Director, Consult Partner--App Modernization, Consumer & Travel

Who We Are

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

The Role

Kyndryl Consult is the fastest growing business within the organization and instrumental to the companys strategic growth objectives. You will play a key leadership role across multi-disciplinary teams, guiding them through complex consulting engagements and be responsible for creating and positioning strategic change agendas within Kyndryl's largest accounts across the C-suite, spanning the intersection between complex Business and IT customer solutions, transformations that impact across the entire customer Eco-system.

Application Modernization Service Area Goals
The consulting organization that you are leading is responsible for helping customers understand their application modernization options and then executing them. You will focus on problems where customers want to avoid costly or brittle old infrastructure, bring agility to their organizations, or reduce the cost of maintenance labor. You will build a team that is well versed in many different types of application modernization from rewrites to LLM based modernization to more rules based conversions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding Client Problems and Seeing Innovative Solutions: Service Owners in Kyndryls consulting organization know how to listen to clients facing real challenges insuring that the changes they deliver to production will meet the needs of their stakeholders. They can take what they have learned and propose innovative solutions that Kyndryl can help deliver. Whether thats a tool/partner that can help with COBOL code conversion, finding a way to integrate new LLM based models in to testing or documentation, or finding the way to justify a modernization financially.
• Service Offering Development: A good Consulting Director will discover patterns of client problems and then collaborate across partners, Kyndryl service offerings, and other consulting teams to create hardened capabilities that teams can use. In the modernization role this collaboration is particularly important because your services will leverage team members and capabilities from testing, modern app development, testing, and probably even ERP.
• Create Understanding Across Kyndryl: Kyndryl has a large sales force who already know our clients and their needs. What they dont know is how your practice can help their clients. You will need to constantly be educating our sales team so they are armed with your story.
• Business Development and Relationship Management: Once introduced to clients, you will develop and maintain relationship with key client stakeholders. You will negotiate terms with C-level clients, lead pursuit teams, and participate and lead the proposal development process.
• Delivery & Engagement Management: A Consulting Directors job isnt done when the customer is ready to buy. They own creating a budget for the project and supervising on-time and on-budget delivery; often creating the team structures, agile management practices, and project plans that will lead to success.
• Inspirational Leadership: The Applications and Data Practice is stronger because of the leadership of our Consulting Directors. They coach, challenge, mentor, instruct, and develop some of the brightest data scientists, data engineers, and data analysts in the company.
  

Your Future at Kyndryl

Every position at Kyndryl offers a way forward to grow your career. We have training and upskilling programs that you find anywhere else, including hands-on experience, learning opportunities, and the change to certify in all four major platforms. One of the benefits of Kyndryl is that we work with customers in a variety of industries, from banking to retain. Whether you want to broaden your knowledge base or narrow your scope and specialize in a specific sector, you can find your opportunity here.

Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID-19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment.

Who You Are

Who You Are
Youre good at what you do and possess the required experience to prove it. However, equally as important you have a growth mindset; keen to drive your own personal and professional development. You are customer-focused someone who prioritizes customer success in their work. And finally, youre open and borderless naturally inclusive in how you work with others.

Required Skills and Experience

In order to fulfill responsibilities of this role, you will need to be a seasoned professional with experience in data and in leadership. You should apply for this job if you are confident that;

• You bring 10+ years of experience with App Modernization
• You have the credibility to get clients to trust your judgement on how to advance their application modernization initiatives.
• You have led multiple application modernizations.
• Youve played with some of the new LLM based coding agents.
• You have the organizational skills to manage to a set of metrics.
• Your entrepreneurial spirit and perseverance will guide you through the hard work and attention to detail required to build a consulting practice in Kyndryl.
  

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with one or more of the hyperscaler code translation tools, experience implementing tools and processes to bring agile / DevOps to Mainframe Development, ability to write code in both modern and legacy systems, performance testing experience, familiarity with GenAI coding systems.

The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $151,560 to $272,760 based on a full-time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job-related skills and experience. For part time roles, the compensation will be adjusted appropriately. The pay or salary range will not be below any applicable state, city or local minimum wage requirement.

There is a different applicable compensation range for the following work locations:

California: $166,680 to $327,240

Colorado: $151,560 to $272,760

New York City: $181,800 to $327,240

Washington: $166,680 to $300,120

Washington DC: $166,680 to $300,120

This position will be eligible for Kyndryls discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryls applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off. Note: If this is a sales commission eligible role, you will be eligible to participate in a sales commission plan in lieu of the annual discretionary bonus program.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Being You

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, its how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But were not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you and everyone next to you the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. Thats the Kyndryl Way.

What You Can Expect

With state-of-the-art resources and Fortune 100 clients, every day is an opportunity to innovate, build new capabilities, new relationships, new processes, and new value. Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter wherever you are in your life journey. Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more. Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations. At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.

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