What is a Practice Leader?

A couple of people have asked me what exactly a practice leader is (now that I am one). Here is the official description:

A Practice Leader drives business into Habañero by building a practice that is oriented around an industry vertical (e.g. financial services), a horizontal area of delivery (e.g. collaboration solutions) or potentially even a geographic region. This person will have a flair for building marketable offerings within their practice area and will have a true entrepreneurial spirit. They will have a focus on driving Habañero’s top line growth.

Areas that practice leaders are responsible for include:

• Evangelism of their practice area and the things Habañero can deliver in that context
• Marketing and business development
• Being the expert in the problem and solution domains associated with their practice
• Driving innovation within the area
• Input to resource manager (i.e. drive the resource needs)
• Driving excellence in delivery by evolving the processes that are specific to their practice
• Contribution to performance management
• Partner management (when partners are specific to their area)
• Financial accountability for both budget and performance of practice

Hope that helps!

Comments

[Nicholas]

Hi Ben,
Thanks so much for posting this explanation of "What is Practice Lead".

I have been struggling to find jobs over the past few years because I have been applying for the wrong jobs using the wrong titles.

I have in fact been doing the role of Practice Lead as a contractor but it was not until I read your simple explanation that I now know where to look for roles that match my skill set.

"Bugger them new fangled words!" :)

Regards,
Nick