Ahead

Principal Consultant

Chicago, Illinois Full Time
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. 

Principal Consultant   
 
We are looking for a Principal Consultant to join our Consulting team. The Principal Consultant is responsible for representing and leading the delivery of strategic consulting service offerings. The AHEAD Consulting team is driven by industry-leading experts who have developed a consultative framework unique to AHEAD. It provides a vendor neutral consultative view to clients looking to transform their IT environments using next-generation technologies.
The Principal Consultant leads customer-facing projects. Principal Consultants lead all aspects of the development of project deliverables including solutions, architectural analysis, financial analysis and organizational impacts. The Principal Consultant effectively and accurately scopes customer facing projects and identifies and positions follow-on work at customers and with stakeholders. The Principal Consultant can individually solve problems of higher complexity and assist and guide more junior resources through their problem resolutions. The position requires a team player that seeks to supplement their skills through the use of project experience, self-study, and ongoing training. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are also required.