Senior Consultant - Advisory at Thinkahead in Gurugram

Job description

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. Responsibilities Client Delivery: Facilitate sections of strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops Ensure that customer expectations are appropriately set and managed Lead technical project teams in the delivery of consulting service offerings Drive 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 objectives Breaks down the problem into manageable segments, identifies the factors that affect the problem and decides how to approach the project Creation and editing on project deliverables Presentation of deliverables to client executive management Define outcome-based success measures for assigned workstreams and track them alongside traditional delivery metrics such as scope, schedule, and budget Business Development: Support business development pursuits through client discovery meetings that help qualify opportunities and allow the ideation of a strawman proposal Identify follow-on /expansion opportunities, co-author points of view and market-facing content, and represent AHEAD’s offerings with the same rigor and consistency they bring to client delivery. On occasion, represent service offerings during the sales cycle, including project scoping, proposal development, and presenting proposals to clients Build strong senior client relationships that go beyond the current engagement, including beginning to develop C-suite relationships, and facilitate to drive consensus and action — including addressing difficult client conversations and engaging senior stakeholders to reach meaningful outcomes Assess a client’s current technology footprint to identify and prioritize value-creation opportunities that inform the broader business case. Build and maintain basic business-case components (cost/benefit, ROI/TCO inputs) that connect delivery outcomes to the client’s commercial and strategic priorities Practice Development & Thought Leadership: Participate in the development and enhancement of AHEAD Advisory services offerings, including consulting offerings and deployment services Technology thought leader and evangelist Maintain a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the IT marketplace including IT trends, technologies, and standards Contribute analytical content and a client-tested point of view to at least one published thought-leadership asset (point of view, white paper, or webinar) per year Strong understanding of digital transformation, cloud platforms, and enterprise technology strategy, sufficient to advise clients credibly on direction and trade-offs Mentor to team members Qualifications Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience as a senior information technology leader, including at least six years of executive technology consulting experience. Graduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline; MBA is a plus. Ability to break down complex, ambiguous problems into structured, actionable workstreams Demonstrated experien