Practice Lead - IoT Solutions for Smart Mobility and Industry 4.0

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Vodafone Idea Limited is an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership. It is India’s leading telecom service provider. The Company provides pan India Voice and Data services across 2G, 3G and 4G platform. With the large spectrum portfolio to support the growing demand for data and voice, the company is committed to deliver delightful customer experiences and contribute towards creating a truly ‘Digital India’ by enabling millions of citizens to connect and build a better tomorrow. The Company is developing infrastructure to introduce newer and smarter technologies, making both retail and enterprise customers future ready with innovative offerings, conveniently accessible through an ecosystem of digital channels as well as extensive on-ground presence. The Company is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

 

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Role

Practice Lead- IOT Solutions

Job Level/ Designation

M2

Function / Department

VIBS - IOT Business

Location

Bengaluru

Job Purpose

Role purpose: Presales and Solutioning -To create multiple use cases and solution for IOT across  Smart Mobility and Smart Infra (Industry 4.0) addressing customer requirements.

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

• Define the solution for various IOT applications in smart mobility and industry 4.0 solutions
• Expertise across Connected vehicle, Electric vehicle (2W/3W/4W), Logistic, condition-based monitoring of machines, energy monitoring solution
• Closely work with Product team and application teams to evaluate and selection of  right partnership and engagement model and provide market/business inputs to product and solution teams
• Partner with our Upstream Sales and Business Development teams to identify new project concepts and then develops these concepts to fill the business product portfolio.
• Understanding customer requirement, create a feasibility matrix and  technical architecture for deployment and application perspective and propose right end to end solution to meet the customer requirement
• Create Techno-Commercial proposal and response for RFP/RFI and provide consulting service to customer for RFP creation
• Deliver pilots and proof of concepts for success for device and apps and monitor the performance.
• Closely coordinate and interact with standard bodies industrial standards and participate into white papers, draft specification and ensure adherence

 

Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience

• 10-12  years of experience in presales and solutioning with various IOT applications in Smart Mobility and Smart Infra vertical
• Knowledge of trends in automotive industry, 5G- in connected car, electric vehicle, logistic, AIS 140 and  other relevant technologies
• Knowledge of trends in the field of machine, automation process & management, robotics & vision and other relevant technologies
• Understanding of details process in automotive industry
• Develop and implement solution and strategies for IOT industry in line with company's business vision and goals
• Coordinate, propose workflow and execute project workflow (planning, scope, budget, quality, documentation, etc.)
• Understanding of IOT value chain and the desired protocols
• Detail understanding of CAN-BUS protocol/architecture, MQTT, TCP/IP, and Industrial IoT protocols
• Knowledge on various application middleware and common layer platform
• Aware of global automotive standards and desired hardware certifications
• Knowledge on communication technology such as 4G/2G, and eSIM
• Analytics component and data drive use cases
• Aware of Sensor based solutions for designing end to end deliverable.
• Excellent communication skills including verbal, presentation, email and social interaction. with CXO level.

 

Must have technical / professional qualifications

• Engineering Graduate/Post Graduate  in Instrumentation , Electrical and mechanical preferred
• Must have worked as senior lead at Presales/Product organization for at least 10 years around Enterprise solution and products 
• Regulatory understanding and m2m guidelines and ability

Years of Experience

• 10-12 years of technical experience in Utility sector for automation and IoT solutions

Industries to look from

Automotive, Telematics and Industrial

Ideal Organizations to look from

1. Bosch
2. iTriangle
3. Teltonika
4. Varroc
5. Tech Mahindra, TCS

Direct reports

Nil

 

Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited)
An Aditya Birla Group & Vodafone partnership

Experience Level

Senior Level