Principal Consultant - Consulting-New york

Photon•United States,

4h•$64,000 - $224,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on serving as a senior strategic advisor to clients, designing and leading initiatives that drive operational efficiency, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation. The consultant will build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite and senior stakeholders, translating complex challenges into actionable, high-impact strategies. A key aspect of the role involves leveraging AI and digital technologies to transform client operations and strategies. This includes using AI-augmented analysis, designing agentic AI workflows, leading client-facing AI strategy engagements, advocating for responsible AI principles, and architecting digital transformation strategies that integrate AI, cloud platforms, data infrastructure, and emerging technologies. The position also involves generating strategic insights through market and competitive analysis, identifying AI-driven innovation opportunities, contributing to thought leadership, and developing business cases for transformation initiatives. Practice development includes creating AI-forward consulting frameworks, collaborating in multidisciplinary teams, managing client relationships, and mentoring junior consultants.

Requirements

10+ years in management consulting, strategy, or digital transformation roles.
Experience leading complex, cross-functional client engagements from strategy through execution.
Industry expertise in retail, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, or technology.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.
Proficiency with generative AI platforms (ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude, Copilot, Gemini) for consulting delivery.
Knowledge of agentic AI workflows, prompt engineering, and AI tool orchestration.
Ability to design enterprise AI strategies including use-case prioritisation, ROI modeling, data readiness, and governance frameworks.
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, LLMs, automation platforms, and data analytics tools.
Experience with digital transformation technologies: cloud, APIs, data infrastructure, RPA + AI, customer experience platforms.
Structured thinking: problem decomposition, hypothesis-driven analysis, and executive storytelling.
Strong communication and presentation skills for senior audiences.
Proficiency in project management and collaboration tools (Microsoft 365, Teams, Asana, Miro, etc.).
Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Continuous learning mindset focused on AI and industry disruption.

Nice To Haves

MBA or postgraduate degree highly preferred.
Relevant certifications (AI, PMP, TOGAF, etc.) are a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior strategic advisor to clients, designing and leading initiatives that drive operational efficiency, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation.
Build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite and senior stakeholders; translate complex challenges into actionable, high-impact strategies.
Listen deeply to client needs, develop bespoke frameworks, work breakdown structures, execution plans, and workstream outcomes aligned to stated and unstated priorities.
Own the engagement plan end-to-end, managing cross-functional alignment, milestones, risks, and delivery quality.
Leverage large language models, AI-assisted research platforms, and automation tools to accelerate market analysis, benchmarking, insight synthesis, and document production.
Apply and advocate for agentic AI workflows — multi-step AI task orchestration — to automate repeatable consulting processes such as competitive landscape scans, data triangulation, and draft generation.
Lead client-facing AI strategy engagements including AI readiness, use-case roadmaps, governance frameworks, and AI solutions (automation, predictive analytics, GenAI).
Embed responsible AI principles — fairness, transparency, explainability, data privacy — into AI advisory work and delivery practices.
Architect digital transformation strategies integrating AI, cloud platforms, data infrastructure, and emerging technologies.
Conduct market analysis, competitive analysis, benchmarking, and capability gap evaluations to generate strategic insights.
Identify AI-driven innovation opportunities and assess implications on business models, operations, and customer experience.
Contribute to frameworks, methodologies, POVs, and represent the firm at industry forums on AI strategy and digital transformation.
Build data-driven business cases for transformation initiatives and present to executive audiences.
Develop AI-forward consulting frameworks, accelerators, prompt libraries, AI protocols, and reusable templates.
Work in multidisciplinary teams across technology, design, data, and strategy.
Manage client relationships, ensure communication, issue resolution, and client satisfaction.
Coach junior consultants in AI tools, frameworks, and engagement best practices.