Consulting Manager - Cloud Platform

3Cloud

2h•$117,500 - $176,300•Remote

About The Position

The 3Cloud Consulting Manager leads a team of engineers and architects and helps support solution development innovation and drives consulting best practices of cloud platform solutions that are foundational to a client’s transformational Azure journey. The Consulting Manager role provides a career path for Senior Architects to maintain their technical edge while continuing to support client delivery excellence while collaboratively building career development paths for cloud platform architects and engineers.

Requirements

Senior Architects looking to maintain technical edge while supporting client delivery excellence.
Ability to collaboratively build career development paths for cloud platform architects and engineers.
Player-coach model experience.
Experience providing hands-on guidance and support to architects and engineers.
Experience fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth mindset.
Experience maintaining regular one-to-one connections, providing clear feedback, and helping team members remove blockers.
Experience promoting a consultative approach.
Experience encouraging strong relationship-building with clients and peers.
Experience leading by example through thought leadership and strategic influence.
Experience assessing individual and team capabilities.
Experience developing and implementing upskilling plans.
Experience tracking progress and celebrating milestones in professional development.
Experience setting and communicating practice priorities and organizational objectives.
Experience establishing open communication channels within the team.
Experience maintaining a clear view of each team member's delivery commitments, growth plans, and internal contributions.
Experience developing and growing team members through regular coaching, clear expectations, and constructive feedback.
Experience building a culture of trust, inclusion, and collaboration.
Experience overseeing staffing and resource alignment across teams, balancing utilization, development goals, client needs, and sustainable workloads.
Experience facilitating collaboration with cross-service line teams.
Experience sharing best practices and innovative techniques.
Experience helping individuals build their personal professional brand.
Experience leading or supporting performance reviews, promotion recommendations, and compensation input.
Experience overseeing and supporting strategic accounts.
Experience collaborating with account teams to address complex needs and drive successful outcomes.
Experience serving as a primary escalation point for project challenges.
Experience providing guidance and resources to resolve issues efficiently.
Experience facilitating change orders and project extensions.
Experience participating in the interview and selection process for cloud platform candidates.
Experience supporting the upskilling and recognition of team members.
Experience supporting evolution and innovation of cloud platform solutions.
Experience partnering with team leaders and principals to design, refine, and implement scalable delivery standards.
Experience supporting Solution Area lead with solution definition frameworks.
Experience facilitating the development of customer roadmaps.
Experience championing the “Land and Expand” approach.
Experience building and nurturing strong relationships with key client stakeholders.
Experience serving as a delivery lead escalation point.
Accountable for achieving individual targets including Delivered Revenue, Utilization, Project Profitability, and Gross Margin.
Experience fostering a positive, growth-oriented team environment that supports the retention of top talent.
Experience implementing strategies to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and career development.
Experience contributing to the development and launch of new service offerings.
Experience championing the adoption and integration of artificial intelligence.
Experience promoting continuous learning and upskilling in AI technologies.

Nice To Haves

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Responsibilities

Act as a coach in a player-coach model, providing hands-on guidance and support to architects, and engineers.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement anchored in a growth mindset, encouraging team members to seek feedback, learn from challenges, and celebrate progress.
Maintain regular one-to-one connections with each team member, provide clear feedback, and help them remove blockers related to client work, pursuits, or internal initiatives.
Promote a consultative approach across all team members.
Encourage strong relationship-building with clients and peers, and lead by example through thought leadership and strategic influence.
Regularly assess individual and capabilities.
Develop and implement upskilling plans to ensure every team member has a clear career path aligned with both individual aspirations and organizational growth objectives.
Track progress and celebrate milestones in professional development.
Set and communicate practice priorities and organizational objectives clearly, ensuring teams understand how their work contributes to broader organizational goals.
Establish open communication channels within the team.
Maintain a clear view of each team member's delivery commitments, growth plans, and internal contributions.
Develop and grow team members through regular coaching, clear expectations, and constructive feedback.
Build a culture of trust, inclusion, and collaboration.
Oversee staffing and resource alignment across teams, balancing utilization, development goals, client needs, and sustainable workloads.
Champion a “One 3Cloud” experience by facilitating collaboration with cross-service line teams (such as Data, App Innovation, and Managed Services).
Share best practices and innovative techniques that elevate team performance and drive successful execution across the organization.
Help individuals build their personal professional brand as they look to expand their internal and external network.
Lead or support performance reviews, promotion recommendations, and compensation input for your teams, using consistent standards that reflect both impact and behavior.
Oversee and support strategic accounts, ensuring that key and priority clients receive exceptional service and attention.
Collaborate with account teams to address complex needs and drive successful outcomes.
Serve as a primary escalation point for project challenges across the organization.
Provide guidance and resources to resolve issues efficiently, minimizing disruption to client engagements and maintaining high standards of service.
Proactively facilitate change orders and project extensions when in-flight projects require adjustments.
Ensure all changes are communicated clearly to stakeholders and that project scope, timelines, and deliverables remain aligned with client expectations.
Participate in the interview and selection process for cloud platform candidates, ensuring new hires align with team capacity needs and organizational culture.
Support the upskilling and recognition of team members who demonstrate exceptional client impact and contribute significantly to practice growth.
Support evolution and innovation of cloud platform solutions within your designated solution area.
Partner with team leaders and principals to design, refine, and implement scalable delivery standards.
Support Solution Area lead with solution definition frameworks that establish best practices for delivery excellence.
Ensure these frameworks are adopted across teams to drive repeatable, high-quality outcomes for clients.
Facilitate the development of customer roadmaps and identify next steps to deepen client relationships beyond current engagements.
Champion the “Land and Expand” approach to maximize long-term partnership value.
Build and nurture strong relationships with key client stakeholders.
Serve as a delivery lead escalation point to ensure client expectations are managed and exceeded, and that any challenges are addressed promptly and effectively.
Consistently meet or exceed the business metrics set by leadership for your solution area, including Delivered Revenue, Utilization, Project Profitability, and Gross Margin.
Monitor performance against these metrics and take corrective action as needed to ensure organizational goals are achieved.
Foster a positive, growth-oriented team environment that supports the retention of top talent.
Implement strategies to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and career development, resulting in high retention rates and a strong, stable team.
Actively contribute to the development and launch of new service offerings.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify market opportunities, shape innovative solutions, and bring new services to market that address evolving client needs.
Champion the adoption and integration of artificial intelligence within the team and across service offerings.
Promote continuous learning and upskilling in AI technologies to enhance delivery capabilities and maintain a competitive edge.

Benefits

Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work!
401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
Option for vision and dental coverage
100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
$67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges