Sr Principal Consultant, IFS Practice Lead

Yeo & Yeo HR Advisory Solutions • Seattle, WA

29d • $149,000 - $202,000 • Remote

About The Position

As a Sr Principal Consultant at Oxalis, you lead the most complex IFS engagements in aerospace and defense, turning hard business and technical challenges into clear, durable solutions. You operate as the senior trusted advisor across the engagement, listening with empathy, shaping strategy, leading design, and owning delivery, and you are accountable for measurable outcomes that bring real value to the organizations behind critical missions. This role involves architecting solutions, steering decision-making, and helping build a practice’s culture. Oxalis is a consulting and technology partner for organizations in life sciences, shipyards, government agencies, health systems, aerospace programs, and manufacturers. They specialize in secure cloud transformation, IT service management, ERP modernization, and Operational strategy, with a focus on organizations navigating compliance-heavy environments and complex change. As a Platinum Solution Partner for Atlassian and a trusted systems integrator for IFS, Oxalis serves the people behind critical missions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Several years leading IFS upgrade and migration engagements, including IFS Applications 10 to IFS Cloud, ideally within a broader extensive ERP delivery career.
• Demonstrated delivery within U.S. aerospace and defense customers, with fluency in maritime and A&D operating models such as MRO, project-based manufacturing, and complex supply chains.
• Multiple IFS Certified Practitioner (IFS Cloud) credentials across the priority domains, with Asset Management and Manufacturing as the leading areas, plus coverage of Supply Chain, Financials, and Projects.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance in regulated defense industry environments, including FIPS 140-2/140-3, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC 2.0, and DFARS 252.204-7012.
• Proven experience partnering with IFS Customer Success, third-party vendors, and internal stakeholders to deliver complex programs.
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to balance multiple engagements without dropping quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a track record of engaging executive and technical stakeholders.
• A bias for ownership: you see what needs doing and you do it, rather than waiting to be told.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined under ITAR (22 CFR 120.62); U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Nice To Haves

• An active security clearance is preferred, but not required for this role.
• IFS Certified Practitioner – Technical Consultant or Technician (IFS Cloud), for platform and upgrade depth.
• Progression toward IFS Certified Expert level in one or more domains.
• Prior IFS Applications 10 or legacy IFS credentials, or equivalent hands-on depth.
• PMP certification.
• Prosci change management certification (ADKAR).
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 and, for cloud-hosted IFS, FedRAMP and DoD Impact Levels(IL2/IL4/IL5).
• Experience mentoring and coaching consultants on delivery and craft.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements end-to-end, from discovery and requirements through configuration, migration, deployment, adoption, and post-go-live support.
• Listen carefully and surface the real problem behind the stated one; analyze processes, systems, and workflows; design tailored IFS solutions that align with customer goals.
• Translate complex technical and operational concepts into clear recommendations for executive, technical, and end-user audiences.
• Lead IFS Apps 10 to IFS Cloud upgrade engagements end-to-end, including version-gap analysis, scoping and estimation, build, data migration, cutover, and hypercare.
• Decide which customizations to retire, re-platform, or rebuild, reducing technical debt as part of the upgrade.
• Architect solutions across the customer's IFS domains: MRO and asset management, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and projects.
• Embed ITAR, DFARS, and security and compliance requirements into the upgrade architecture, access model, and deployment approach.
• Coordinate customerʼs internal teams, third-party technology and service vendors, and IFS Customer Success into a single delivery plan.
• Own delivery performance across multiple engagements against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and margin; manage risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations proactively.
• Lead and mentor consultants and technical specialists, guiding them through high-stakes delivery.
• Lead workshops, design sessions, executive readouts, and change management activities that keep the work moving.
• Advise the customer's CIO and steering committee on status, risk, and the decisions that protect outcomes.
• Make the hard calls — staffing changes, scope conversations, escalations — when they protect customer outcomes and Oxalis's interests.
• Partner with Customer Growth and Sales during pre-sales: discovery, solution shaping, estimates, and proposals; bring empathy and curiosity to uncover what truly matters to a buyer.
• Carry a sales-attribution target by expanding the value Oxalis delivers to existing customers and helping win new IFS opportunities.
• Represent Oxalis with credibility and confidence in customer and prospect conversations.
• Improve Oxalis's IFS tools, templates, and delivery methodologies; leave the practice better than you found it.
• Establish and grow the IFS capabilities as a practice area within Oxalis.
• Mentor consultants, share what you learn, and contribute to communities of practice.
• Stay curious about IFS, the aerospace and defense industry, and the evolving compliance landscape; bring fresh thinking back into engagements.

Benefits

• Leadership means driving innovation and owning your impact; empathy shapes our people-first culture; growth is constant; quality defines everything we deliver; and curiosity fuels our drive to solve complex challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior