Practice Lead, Google Cloud Platform

Description:

• Ownership of the entire engagement lifecycle from account planning through pre-sales, delivery, execution and customer satisfaction

• Identify and facilitate appropriate cloud services, solutions and technologies

• Lead the interface with partners (Google) for enabling the competencies and enhance partnership

• Conduct Cloud readiness assessments of prospect and customer environments

• Develop guiding principles, standards and best practices for team members

• Responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of cloud solutions

• Act as technical lead on a customer facing engagement

• Assist clients in defining strategy & migrating to the cloud

• Provide technical direction to project team

• Provide strategic direction and implementation plans for team members

• Develop training programs to increase the effectiveness and knowledge of team members

• Experience in working with globally distributed locations and customers with remote workers

• Assist in resolution of project related issues by serving as a point of escalation for quality and technical issues

Responsibilities:

• Good domain knowledge on Banking Financial Services & Insurance verticals

• Onsite experience and / or client-facing experience

• Experience in leading the RFI/RFP process which includes understanding the RFI/RFP requirements, contribute to preparing the solution - presenting capabilities, experience, solutioning and pricing, and authoring the response

• Good understanding of the bid management process and proposal lifecycle - prior experience in handling and managing RFI/RFP responses required

• Preparing and maintaining collateral for the delivery and account teams (case studies, brochures, white papers, presentations)

• Building business case studies and engaging on projects/strategic initiatives that build a value proposition for the client

• Carrying out research, reporting trends and new market developments, Identifying potential opportunities for future business

Qualifications:

• Experience in consulting and services engagements on Google Cloud

• Experience in leading and managing Google Cloud engagements

• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with internal team and customers

• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills with abilities to prioritize projects

• Must be willing and able to travel

• 10+ years of industry experience

• Proficiency in using MS Office