Practice Director

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary leader to lead our Mobility practice, driving technology innovation, business growth, and operational excellence. This role necessitates a unique combination of deep technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic leadership, complemented by hands-on experience in wearables, mobile devices, tablets, and more. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of overseeing large engineering teams of over 100 individuals, managing and delivering innovative solutions. Your responsibilities will include pre-sales, solutioning, team mentoring, engineer upskilling, capability building, defining new offerings, and devising Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies that align with emerging trends in mobile applications. You will be tasked with defining and executing the vision and roadmap for the mobility practice, encompassing wearables, mobile, tablets, and other relevant technologies. Your role will involve aligning these efforts with emerging market trends like AI-driven apps, cross-platform solutions, low-code/no-code platforms, PWAs, and super apps. Building strong partnerships with technology vendors, cloud providers, and toolsets to fortify the Mobility Practice will also fall under your purview. As a part of your responsibilities, you will lead end-to-end presales activities, including crafting RFP/RFI responses, proposal generation, and solution design. This will involve defining scalable and reusable mobile solution architectures for enterprise and consumer applications. Additionally, you will conduct technical presentations and capability walkthroughs for clients and prospects, engaging with CXOs, product owners, and IT decision-makers to facilitate consultative selling. Mentoring a team of developers, leads, and architects will be crucial, along with establishing an upskilling program focused on cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter and React Native. You will be expected to define and develop new service offerings in mobile app development, including AI-powered mobile experiences, AR/VR apps, and super apps. Furthermore, driving thought leadership through activities like whitepapers, blogs, and industry conference talks to position the company as an innovator in the mobile technology landscape will be an integral part of your role. Collaboration with Domains, sales, and marketing teams is essential to define GTM strategies, create case studies, success stories, and PoCs, and identify key industry verticals like fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce to develop domain-specific mobile solutions. Key Skills & Requirements: - 15+ years of experience in mobile app development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role (Solution Architect / Practice Lead / Director). - Proficiency in both native (Swift, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) development. - Experience in developing and managing high-traffic mobile apps, including expertise in publishing apps on Apple and Google Play stores. - Strong background in AI/ML-driven mobile applications, AR/VR, IoT integrations, and third-party framework integrations. - Hands-on experience with third-party integrations and adherence to security best practices. - Demonstrated ability in pre-sales, solutioning, and client consulting, coupled with a strong business acumen. - Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills, with a proven history of growing and managing high-performing teams. - Experience in defining and executing GTM strategies for mobile services.,