AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. Seasoned customer facing consultant with established leadership skills directing a diverse team of advisory and delivery talent. Provides onsite, hands-on client engagement management which involves the day-to-day running of a client engagement. Engagements typically include multiple practices across the Digital Solutions portfolio: Data, Cloud, Application Development, Agile, and DevOps. Helps teams flourish by guiding efforts, directing talents and expanding knowledge and skills to deliver strategic solutions to clients. They are the on-the-ground leaders, directing work efforts, analyzing and reviewing proposals from the team, providing appropriate solutions to problems, and making decisions on the way forward by acting as liaisons between the client and the delivery team.
Focused primarily on successful delivery but utilizes their position as a trusted advisor to explore other client needs and working with the team to create proposals to address them. Principal Consultants keep in close contact with clients throughout the duration of the project as part of their official duties.
ResponsibilitiesClient Delivery:Facilitate strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshopsEnsure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managedLead technical project teams in the delivery of consulting service offeringsDrive and manage the objectives, requirements gathering, project tasks/milestone, project status, dependencies, and timelines, to ensure engagements are delivered successfully and on time while meeting the business objectivesBreak down the problem into manageable segments, identifies the factors that affect the problem and decides how to approach the projectFinal editing and sign off on project deliverablesPresentation of deliverables to client executive managementBusiness Development:Support business development pursuits through client discovery meetings that help qualify opportunities and allow the ideation of a strawman proposalRepresent service offerings during the sales cycle, including project scoping, proposal development, and presenting proposals to clientsDevelop and promote relationships with customers and present technical solutions to C-Level executivesPractice Development & Thought Leadership:Develop and enhance AHEAD Advisory services offerings, including consulting offerings and deployment servicesTechnology thought leader and evangelistMaintain a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the IT marketplace including IT trends, technologies, and standardsMentor to team membersQualificationsMinimum 15 years of experience as senior information technology leader overseeing transformative modernization initiatives (e.g., cloud adoption, data governance, data strategy, automation, agile-at-scale adoption)Senior-level consulting experienceStrong understanding of business measurement frameworks (e.g., OKRs)Minimum of five years of executive technology consulting experienceUndergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar disciplineExcellent verbal and written communication skillsDemonstrated Business AcumenAbility to solve complex, abstract problemsExcellent interpersonal skills, good listener, ability to connect with different personalitiesExecutive presenceDemonstrated experience as a technology change agentMBA is a plus $250,000 - $300,000 a year
The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
Why AHEAD: Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross-department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
USA Employment Benefits include: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - 401(k) - Paid company holidays - Paid time off - Paid parental and caregiver leave - Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
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