Practice Group Leader Core Enterprise & zCloud (m/f/x)

As the leader of the Core Enterprise and zCloud team in Germany, you will lead, develop, and accelerate the team. You will work closely with the Country leadership, account teams, delivery teams, cross-practice teams, and the global Core Enterprise and zCloud leadership team. Responsibilities include achieving the practice's Country business and financial goals, long-term strategic planning, leading Go to Market and growth initiatives, and acting as the external thought leader for the practice with customers, media, press, and analysts. The role involves executing the practice's policies, allocating resources, and making decisions regarding practice growth and diversification to achieve the organization's vision. Strong external engagement, leading from the front with customers and the team in the field, is necessary.

You will be a customer advocate, accountable for building market presence, strategy, and a compelling portfolio of services.

Fostering strong relationships with C-suite customers, gaining industry perspectives, and insights into desired solution-oriented customer outcomes is crucial. As the established leader in mainframe managed services, this role leverages knowledge and experience in go-to-market strategies, mainframe operations, account management, mainframe technology, and mainframe modernization.

1. A Strong customer facing role

• Acting as a thought leader in the Market, be the spokesperson with Customer, Analyst and Media
• Leading sales and growth through leveraging our strong market leading eminence to be able to drive growth (winning both new customer business as well as incremental work with existing customers)
• Experience from Selling and/or Consulting in Financial Services is a plus but not a mandate considering our strong customer base in FSS.

2. To work proactively with every mainframe account in Germany to help them to

• Develop the strategic roadmap for the mainframe for each account.
• Initiate and conduct a mainframe modernization workshop.
• Help win and grow new customers.

3. To rapidly create a cadre of experts to

• Own the various Core Enterprise and zCloud methodologies including mainframe modernization.
• Perform mainframe modernization workshops.
• Execute mainframe modernizations at scale
• Execute T&T for new Logo mainframe customers.

4. To own the German instance of our key partner relationships for the mainframe platform

• Technology partners
• Services partners like TMaxSoft, Microfocus, EY etc
• Hyperscalers (AWS, Microsoft, and Google)

5. Strong leadership capabilities

• Be able to build and lead a Consult team as well as Sales and technical team
• Have strong leadership capabilities and ability to lead both direct and virtual teams.
• Ability to navigate an international environment and leverage the Global teams for full benefit in the German market.

Who You Are

• 10+ years pf experience in building, selling and developing mainframe and core Services with a proven track record in similar leadership positions
• Demonstrated success in IT Consulting or IT Management Consulting, with a strong track record in delivery, business development, and driving sales growth
• Extensive experience in mainframe modernization and translating business needs, creating strategic options, and driving the design and execution of large-scale transformations
• Ability to create effective relationships and to influence and collaborate at all organizational levels, internally and externally
• Ability to partner across business and shared services to prioritize the immediate needs today and in the future for a competitive business that reflects the new operating model
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Experience leading consulting teams
• Excellent spoken and written German and English language skills

Being You

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What You Can Expect

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