Principal Consultant - Adv. & Mgmt L1

Job Description

Role Purpose

Principal Consultants are expected to have a deep area of consulting expertise, with a good understanding of the client s business landscape and an ability to manage the delivery of consulting solutions that achieve clear business value. The role may have managerial responsibilities in leading a team of consultants and managing quality and internal compliance in business operations. Principal Consultants develop and support closure of sales opportunities through their consulting expertise and client relationships.  The Principal Consultant must achieve high personal billability.

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Consulting Execution

    An Ambassador for Wipro tenets and values

    Consulting Project manager or equivalent, manages teams of consultants/work streams and quality assures other work streams/projects/programs

    Client focused and tenacious in approach to solving client issues and achieving clients objectives. Demonstrates the experience of a well rounded consultant. Flexible in approach and ability to coordinate resources with expertise in various areas

    Responsible for work stream budgets and assuring quality of deliverables

    Seen as a trusted advisor to senior clients and secures great feedback from clients

    Decisive and directive delivery focus with a can do attitude , demonstrates both hard and soft skills

    Coaches, mentors and motivates team and client staff , build trust and confidence through focus on quality and delivery

    Effective at engaging with clients, extracting information, e.g., developing facilitation and communication skills

    Responsible for ensuring project administration is up to date e.g., SoW, tagging, etc.

Business development

    Ensures high levels of individual utilisation achievement in line with the levels expected as part of the goal setting process

    Sells laterally and vertically when operating. Regularly identifies leads and converts them into opportunities and proposals

    Builds relationships and has an effective network of client contacts at buying level. Leads marketing  and prospecting activities to populate the sales funnel for specified accounts

    Regularly participates in sales meetings. Builds relationships with client managers, applies competitive intelligence to further Wipro footprint in accounts

    Leads smaller scale meetings with sales teams, leads proposal development to a high standard working with sales teams as appropriate

    Contributes and leads RFP/RFI efforts by leveraging Wipro s global footprint and end to end consulting capability

    Consistently plays a key  role in opportunity identification, raising potential pursuits to practice leadership team, helping them proactively in pursuits

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Thought Leadership

    Develops insight and  develops point of view into chosen industry and technology trends, ensures they are shared with the wider practice/GCG in one of the various channels. Leads assignment thought leadership

    Ensures a track record is written up of own assignment and, where appropriate, ensures it is written up as a case study. Responsible for ensuring use in sales

Contribution to Practice/Wipro

    Continually delivers all Wipro admin in a timely manner (timesheets, appraisals expenses, etc.,) Demonstrates contribution to internal initiatives

    Ensures the team leverages IP and knowledge assets from the central knowledge repository of Wipro and GCG and promotes reuse

    Proposes new service offerings/capabilities

    Contribution towards go-to-market solutions to deliver tangible business outcomes or breakthrough in industry segment

    Coaches and mentors junior consultants

    Monitors and curtails talent attrition

    Drives engagement with other consulting and delivery teams to both enhance collaboration and help design and deliver tailored

    Client solutions with desired impact

    Demonstrates value by identifying and following through on innovation and thought leadership opportunities

    Creates reusable IP/assets and makes self visible as a thought leader

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Deliver

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