Head of Data and AI Practice

Roles and Responsibilities

Build the Data & AI practice from the ground up, achieving targeted revenue, utilization, and margins while maintaining low, single-digit attrition
P&L ownership and oversight of pre-sales, sales, delivery, accelerator development, and strategic hiring
Delivering diverse data and AI and Generative AI projects across domains
Conceptualize and develop Data & AI accelerators for faster delivery & sales conversion
Own RFP responses and presales presentations in the data & AI space.
Recruitment and staffing of Data & AI professionals

Necessary Background

Experience in an IT Service organization with at least 10+ years of experience
Familiarity and hands-on experience on AI, GenAI, MLOps, Data Engineering and Analytics
Experience in responding to relevant RFPs
Past experience in developing accelerators and making customer presentations on value proposition
Past experience in building a practice or sub-practice is an added advantage
Ability to identify good talent in this space and motivate them to join the team
Good communication skills