Senior Principal, Technology Consulting (m/f/x)

AmaliTech•Houston, TX

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

AmaliTech is seeking a Senior Principal to join their rapidly growing technology consulting practice, which focuses on private-equity-backed companies and technology-enabled value creation. This practice, founded by former BCG consultants, is still in its early stages, offering a unique opportunity to shape its operating model, methodologies, team structure, propositions, and client portfolio. The role combines strategic advisory for senior executives and investors with hands-on oversight of technical implementation and delivery. A key aspect of the role involves developing and mentoring junior tech professionals from AmaliTech's delivery centers in Ghana and Rwanda, contributing to the growth of globally competitive tech ecosystems and career opportunities in Africa.

Requirements

Combined structured problem-solving with real technology delivery experience.
Readiness to grow from leading major workstreams into owning engagements and client relationships.
3-7 years of relevant experience (trajectory is prioritized over years served).
Foundation typically built in: Technology consulting, Digital transformation, Technology-enabled delivery, IT program management / ERP transformation, or adjacent fields.
Demonstrated project management rigor, including experience running structured PMO processes on complex, multi-workstream engagements.
Demonstrated bias for ownership: comfort taking on ambiguous problems and running toward them.
Genuine appetite for delivery, not only advisory work.
Comfort translating between business and technical stakeholders.
Stakeholder management: evidence of ability to independently manage senior client stakeholders.
Evidence of commercial instinct: understanding of how good delivery creates client value and sustainable engagement economics.
Passion for team development and intercultural teaming: excitement to work with international delivery teams and develop colleagues from Ghana and Rwanda.

Nice To Haves

Prior exposure to private equity portfolio companies (value creation planning, 100-day plans, due diligence, or investor/deal-team reporting).
Experience on an ERP or major enterprise systems of record implementation.
German language fluency.
Experience directing distributed or offshore/nearshore delivery teams.
Exposure to applied AI or automation initiatives inside enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

Client relationships: Grow into primary ownership of selected client relationships, initially working closely with leadership.
Engagement leadership: Run engagements end-to-end, including scope, timeline, budget, and risk management.
Escalations: Manage escalations directly, including situations with underperforming vendors or workstreams.
Commercial ownership: Turn successful delivery into lasting client relationships by identifying follow-on opportunities, shaping proposals, and protecting engagement economics.
Practice development: Help build the technology consulting practice by developing junior and mid-level consultants from Ghana and Rwanda.
Technical translation: Translate business requirements into scoped work for engineering teams and communicate technical constraints to clients.
AI-forward delivery: Help clients identify value creation opportunities with AI and automation and ensure delivery teams build towards them.
Team leadership: Lead cross-functional delivery teams, including engineers, business analysts, and data specialists, based in African delivery centers.