ThoughtWorks is not your average company; so don’t expect to find average people working here.

We are company that is synonymous with innovation in the delivery of complex software. We are company that is passionate about collaboration. We help our clients to reduce the risk of their projects failing. We've been at the forefront of innovation around Agile methods for a long time now. Whether it's finding ways to elicit user requirements, introducing story walls, making distributed Agile a reality or introducing the concept of self-managed teams to our clients, we find ways to help technology deliver real business value. Add to this our recognition as innovators in the technical world, and you'll start to see why working here is refreshingly different.

Responsibilities:

• Take the needs and challenges of a client and partner with them to formulate the delivery road map and project plans to support business strategies and goals.
• Execute TW account strategy and orchestrating the creation and sale of successful value propositions at the company and individual level.
• Establish the approach and execution of solutions and ensure a team wide comprehension of vision and direction. Navigate teams through all phases of project delivery to ensure successful delivery of exceptional technical solutions.
• Manage delivery scope and risks throughout the lifecycle of the project. Ensure the experience of engaging TW for delivery exceeds client expectations
• Be an inspiration for innovation to the client. Become a trusted and valued partner of the client executives: CIO, CTO, PMO and gain the confidence of the client’s business stakeholders.
• Maintain and deepen where possible, existing client relationships that yields continuing opportunities for TW.
• Capture innovations, lessons learned and successes on projects and sharing them with the wider TW organization. Build positive TW team dynamics and relationships with client staff; remedying dysfunction to maintain healthy and productive ThoughtWorks communities at the Client
• Exploit opportunities for networking and relationship building that arise out of delivery activities. Create and support sales activities and maintain strong expertise and knowledge of current and emerging technologies and products,

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 10 years project and program management experience. Experience running IT projects with multiple stakeholder involvement
• Experience working within an operational function of a large corporation. Solid understanding of the practical application of agile development methods and leading software development teams in an Agile/Lean environment
• Experience working directly with business executives: CIO, CTO, PMO in an advisory role. Experience planning and managing human, financial, material, and information resources
• Account development experience; creating, maintaining and/or enhancing customer relationships that have yielded business opportunity. A degree in a relevant discipline

Competencies:

• Client Focus –able to Identify and respond to client needs and expectations; able to builds positive client relationships; digs deep to understand the dynamics and business drivers of a client environment; gets beyond the symptomatic issues to unearth the root cause(s) of a client’s pain points; uses understanding of client’s perspective to identify constraints and advocate on the client’s behalf; looks for ways to add value to a client; fosters a client-focused culture among team members
• Analytical - able to understand a situation by breaking it into parts; studies a problem in a systematic way; able to identify cause and effect patterns, anticipate obstacles and consider several options; able to communicate and deliver logical conclusions
• Flexibility/Adaptability - able to thrive in a flexible and changing environment; able to adapt plans, approach, process and methodology in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; tolerates ambiguity; able to objectively evaluate situations and understand variety of viewpoints
• Creativity and Innovation – able to find alternative and unique ways to attain a goal ; successfully introduces products, service or processes that add value and bring improvement; able to translate concepts and ideas into practical and tactical solutions; able to step back from standard ways of thinking
• Collaborative - facilitates group processes for team-based decisions; drives participation and discussion across functions; low ego; values and honors skills, experiences and diverse perspectives of team members; communicates ideas, views, and concerns effectively and respectfully and actively participates in exchanges of ideas with others; recognizes the contribution and success of others