Practice Director

You are looking for a highly experienced and visionary leader to head the Mobility practice, driving technology innovation, business growth, and operational excellence. This role requires a unique blend of deep technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic leadership, with hands-on experience in wearables, mobile, tablets, etc. You should have a proven track record of managing large engineering teams (100+ people), running and delivering innovative solutions. Your responsibilities will include pre-sales, solutioning, mentoring teams, upskilling engineers, building capabilities, defining new offerings, and driving Go-To-Market strategies to align with emerging trends in mobile applications. - Define and drive the vision and roadmap for the mobility (wearables, mobile, tablet, etc.) practice, aligning with emerging market trends such as AI-driven apps, cross-platform solutions, low-code/no-code platforms, PWAs, and super apps. - Build strong partnerships with technology vendors, cloud providers, and toolsets to enhance the Mobility Practice. - Own end-to-end presales, including RFP/RFI responses, proposal creation, and solution design while defining scalable and reusable mobile solution architectures for enterprise and consumer applications. - Conduct technical presentations and capability walkthroughs for clients and prospects, engaging with CXOs, product owners, and IT decision-makers to drive consultative selling. - Lead and mentor a team of developers, leads, and architects, establishing an upskilling program focused on cross-platform frameworks like Flutter and React Native. - Define and develop new service offerings in mobile app development, such as AI-powered mobile experiences, AR/VR apps, and super apps, while building reusable accelerators, frameworks, and best practices for faster project delivery. - Drive thought leadership through whitepapers, blogs, and industry conference talks, positioning the company as an innovator in the mobile technology space. - Collaborate with Domains, sales and marketing teams to define Go-To-Market strategies, create case studies, success stories, and PoCs, and identify key industry verticals (e.g., fintech, healthcare, e-commerce) to develop domain-specific mobile solutions. - 15+ years in mobile app development, with 5+ years in a leadership role (Solution Architect / Practice Lead / Director). - Expertise in native (Swift, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and cross-platform (Flutter, React Native) development. - Experience in developing and managing high-traffic mobile apps with expertise in publishing apps to 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 in third-party integrations, and security best practices. - Proven ability in pre-sales, solutioning, and client consulting with a strong business acumen. - Strong leadership, mentoring, and team-building skills with a track record of growing and managing high-performing teams. - Experience in defining and executing Go-To-Market strategies for mobile services.,