Head of Product Engineering
deep technology expertise, strong understanding of the Product
g market landscape, customer engagement, solutioning, sales leadership, delivery excellence, and practice building
The ideal candidate will be responsible for growing the Product Engineering business by identifying market opportunities, developing strategic customer relationships, creating differentiated technology solutions, supporting sales and business development initiatives, and building high-performing engineering teams.
Embedded Systems, Product Engineering, IoT, Edge Computing, Automotive Software, Semiconductor, AI at the Edge, Connected Devices, and Digital Engineering
1. Business Leadership in Select Domains
- Drive business growth and revenue in domains of choice (Includes but not limited to healthcare, mobility and industrial).
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities across existing and new customers.
- Partner with Sales and BD teams on customer engagement, GTM strategy, proposals, RFPs, and solution presentations.
- Build strong relationships with key customers and technology decision-makers.
- Drive account mining, cross-selling, pipeline growth, and new market opportunities.
2. Technology & Market Leadership
- Define the technology vision and roadmap for the Product Engineering practice.
- Stay updated on emerging technologies, market trends, and the competitive landscape.
- Identify and build capabilities in key areas such as Embedded Systems, IoT, Edge AI, Automotive, Semiconductor, and Connected Products.
- Develop strategic partnerships with technology providers, OEMs, and ecosystem partners.
3. Solutioning & Pre-Sales
- Lead customer discovery, technical discussions, and solution development.
- Translate customer business challenges into innovative and scalable technology solutions.
- Drive proposals, solution architecture, estimations, and technical presentations.
- Develop differentiated solutions, accelerators, and reusable IP.
4. Practice & Capability Building
- Build and scale the Embedded Engineering practice and service portfolio.
- Develop technology capabilities, CoEs, and future-ready talent.
- Drive competency development, training, and technology innovation.
- Build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering assets.
5. Engineering & Delivery Leadership
- Provide technology and engineering leadership across Embedded Engineering programs.
- Ensure delivery excellence across quality, cost, timelines, and customer satisfaction.
- Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices.
- Drive productivity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
6. Customer & Team Leadership
- Build strong, strategic relationships with customers and act as a trusted technology advisor.
- Identify opportunities aligned with customer technology roadmaps and business needs.
- Build, mentor, and lead high-performing engineering and technology teams.
- Foster a culture of innovation, customer focus, ownership, and commercial awareness.
Educational Qualification
- Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems or a related discipline.
Required Experience
15+ years of overall experience
, with significant experience in Embedded Systems and Product Engineering.5+ years in Engineering Leadership, Practice Leadership, Business Leadership, or Technology Leadership roles.
- Proven experience in building and scaling Embedded Engineering teams or practices.
- Strong experience in customer engagement and technology solutioning.
- Demonstrated experience in pre-sales, proposal development, and technical sales.
- Strong understanding of the Embedded Engineering technology and market landscape.
- Experience in business development and revenue growth is highly preferred.
- Ability to engage with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
Job competencies
: - - Technology Leadership
- Sales and Business Acumen
- Customer Orientation
- Market Awareness
- Strategic Thinking
- Practice Building
- Should Demonstrate excellent business and financial acumen.
- Strong customer-focus with excellent client- facing and presentation skill.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal
- Strong business acumen
- Good understanding of SW / Digital Industry & typical service offerings
- Eye for detail
Leadership competencies
- Think Strategic
- Customer Focus
- Collaborate
- Build organizational capability
- Deal with Ambiguity, Use judgment
- Disagree, Discuss & Commit.
- Own