance culture and coach individuals to achieve the required capability
• Work with HR to recruit and train staff as required
• Work with sales and solutions staff to shape and contract offshore based delivery solutions
• Manage both internal and external stakeholders, implementing and operating complex governance arrangements
• Act as an escalation point for both senior internal and external stakeholders
• Manage the financial and commercial aspects of a portfolio of projects with multi-million € contract value
• Driving the development of methods, solutions and assets of Insights and Data on Microsoft Technology
Our Ideal Candidate will have:
• led an offshore based delivery team working both independently and with onshore based units
• worked both onshore and offshore
• overseen mixed, landed and remote deliveries
• led business units in excess of 500 people
• demonstrated the ability to drive the performance of business unit in terms of both staff and finances
• led a range of Cloud based data and analytics projects and programmes with multi-million Euro budgets
• driven a consulting led sales culture where project managers achieve incremental sales (project expansion and
new opportunity development)
• at least 15 years relevant experience
• managed client and 3rd party delivery teams
• extensive knowledge of multiple technology on Azure (data Integration, data storage, machine learning, reporting and analytics tools)
• strong communications skills and ability to communicate and influence at all levels
• written proposals and statements of work, and managed the commercial delivery against the contract
• leadership skills demonstrated through management and delivery
• knowledge and experience of the sales process
• strong client relationship skills with a track record of interfacing at senior levels within client organisations.

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