Role Proficiency:

Under the guidance of Consultant II work closely with the client business and account leadership teams to align transformation programs with underlying technical solutions to business needs.  
 

Outcomes:

1. Works with stakeholders at every level of the organization soliciting strategic imperatives from senior leaders and executives; supporting business unit managers as they leverage business architecture and product development artifacts to create and implement client business plans.
2. Provide direct input into the governance cycle that supports the achievement of key goals planning and execution of various scenarios and delivery of bottom line value for the business
3. Help client business and leadership team with problem definition
4. Collaborate and contribute to business and technology consulting projects to deliver client objectives
5. Perform assessments of client business processes organizational change IT processes and technology landscape; identifying transformational recommendations
6. Develop a business and technical architecture strategy based on situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations.
7. Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise.
8. Capture the tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance.
9. Describe the primary business functions of the enterprise and distinguish between customer-facing supplier-related business execution and business management functions.
10.   Define the set of strategic core and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries; identify and describe external entities such as customers suppliers and external systems that interact with the business; and describe which people resources and controls are involved in the processes.
11.   Define the data shared across the enterprise and the relationships between the data.
12.   Capture the relationships among roles capabilities and business units the decomposition of those business units into subunits and the internal or external management of those units.

Measures of Outcomes:

1. Transformational value delivered to customer
2. Utilization in billable roles
3. Customer feedback
4. Number of certifications obtained
5. Number of reusable components designed for CoEs 

Skill Examples:

1. Uses Domain / Industry knowledge to contextualize the solution to the industry assess the domain specific risks to the solution review the business requirements captured and assess the gap. Participate in business requirement workshops to generate ideas w.r.t domain specific KPIs reporting requirements etc.
2. Uses COTS Product Features / Functionality knowledge to understand the technical/functional dependencies of the product work flow/custom component (native and outside product) Independently analyze the customizations completed and required to the base product; apply the best practices in her/her own area of work. Impart training on the various functional modules of the product or custom components/solutions provided configure/change a module/change custom code in the product independently
3. Uses Competitive Products Landscape knowledge to relate how the same business events are handled in different products leverage reusable solutions across products
4. Uses Different Implementations knowledge to relate own area of work to the big picture of the project expand approach for the specific functionality and highlight potential gaps and risks as necessary
5. Uses Technology Concepts knowledge to identify technical risk and define mitigation strategies during coding validation review and make recommendation to complex queries. Recommend appropriate framework approach and solution to meet functional and non-functional requirements. . Create HLD for the project and guide junior team members in creating the LLD create POC to validate new tools and solutions compare and contrast technology landscape options for the customer identify and leverage the most appropriate tools to set up the build environment. Build training materials and assessments for technologies conduct project training helping in ramp up
6. Uses specialized knowledge of process consulting to drive changes in customer organization. Conduct workshops independently lead a consulting engagement play the role of a trusted advisor within UST and with clients on process harmonization. Convert leads into opportunities and coach team members
7. Uses Project Management Tools and Techniques knowledge to plan and manage simple small or medium size projects/ modules as defined within UST. Identify risks and mitigation strategies and implement the same to manage simple small or medium size projects/ modules identify critical path and manage dependencies within a small project
8. Uses Project Governance Framework knowledge to create / customize RACI matrix and governance framework for small or medium size projects; supporting development of the communication protocols. Establish and follow an escalation matrix for small or medium size projects create reporting mechanisms for small / medium projects/ modules as defined within UST

Knowledge Examples:

• Domain / Industry: Specialized knowledge of one or more sub-domains within the relevant industry vertical and customer business domain. Basic knowledge of geography specific business domain and regulations multiple industry standards and regulations and in-depth knowledge of one sources and parameters of industry analytics market/ industry trends / current state
  1. COTS Product Features / Functionality: Working knowledge (awareness) of functionality of a specific product
  2. Competitive Products Landscape: Working knowledge of COTS product and cross-trained in another similar COTS product that support similar business process (including basic knowledge of the competition and UST capability at a high level for the same)
  3. Different Implementations: Demonstrates working knowledge of 2 or more different kinds of implementations (upgrade new implementation conversion / migration enhancements maintenance interfaces testing) for a specific product
  4. Technology Concepts: Demonstrates specialized knowledge of technology (OS languages applications databases concepts data models etc.) technology landscape
  5. Process Consulting: Specialized knowledge of process consulting/harmonization concepts framework (performance management role profiling shared services)process analysis tools and frameworks tools and practices required to model processes (such as Visio BPM Strategy / Roadmap Value Stream Mapping BPM Maturity assessment BPM CoE setup Vendor evaluation Business Rules harvesting)
  6. Project Management Tools and Techniques : Demonstrates working knowledge of project management process (such as project scoping requirements management change management risk management quality assurance disaster management etc.) tools (MS Excel MPP client specific time sheets tools and processes capacity planning tools etc.)
  7. Project Governance Framework: Demonstrates working knowledge of project governance framework RACI matrix
  8. Project Metrics: Demonstrates basic knowledge of project metrics (e.g. quality metrics utilization onsite to offshore ratio span of control rookie ratio pyramid)