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We are seeking a Retail SME with a focus on Digital Commerce with deep and broad domain expertise. This person will have the ability to engage with CXOs on business & technology challenges and solutioning, with experience in the retail/e-commerce space to directly guide the technical strategy for some of our biggest retail clients. 

There's no typical day or engagement for our Retail SMEs. You might spend a few weeks with a new client or be full-time on a delivery project for 12 months. It's varied and you thrive on these different challenges. Our teams work on a huge variety of projects; you could be helping a retail giant rethink their technology strategy one day and working on an app for a new type of payment. We often work alongside our customers, providing a mix of delivery and consulting services. 

You’ll spend time on the following:

• Play a pivotal role in helping our customers to achieve success in their eCommerce / Omnichannel / digital transformation. 
• Build bespoke software using the latest technologies and tools and with some of the best technologists in the world. In early stages of a transformation, you will prepare and recommend customers in areas where they can grow their online experience and/or sales and help in prioritizing customers in key focus areas and the roadmap
• Work in a passionate, dynamic, collaborative and non-hierarchical environment where talent is valued over job title or years of experience
• Help in Business Development efforts, identify and generate leads
• Participate and actively shape up opportunities across clients
• Work collaboratively with clients and travel if required during project inception and delivery. We work almost exclusively on customer site providing a mix of delivery and consulting services, so you'll be flexible about project location, and willing to travel as part of your role.

Here’s what we are looking for:

• Have around 14+ years of deep and broad business process understanding and operational experience in Digital Commerce across core eCommerce functional areas like Search & Filter, Browse & Navigation, Cart & Checkout, Payments, Products, Price, Promotions, User account management, Order Management, Fulfillment, Returns, Analytics, Recommendations, Reviews & Ratings, Personalization, Customer journeys across various stages, Content Management, consumer engagement on digital platforms etc across various business models like B2B, B2C, B2B2C, Marketplaces etc. In-depth understanding of the capabilities and constraints of the e-commerce solution is a MUST.
• Have full life cycle experience of hands-on roles leading and implementing e-commerce solutions/platforms, specifically in the areas of solution or functional architecture, prescriptive business requirements assessment and solutioning and deployment across multi-dimensional teams. Have demonstrated experience of working successfully with development teams to deliver bespoke software in this area especially in large transformation programs
• Have a deep understanding of the lifecycle of eCommerce transformations; be able to clearly articulate opinions and engage CXOs of client organisations on building the right capabilities, initiatives prioritization, technology choices (COTS products in the market), build vs. buy decisions
• Have a consulting mindset with excellent communication and presentation skills in engaging with a diverse group of stakeholders and building credibility as a trusted advisor through proven delivery of innovative solutions for complex problems in the eCommerce space
• Be creative, innovative and be able to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision, familiarity with user-centered analysis, business case and value mapping and evaluation techniques
• Be able to consult senior stakeholders of retail/eComm organizations on building the product vision, roadmap, striking the right balance between what’s needed now and the future. 
• Have a strong focus on business value, metrics and success measures and be able to articulate value with key stakeholders internally and in client organisations
• Be a subject matter expert and manage end-to-end client engagements through solutioning for the current and future functional roadmaps, recommendations during development and execution through adoption facilitation, workshops, training, etc. 
• Have good exposure to working with varied retailers globally and in India 
• Have the desire to create and build thought leadership in retail mainly in digital
• Have experience prioritizing competing demands from stakeholders with ability to get buy-in and resolve conflicts
• Have some experience with Agile, Lean, and Continuous Delivery best practices
• Be able to identify and shape opportunities in collaboration with the market team or client principal, qualify and shape delivery model from a domain standpoint
• Have the mindset and ability to move between opportunity identification, retail/digital strategy and delivery challenges given the situation 

A few important things to know:

While we’ve traditionally been a traveling consultancy, travel is not required for this role at the moment. We anticipate the need for travel to our client locations in the future when it’s deemed safe.

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