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Principal Data Consultant - AI Readiness

AHEAD· Digital Solutions Group / Data & Analytics
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Remote$220k - $260kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior consulting leader responsible for engagement leadership across client engagements, with a focus on data, analytics, AI, cloud, and digital transformation initiatives, driving client success, delivery quality, and practice growth.

Responsibilities

  • Own the success of complex engagements, including delivery quality, client satisfaction, financial performance, business outcomes, and strategic account growth.
  • Serve as the primary Engagement Lead and executive advisor, building trust and maintaining executive relationships throughout the engagement lifecycle.
  • Define engagement strategy, governance, communication cadence, success measures, and executive reporting.
  • Lead executive steering committees, governance meetings, roadmap workshops, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Partner with Project Managers, Solution Architects, and Technical Leads to ensure execution aligns to client objectives with the right level of executive oversight.
  • Provide strategic direction across workstreams to maintain alignment with business priorities, contractual commitments, and long-term client goals.
  • Proactively manage executive risks, organizational change, stakeholder alignment, staffing challenges, and delivery issues before they affect outcomes.
  • Ensure engagements meet AHEAD quality standards, delivery methodologies, financial objectives, and governance expectations.
  • Provide executive-level recommendations that support informed decisions and measurable business results.
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with executive business and technology leaders, including CIOs, CDOs, CISOs, and other senior stakeholders.
  • Identify opportunities to expand client engagements through a deep understanding of client priorities, organizational challenges, and business goals.
  • Lead discovery workshops, executive strategy sessions, and solution development efforts that shape future engagements.
  • Partner with Client Directors and Practice Leadership to develop account strategies, multi-phase roadmaps, and long-term growth plans.
  • Lead proposal strategy, solution development, estimation, pricing discussions, and executive presentations.
  • Ensure proposed solutions are technically feasible, operationally executable, financially sound, and aligned to client outcomes.
  • Evolve consulting methodologies, engagement frameworks, governance standards, reusable intellectual property, and delivery best practices.
  • Drive continuous improvement that enhances delivery quality, operational excellence, financial performance, and client satisfaction across the Data Practice.
  • Mentor and coach Senior Consultants, Consultants, and emerging Engagement Leads through leadership guidance, performance feedback, and development support.
  • Build organizational capability by supporting recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, succession planning, leadership development, and career growth.
  • Promote collaboration across consulting, delivery, architecture, engineering, project management, sales, and client success teams.
  • Maintain expertise in emerging technologies, industry trends, business transformation strategies, and modern data platforms while representing AHEAD as a trusted industry advisor.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, Business, or a related field.
  • Typically 12–15+ years of progressively responsible experience leading enterprise data, analytics, AI, cloud, or digital transformation initiatives.
  • Minimum seven years of consulting or professional services experience leading complex enterprise engagements.
  • Demonstrated success as an Engagement Lead, Program Lead, or senior consulting leader for large, cross-functional transformation initiatives.
  • Proven experience managing executive client relationships, engagement financials, delivery governance, organizational change, and strategic account growth.
  • Experience leading executive workshops, steering committees, governance forums, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise data platforms, analytics, AI, cloud technologies, governance, and modern architecture principles.

Skills

Required:Executive leadershipEngagement leadershipEnterprise data platformsClient relationship management

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave
  • Plus more! See benefits at aheadbenefits.com
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Digital Platforms Engineered for Modern Enterprises

AHEAD accelerates the impact of technology on clients by engineering customized data, developer, and infrastructure platforms that improve IT operations.

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