Principal Consultant - CIO Advisory

The role involves providing strategic counsel to CIO and senior leadership offering expert insights for informed decision-making aligned with organisational goals. The incumbent will drive IT operations, digital transformation, engage stakeholders, and act as thought leader through industry awareness while serving as trusted advisor thereby enabling innovation, growth, and operational excellence.

Ideal Candidate :

• Experienced IT professional/consultant with domain expertise.
• Proficient in multiple IT service offerings and project delivery.
• Proven track record in large and complex transformational program leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and drive client change.
• Comfortable engaging at all levels for integrated IT solutions.
• Works with organizational leadership to define IT strategies.
• Highly visible role with exposure to diverse stakeholders.
• Requires blend of domain/technical skills and strong interpersonal abilities.

Key Skills:

• Management consulting experience with strategic thinking.
• Building Go-to-Market strategies and innovative service offerings.
• Developing deep client relationships and leading teams.
• Designing Digital, Cloud, and emerging tech business models.
• Leading RFPs and practical issue-solving.
• Cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, Google) and hybrid strategies.
• IT cost optimization, strategy, and transformation.
• Agile methodology and IT operations knowledge.
• Technology strategy, thought leadership, and practice development.
• Contributing to service offerings, whitepapers, and expertise sharing.
• Sales, RFPs, market research, and business case development.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Management consulting and project delivery experience.
• Strong business, financial, and technology understanding.
• Proficiency in program management tools.
• Business and IT strategy experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP) for client evaluation.
• Cloud migration business case development.
• Cloud assessment and migration strategy expertise.
• Strong problem-solving and project management skills.