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Wipro Limited seeks a Managing Consultant to lead and sell complex consulting propositions for key clients. The role emphasizes driving measurable value, managing large engagements, and developing client relationships while leading consulting teams. High personal billability and cross-functional collaboration are expected.
You will oversee budgets, ensure quality deliverables, and guide practice growth through leadership and thought leadership across engagements and accounts.
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
Job Description:
Role Purpose
Managing Consultants are expected to sell and manage the delivery of complex consulting propositions within their area of expertise, driving measurable value for clients. They will also be responsible for leading development of consulting solutions and providing support to practice growth and development. This role is engaged in developing strong client relationships and managing large engagements, accounts (single/multiple) or designing and leading large and complex consulting programs for customers. The role may have managerial responsibilities in leading a team of consultants and managing quality and internal compliance in business operations The Managing Consultant must achieve high personal billability.
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Consulting Execution
Achieves utilisation target,. An Ambassador for Wipro tenets and values
Account focused and effective as a leader in the business. Program Manager or equivalent and manages teams of consultants/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 budgets and assuring quality of deliverables
Seen as a trusted advisor to senior clients and secures great feedback from client executives and sponsors
Decisive and directive delivery focus with a can do attitude, demonstrates both hard and soft skills
Coaches, mentors and motivates team and client staff, builds trust and confidence through focus on quality and delivery
Business development
Ensures high levels of individual and team utilization in line with the levels expected as part of the goal setting process.
Manages a personal sales pipeline to support revenue targets (personal and practice)
Manages a revenue target as agreed with manager. Sells laterally and vertically to a number of clients. Regularly identifies leads and converts them into opportunities and proposals
Has an effective network of client contacts at executive buying level. Leads sales activities and meetings
Leads marketing and prospecting activities to populate the sales funnel
Closes new projects and/or project extensions with minimal partner support
Proactively seeks opportunities to develop revenue in existing and new areas
Drives proposal creation and presales activities for the engagement/new accounts by leveraging Wipro's global footprint and end to end consulting capability
Thought Leadership
Recognised as an industry thought leader and ensures thought leadership is shared with GCG/Wipro is one of the various channels. Leads assignment team thought leadership
Ensures case studies and track records are utilized across Wipro in sales efforts. Presents Wipro thought leadership at external industry forums and sales campaigns and demonstrates the monetization of own thought leadership through pipeline building
Contribution to Practice/Wipro
Continually delivers all Wipro admin in a timely manner (timesheets, appraisals expenses, etc.,) Demonstrable contribution to internal initiatives
Holds people accountable for leveraging IP and knowledge assets from the central knowledge repository of Wipro and GCG and promotes reuse
Ensures engagement teams effectively contribute tools, methods and assets, information sources and IP to the knowledge management platform. Works to develop and improve practice policies, procedures, frameworks, etc.,
Creates reusable IP/assets and makes self visible as a thought leader. Manages line team career development through use of internal processes-training performance assessments, etc. Monitors and helps curtail talent attrition
Demands engagement with other consulting and delivery teams to both enhance collaboration and help design and deliver tailored client solutions with desired impact
Highly visible in the consulting community resulting from sharing industry trends, developing solutions, applying innovation, authoring published content
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Strategic Objectives Parameter Description Measure (Select relevant measures/ modify measures after speaking to your Manager) Deliver growth in consulting revenues
Achieve business performance for direct consulting against relevant quarterly/annual targets
Improve quality of consulting by increasing strategic advisory and transformation projects, deal value and billing rates
Lead end-to-end sales cycle for select accounts/pursuits and pipeline of opportunities
Lead and deliver strategic advisory/transformation consulting engagements with ownership of client expectation management, quality control and delivery assurance, issue