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Digital Transformation Strategist
Objective of Role
This role is both a strategic & execution focused role. The ultimate purpose of this role is to serve as the digital strategist and technical evangelist for Xerox’s digital services.
Specifically,
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- Own & Drive the Xerox Envision program – a program which entails:
- Create a technology vision encompassing solution sets spanning various technologies: AR, AI, IIOT, ML, RPA etc.
- Working with strategic customers & partners to articulate that vision, helping connect dots between the vision and where they are, how to get started etc.
- Drive incubation of that vision & new technology ideas/solution sets as part of it via demos, showcase and prototypes (art of possible) with innovation partners (Technology, ISV, IHVs) or Xerox own innovation
- Collaborating with PLM & advocating to bring the solutions from incubation to product.
- Driving envision sessions to key customers & partners, owning the program, success of that (in conjunction with SIs e.g. Deloitte etc)
- Success metrics: # Innovation Roadmap delivery, Solution Sets incubated & into product, # Envision program success (# of customers, # of wins etc..),
- Support customer/analyst/media/partner briefings, keynotes, webinars or trainings with presentations & demos
- Spread awareness & evangelize solutions & vision via blogs, presentations & speaking opportunities
Responsibilities
- Serve as Tech visionary having a thorough understanding of market trends, various technologies, platform capabilities, and connect the dots between how we can target various markets, customer segments with solutions that are organic or inorganic, current & future
- Help drive Envision program with major customers & strategic partners leveraging available resources to support as needed (including SI partners). Envision workshops will involve working with a customer (partner), discovery of their key challenges/workflow & requirements to then be able to provide an assessment of AR readiness, recommendations on where/how Xerox platform can help them as well showcase/demo as required with support of larger team (e.g. presales/PLM etc.). This serves as an excellent platform for seeking real world customer input (as feed into tech vision) but also as a way to share our vision & solution sets with customers to inform them where we are going.
- Work with key technology partners including ISVs, IHVs, Sis, and others to incubate new solutions, demos, showcase prototypes to spark innovative ideas that can impact business outcomes as a part of Innovation Exchange working hand in hand with Pre-Sales/PLM as required (Part of creating the Technology vision)
- Serve as technical voice of the Partner community – feedback any technology requirements into product team & PLM e.g. APIs/interfaces/SDKs needed by partner community to build apps off our platform stack
- Evangelize and spread awareness of solution working hand in hand with Marketing & Partner teams to support them via blogs, presentations, speaking slots, webinars etc
- Support customer/partner presentations or AR/PR media briefings or even trainings as required.
Desired Skills
- Technology & business background
- Strong listening & speaking skills
- Great presentation, consulting skills in connecting dots between issues & solutions
- Strong organizational skills, effective at managing competing priorities and meeting aggressive timelines
- Close attention to detail with ability to track multiple actions simultaneously through to closure
- Credible and articulate oral communicator
- Good interpersonal skills, comfortable meeting new people, characterized by professional, self-confident, and friendly demeanor
- Enthusiastic, dynamic, and self-motivated individual
- Team player who is comfortable taking direction and collaborating with wider team
- Own & Drive the Xerox Envision program – a program which entails:
Pre-requisites
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- Minimum 20 years of experience in industry (communications, apps, AI/AR etc)
- Able to travel a few times per quarter
- Able to work independently in a home-based environment