Lead - Solution Development - IT

About The Company:

ARA's client is a leading global professional services company with capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, they offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology, and Operations Services, all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers.

The Role:

As a Solution Development Lead, you will play a leadership role across key business areas (industry, function, practice or service) and work closely with the Asset & Solution Champion and Global Solution Leads to develop the future vision & strategy, roadmap, and related features of a solution portfolio. In this leadership role, you will lead design-build-test solution lifecycle and planning with a focus on maintain quality standards and you will guide a team in agile product management to drive outcomes in a predictable manner and provide transparency.

You will mitigate risks, foster collaboration across services, and enhance the quality of solutions through feedback and contributions from account teams.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for overall content strategy and execution for all client facing knowledge

- Work with Solution Development team to incorporate Innovation, client /CAL feedback, practitioner content.

- Lead teams in solution tablet standards and agile solution delivery methods.

- Responsible for the quality of cartridges and solution tablets that are built and maintained by G&S OD

- Understand and articulate the market problem(s) that are being solved by the suite of solutions tablets for the portfolio.

- Work with Global Solution Leads, Asset & Solution Champions, and Solution Development Leads for each solution tablet to meet the needs of the target user personas.

- Identify the business portfolio's gaps and new opportunities and establish their relative priority across the solution development cycle.

- Mitigate risks, determine relative prioritization of solution enhancements within the portfolio based on user feedback and client implementations.

Skills Required:

- Product Management experience and understanding a plus.

- Understanding of agile ways of working and storytelling a plus.

- Previous experience building compelling narratives out of existing materials a plus.

- Previous experience in sales, proposal development, advertising, marketing, strategy, transformation a plus

Qualifications & Experience:

- Master's degree preferre

- 8+ years professional experience; with 2+ years of client facing consulting experience as a plus.

- Proven track record leading a team