IE is a digital product consultancy. IE advises leaders on product strategy, technology, customer experience, data analytics, and agile delivery. IE takes a product-led approach to how it delivers products. IE predominantly operates within Australia, with both global and local businesses. The head office is located in Melbourne Victoria Australia. This is where the leadership and the majority of the team members are located, and IE is a company of ~100 people, some of those made up of contractors.

IE's vision is to work with future leaders today to create products that will drive their corporate strategy tomorrow.

The reason IE is looking for an offshore partner is for three main reasons.
1. Tap into a global talent pool. Talent is very hard to land and retain in Australia, IE has tapped into the national talent market, though it's still tough to find enough talent.
2. Mitigate cost and rate pressure from our existing and future clients. IE is competing with agencies that can tap into a global talent pool.
3. Ability to scale up and down as needed. IE typically struggles to scale up when it lands work. We want to operate from a base of 4-6 engineers, with the ability to scale as needed.

IE sees this as a long term partnership, with a long term investment in top talent, starting with a base of 4-6 engineers. There are combinations of existing open roles and new roles that IE may look to fill through our partner. This is an important business initiative and a priority. There are a number of factors for us to assess to ensure there is alignment with our values, our ways of working, and addressing any potential concerns within our organisation. Based on timelines, we are hoping to make a partner selection in May 2022.

Accelerance has considered your objectives and partner selection criteria in the context of all members in the Accelerance Global Partner Network. Given your declared needs and objectives, Accelerance is delighted to introduce the below Certified Partners as our top-aligned choices to work as a dedicated Partner.

These accomplished groups are excellent representatives of the 60+ Members of our Global Service Provider Network.

Accelerance gathers and compiles relevant due diligence information on our Partners to share with you. This includes presentations, Assessments, blogs, and Accelerance Video Interviews of Partner leaders discussing topics of outsourcing interest. To review information and other relevant material for your top aligned Accelerance Partners, click on the links below.

• How Accelerance Certifies Top Software Outsourcing Companies Around the World
  
  

After you review this proposal please respond with feedback and questions so that we can clarify your needs and preferences.

The next recommended step is to have a brief 1 hour video call with two or more recommended partners using a simple agenda below. You will use the calls to validate shared information while exploring other related topics like how they work with clients and how they would create and ramp up your team, what software development methods they use with clients, case studies, metrics, etc... You can choose to keep the call at the business level or you can make it more technical.

Partner Intro Video Call - Recommended Agenda

• 15 min: Overview of your company background and project goals and objectives.  
• 15 min: Partner overview and review of their ability to support your software development needs
• 25 min: Q & A 
• 5 min: Next Steps