Enterprise Applications Practice Leader - Senior Director, Business Applications

 

At Sphere, we offer management consulting, end-to-end technology solutions, enterprise applications, data analytics, and staff augmentation services, through onsite and remote world-class teams. Now we are looking for a Director of Partnerships and Business Development to join our team. 

 

We are seeking to hire a leader for its Business Applications practice who can address our growth and scale the practice, organically and via other methods..

 

Our services range from driving Strategy (Application modernization, Enabling a Digital workplace) to Technology implementations (Mobile enablement, custom app development, ERP and CRM systems, marketing automation, data solutions, enterprise content management, RPA services) to Managed services (Application portfolio support, Transformative Applications Management).

 

The right candidate brings deep experience in managing a wide variety of enterprise applications portfolio both from a build as well as operational standpoint, knowledge of the enterprise ecosystem, expertise of various solutions & services across multiple domains.

 

The individual will be responsible for collaborating with the top leadership of the firm to develop go-to-market plans, work with partners and business development organizations as well as manage the practice from a revenue growth, profitability, talent and service delivery standpoint.

 

Responsibilities:

• Build a 2-3 year vision, strategy, GTM approach, defining partnerships and a service delivery model

• Define and develop competencies that include application modernization, data analytics, ERP, CRM, automation, AI & ML, IoT and enable clients modernize their application portfolio through a Transformative approach

• Act as a trusted advisor to our clients and create business value enterprise applications projects and initiatives

• Drive a culture of Design thinking, service based design, DevOps, Development frameworks & Accelerators that drive non-linearity and cross-practice collaboration to enable hybrid solutions.

• Scale the solution architecture competency 

• Hire, mentor and grow the enterprise applications teams

 

Experience Expectations

• A minimum of 15+ years experience showing growth from hands-on custom applications work to driving applications portfolio modernization to driving Digital transformation strategy.

• Deep understanding of Business applications implementation , customizations, maintenance & support in a Fortune 1000 enterprise distributed globally

• A minimum of 15+ years' experience either all experience being in Digital or showing growth from business process consulting or custom applications work into the Digital space

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience with a Big-4/Global SI firm in a practice leadership role with proven strategy and organizational experience.

• Entrepreneurial skills with a constant focus on revenue and targets

• Experience in building leadership teams and collaborating across practices.

• Responsible for overall profitability of the Business applications practice team

• Candidates with advanced degrees (MBA/MS/MA/ME.) are preferred.

• Excellent writing and communication / presentation capabilities are essential.

• Prior experience in M&A will be very helpful.

 

Sphere is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).