About the Role

The Principal Consultant serves as the strategic leader for
digital transformation initiatives, providing direction across multiple client
engagements while ensuring governance, delivery excellence, organizational
capability development, and sustainable business growth.

This role partners closely with executive stakeholders to define transformation
strategies, identify opportunities for innovation, and guide cross-functional
teams in delivering scalable technology-enabled solutions. The Principal
Consultant establishes delivery standards, mentors consulting teams, and
ensures successful execution of enterprise transformation programs while
balancing business priorities, customer expectations, and organizational
objectives.

The ideal candidate is a techno-functional consulting leader with strong
business acumen, extensive project delivery experience, and a deep
understanding of AI, automation, analytics, and contemporary enterprise technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

· Partner with executive leadership to define
digital transformation strategies aligned with business objectives.

· Identify opportunities to leverage AI,
automation, analytics, and emerging technologies.

· Develop enterprise transformation roadmaps and
implementation strategies.

· Guide solution direction balancing business
needs, technical feasibility, and scalability.

· Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend
innovative solutions.

· Influence organizational priorities through
strategic consulting.

Portfolio Governance

· Provide governance across multiple




transformation programs.

· Establish governance frameworks for delivery,
risks, financials, and resource utilization.

· Lead executive steering committees and
governance reviews.

· Monitor portfolio risks and drive mitigation
strategies.

· Drive continuous improvement across the
consulting practice.

Delivery Excellence

· Provide strategic oversight across multiple
client engagements.

· Ensure projects meet scope, timelines, budget,
quality, and business outcomes.

· Guide teams through complex delivery challenges.

· Drive enterprise AI, automation, analytics, and
digital transformation initiatives.

· Promote reusable frameworks and delivery
accelerators.

Executive Stakeholder Management

· Build trusted relationships with executive
sponsors.

· Facilitate governance meetings and strategic
discussions.

· Communicate transformation progress, risks, and
business outcomes.

· Influence executive decisions through structured
recommendations.

· Act as the primary escalation point for
strategic issues.

Practice & Capability Development

· Define consulting standards and delivery
methodologies.

· Mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants.





· Drive knowledge sharing and leadership
development.

· Support hiring and capability assessments.

· Foster innovation and continuous improvement.

Business Growth & Innovation

· Support pre-sales, proposals, and solutioning.

· Identify opportunities to expand client
engagements.

· Develop consulting offerings and AI
accelerators.

· Track market trends and emerging technologies.

Requirements

Required Skills & Qualifications

· 8–12+ years in Technology Consulting, Digital
Transformation, Business Analysis, Program Delivery, or Enterprise Consulting.

· Experience leading enterprise transformation
initiatives.

· Strong understanding of AI implementation,
business analysis, and software delivery.

· Experience governing complex programs with
multiple stakeholders.

· Excellent executive communication and leadership
skills.

· Experience mentoring consulting teams.

Technical Competencies

· Enterprise Digital Transformation

· AI & Generative AI

· Intelligent Automation

· Program & Portfolio Management

· Agile Delivery & SDLC

· Business Analysis

· Business Process Reengineering

· Solution Design

· Power BI

· SQL

· Jira / Confluence

· Azure DevOps

· Microsoft 365

· Risk & Governance

Success Measures

· Strategic program delivery

· Portfolio health

· Governance effectiveness

· Executive stakeholder satisfaction

· Consulting capability growth

· Business value delivered

· Business development contribution

📌 Principal Consultant (Pune)
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