WD_Head of Design Q326

Your responsibilities as Head of Design, India:Lead the scale of the design operation from India. In terms of the growing team size across 5 studios in India, in terms of the number and complexity and scale of engagements for clients, and in the amount of deep collaboration with the other 17 studios globally insuring best-in-class outcomes for design.Drive design quality, craft, and practice, continuously enhancing overall competency of the team. Drive the team to create award-winning work, and setup the India studios as true peers in quality of outcomes to all other WongDoody studios globally.Evolve our service offering and value propositions to our clients – developing new models for how we design closer with clients and technology teams in truly agile engagements across locations – ensuring our propositions are aligned with key market trends.Provide strategic design thought leadership to the whole organisation, publish and speak at internal and external events to further build WongDoody’s reputation internally and externally in the market, particularly in India. Strong strategic thought, as well as an engaging presentation style are key.In new business, guide and direct the strategy, approach, and concept creation for proposals. Define the storyline for pitches and presentations and deliver engaging and inspiring presentations to clients to drive higher-value design outcomes over volume outputs. Drive follow-through to insure conversion of design scope.Facilitate design-focused sessions and engaging workshops with C-suite and C-suite minus 1 client from the world’s largest organisations across all industries. A solid understanding and quick learning of industry specifics and business models is vital.Cultivate relationships with new and existing clients, both onsite (we have very frequent visits from client delegations) and remotely. Uncover new opportunities to apply strategic thinking and creative craft to solve challenges for them leveraging scale and quality of India studios for best outcomes.Assess performance and provide career mentorship and performance decisions for senior members of the design team.Help attract the best new hires to the studios, building WongDoody brand in India and insuring hiring standards and processes are maintained for highest quality of outcomes.