CONSULTANT ARCHITECT JOB DESCRIPTION

An Consultant Architect who cannot translate a client's business constraints into a structured technology or strategy roadmap leaves executive sponsors without a defensible investment case. That gap is precisely what this role is designed to close. The  Consultant Architect owns the client-facing advisory function within a consulting practice, converting stakeholder workshops and analytical findings into roadmaps that FI, Merchant, Government, and enterprise clients can act on. Two domain realities define the difficulty: clients in Capital Markets and enterprise IT rarely share a single strategic vocabulary, and the consultant must move fluently between financial modeling and governance frameworks to earn their trust.

As the Consultant Architect, you translate complex business objectives into structured strategic roadmaps and client-ready recommendations, directly influencing how enterprise clients prioritize technology investments and transformation programs. You operate within a consulting delivery team, engaging C-suite and senior IT leaders across engagements that span scoping through implementation support.

Career Impact: Sustained exposure to Capital Markets, enterprise IT governance, and C-suite advisory work builds the kind of cross-domain credibility that opens paths to Principal Consultant and Practice Lead roles within three to five years.

Business Impact: The roadmaps and investment cases this role produces determine whether enterprise clients commit to or delay multi-million-dollar transformation programs, making the analytical rigor of this seat directly visible to client leadership.

Growth Opportunity: Owning business development deliverables such as Statements of Work and proposal development accelerates the move from delivery-focused consulting into a hybrid advisory and origination role earlier than most firm tracks allow.

• Lead client workshops to align strategic goals with technology investment priorities and surface actionable cloud or transformation roadmaps.
• Manage project engagements for FI, Merchant, and Government clients from initial scoping through final deliverable sign-off.
• Define project scope and document requirements in close collaboration with client leadership and internal delivery teams.
• Develop client-ready presentations, business cases, and recommendations that synthesize analytical findings into executive-level narratives.
• Identify and structure hypotheses independently at the work-stream level to guide analysis and uncover new solution paradigms.
• Advise and support client teams through change management and training efforts to ensure sustainable adoption of recommended solutions.
• Contribute to business development efforts including proposal writing, practice development, and knowledge-sharing initiatives within the firm.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, or a related analytical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 5 or more years of client-facing consulting experience, with demonstrated responsibility for managing engagements and delivering executive-level recommendations.
• Experience engaging C-suite and senior technology leaders on business strategy, IT governance, or enterprise architecture topics.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct structured business analysis, including segmentation, modeling, and hypothesis-driven problem-solving.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations across large-scale programs and building consensus among diverse groups.
• Willingness and ability to travel periodically in support of client engagements.

• Advanced degree or MBA from an accredited business or technology program, with demonstrated application to strategy or financial analysis.
• Experience supporting transformation efforts within Capital Markets, Banking, or enterprise technology governance contexts.
• Familiarity with cloud adoption frameworks and operating model design, including governance structures for hybrid environments.
• Prior involvement in business development activities such as proposal development or scoping of multi-phase consulting engagements.

• Client deliverable acceptance rate, measuring the proportion of roadmaps and presentations approved without major revision.
• Engagement scoping accuracy, tracking variance between estimated and actual project scope across managed work streams.
• Stakeholder alignment score, measured via post-workshop client feedback on clarity and strategic fit of recommendations.
• Business development contribution rate, counting proposals or Statements of Work contributed per quarter.
• Repeat engagement rate within managed client accounts, reflecting sustained client confidence in advisory output.
• Typical tools: presentation and analytics platforms (commonly PowerPoint and Excel); data visualization environments (commonly Tableau or equivalent).

• Base Salary Range: $110,000 to $155,000 annually, depending on seniority and location.
• Bonus: Performance-based annual bonus, typically 10% to 20% of base salary.
• Equity: Not standard at most consulting firms; offered selectively at Partner track.
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, typically effective from date of hire.
• PTO: 15 to 20 days annually, plus standard federal holidays.
• Common Perks: Professional development stipend, travel reimbursement, and certification support.

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

Background checks, including employment history and, where applicable, credit history verification, are a standard condition of employment for this role. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process upon request. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

The Business Consultant Architect leads client engagements across IBM's cloud practice, facilitating workshops that align strategic goals with cloud capabilities, operating models, and key IT initiatives. Working with both technology and business executives, this role shapes delivery roadmaps and builds reusable patterns that expand IBM's client impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage clients to understand their current cloud strategy and opportunities to refine or accelerate next steps based on a holistic operating perspective.
• Harvest lessons learned to build new patterns and offerings for IBM Clients, and utilize existing patterns to increase efficiency.
• Roadmap client deliveries to achieve technical and business goals.
• Understand dynamic cloud industry trends and best practices.
• Determine business case considerations and value proposition for cloud adoption.
• Partner with other IBM teams to create a best delivery plan including scoping, staffing, and milestones.
• Identify new opportunities that the sales organization can further client business with.
• Lead facilitation of workshops that define tactical and strategic roadmaps and next steps depending on client's specific cloud gaps.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar IT-based field.
• 7+ years of experience in technology and/or strategy consultancy role.
• Experience developing cloud strategy including cloud operating models, business cases, and/or governance models.
• Experience engaging Technology and Business Executives on Business Strategy & Architecture.
• Experience leading clients through workload migration and modernization including determining disposition to cloud.
• Deep understanding of multi/hybrid cloud environments and cloud operating model and adoption frameworks (e.g., AWS Well Architected, IBM Cloud Adoption and Transformation, Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure).
• Proficiency in scoping and sizing enterprise software deliveries.
• Proficiency in presenting, storytelling, interacting, and negotiating with executives and decision makers across technical and business personas.
• Able to support periodic travel requests.

Reporting to ABB Power Grids' technical leadership, the Consultant Architect plans and conducts power system studies spanning transmission planning, generation integration, and energy storage within a global joint venture formed by ABB and Hitachi. Partnering with customers and internal engineering teams, this role delivers simulation-backed technical reports and practical recommendations that support a stronger, smarter, and greener grid.

Primary Duties

• Plan, conduct, and coordinate power system studies including transmission planning, generation resource integration, and energy storage systems.
• Design and develop computer models or simulations of power systems and conduct independent studies using advanced analytical techniques.
• Prepare high-quality technical reports and presentations supporting study findings.
• Participate in customer meetings and interface with customers on technical matters.
• Serve as technical consultant and advisor for clients.
• Identify areas of system and business needs, propose practical solutions, and assist with implementation of project plans and business decisions.

Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with coursework in electric power or energy systems.
• 1+ years of experience conducting research or performing studies on electrical power systems using at least two simulation tools (power flow, transient stability, or electromagnetic transients).
• Candidates must already have work authorization to work for ABB in the US.
• Knowledge and experience in transmission planning and operations (100 kV–765 kV), integration of renewables, and power system analysis including load flow, dynamic stability, voltage stability, short circuit, transfer limits, electromagnetic transients, and economic assessments, as well as system impact, expansion studies, and FACTS and HVdc studies.
• Skilled in programming in Python, MATLAB, FORTRAN, or similar.
• Experience with power system simulation software such as PSS/E, PSLF, TARA, DSATools, DigSilent, PowerWorld, GridView, PROMOD, ASPEN, and MATLAB Toolbox.

Sitting at the intersection of data analytics and client strategy, the Consultant Architect manages engagements for FI, Merchant, and Government clients within the world's fastest payments processing network. Operating across business development, analytical modeling, and product design functions, this role builds evidence-based recommendations and solution specifications that strengthen the company's consulting and product capabilities.

Duties

• Manage client and project engagements for FI, Merchant, and Government clients.
• Rigorously and logically identify issues covering the entire client problem to understand business objectives.
• Generate key hypotheses and independently structure work at the stream or small project level.
• Identify creative analyses and suggest new paradigms for recommendations, and synthesize findings into clear, sound recommendations and client-ready presentations.
• Collect and synthesize feedback from clients, analysts, and sales teams for new solutions, and provide design specifications and functional and technical requirements for development.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and structure project work to facilitate capture of Intellectual Capital with minimal oversight.
• Actively participate in business development, thought leadership, and internal knowledge-sharing to continuously improve quality and productivity.

Requirements

• Advanced degree or MBA from a Tier 1 Business School.
• Experience managing clients, conducting hands-on business analysis, segmentation and modeling, and applying advanced analytical frameworks to solve business problems.
• Knowledge of analytical tools such as SAS, R, and Python (desirable).
• Knowledge of databases such as Oracle, Netezza, SQL Server, and Hadoop (desirable).
• Knowledge of data visualization tools such as RShiny and Tableau.
• Excellent verbal, written, and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently or on a team and multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Embedded within the mobile platform team, the Consultant Architect  builds and maintains automated pipelines that enable any app team to build, test, and deploy iOS and Android apps without developing custom integrations. Working closely with app teams, legal, and governance stakeholders, this role ensures every app version meets control, brand, and store requirements before release.

Core Functions

• Develop, enhance, and maintain automated pipelines, and automate code signing and delivery to designated app stores.
• Gather, test, and deliver metadata and screenshots required for different stores.
• Suggest and develop new features to meet app teams' requirements and needs.
• Manage certificates and keys and their renewal, and provide manual intervention and day-to-day publishing assistance as needed.
• Troubleshoot and resolve failures and rejections, and consult with teams on requirements to publish their app.
• Ensure all control requirements are met prior to the launch of each app version.
• Verify legal, governance, and app owner approval prior to release, and protect the brand by identifying and communicating risks to stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience developing automated pipelines, working with web services and APIs, and using GitHub.
• Knowledge and experience in mobile app development (iOS and Android) methodologies.
• Knowledge of programming languages BASH, Ruby, VB, SWIFT, and Java, and ability to develop in multiple programming languages.
• Understanding of code signing and cryptography.
• Experience with Xcode and/or Android Studio, and iOS and Android devices.
• Experience with MacOS/Linux and Windows.

A key member of Reference Point's consulting delivery team, the Consultant Architect manages project teams through all phases of the engagement lifecycle for global financial services clients. Collaborating across client leadership, stakeholder groups, and internal consultants, this role delivers structured project scopes, change management support, and quality-assured presentations that drive measurable outcomes for Capital Markets and Banking institutions.

Functions

• Manage a project team through all phases of the engagement lifecycle.
• Facilitate solutions and ensure timely and accurate communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Help define and document project scope in line with client priorities.
• Advise and support client teams to drive successful project delivery.
• Manage client expectations and ensure consensus among stakeholders.
• Support change management and training efforts with all client teams.
• Develop and lead client presentations, project status updates, and related documentation and deliverables.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, systems and industrial engineering, finance, economics, accounting, or a strong technical and analytical discipline from an accredited university; advanced degree preferred.
• 2–3 years of consulting experience with a leading strategic consulting firm.
• At least 1 year of experience supporting the financial services or banking communities.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale transformation efforts in Capital Markets or Banking institutions, including hands-on data analysis and development.
• Experience managing stakeholder expectations across large-scale programs and working directly with client leadership while overseeing small teams.
• High energy, drive, integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a sense of urgency with a service-and-solution-oriented mentality.

Embedded within the sales transformation practice, the Consultant Architect designs and implements sales and service experiences, capabilities, and architecture that bring customer strategies to life for corporate clients across multiple industries. Working closely with Sales Leadership, internal practice teams, and client stakeholders, this role delivers end-to-end digital sales technology solutions and business development assets that maximize returns on sales infrastructure investment.

Key Deliverables

• Help companies maximize returns on their digital sales enablement and sales operations infrastructure investment.
• Work with Sales Leadership to devise sales strategies improving productivity through process standardization, digital tool adoption, and sales reporting.
• Provide best-in-class services for planning, designing, deploying, and supporting digital sales technology tools.
• Offer end-to-end solutions including process analysis, requirements planning, business case development, analytics support, and administration support.
• Act in a mentoring capacity to support the career development of other colleagues.
• Lead business development efforts including Statements of Work, proposal development, and client presentations.
• Contribute to internal practice development through business development, training, methodology and toolkit development, and recruiting.

Professional Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Psychology, or related field.
• 2+ years of practical experience in corporate finance, sales operations, management, and/or human resources-related fields.
• Broad-based understanding of sales process, sales operations, sales quota management, and/or sales finance.
• Experience with modeling and planning for operations and finance, and sales quota management and analytics.
• Proficiency in Excel, Access, and Word, and strong understanding of Anaplan; experience with planning and analytics applications such as Hyperion, SAP BPC, or Cognos TM1 preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, presentation, quantitative, and analytical skills.
• Team player with entrepreneurial motivation and enthusiasm for serving clients.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, and ability to travel up to 50% on average.

Measurable value for convenience retailers and petroleum wholesalers depends on the Consultant Architect, who designs and implements software solutions and processes that control the flow of billions of dollars in business transactions across PDI's Retail and B2B Fuel Pricing systems. Based within PDI's Consultancy team and working directly with client business teams globally, this role applies data analysis and Agile development practices to identify improvement opportunities and deliver lasting operational results.

Accountabilities

• Serve as a member of the Consultancy team covering both Retail and B2B Fuel Pricing systems.
• Design and implement software solutions and processes used to control the flow of business transactions.
• Work directly with clients' business teams globally to understand their environment, identify areas of improvement, and implement solutions.
• Contribute to coding of software modules alongside the development team in an Agile environment.
• Work with the data science team to analyze large sets of numerical data and reveal new insights.
• Demonstrate proficiency with technical tools including databases, spreadsheets, web servers, programming languages, and software interfaces.
• Assist with support of existing systems as required.

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above, ideally in a STEM or business subject.
• 2+ years of experience in implementation projects, data analysis, or system support, and experience working in a project team.
• Experience within the Retail or Wholesale fuels industry, and with pricing, costing, or tax evaluation.
• Programming, database, and web page fundamentals.
• Proficiency in MS Excel.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Self-starter with strong organisation, attention to detail, and drive to learn Fuel Pricing business and software.

As the Consultant Architect, this role owns the full facilitation cycle for Acumen Learning's business acumen training programs, traveling globally to deliver customized sessions for Fortune 50 clients and high-growth organizations. The Acumen Learning delivery team relies on this work to deepen client relationships, capture new business through active sales participation, and continuously refine facilitation quality across more than 35 countries.

Activities

• Travel to facilitate trainings to companies across the world.
• Customize facilitations by deeply reviewing client businesses and preparing for participant questions.
• Refine facilitation skills by embracing best practices, colleague input, and client feedback.
• Grow client relationships by anticipating needs, planning new growth strategies, and identifying new business connections to increase revenue.
• Arrange and maintain follow-up events, post-pilot action reviews, and periodic client connections.
• Own role in the sales process by engaging with the sales team and participating in sales calls to win new business.
• Manage calendar to accept meeting requests, prepare thoroughly for sales calls, and maintain punctuality and promptness.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, MAcc, JD, and/or PhD preferred, with 7+ years of business experience or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Proven business strategy and financial analysis mastery.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with comfortability teaching large audiences.
• Strong work ethic and teamwork proclivities.

Enterprise Consultant Architect owns the architecture governance and technology strategy function at Voya Financial, building IT roadmaps and reference architectures that align enterprise capabilities with business objectives across LOB and innovation teams. Success in the position means technology investments are traceable to business outcomes, technical debt is actively managed, and solution architects across the organization operate within a clear, well-governed framework.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Drive EA activities with a business outcome lens and build and evolve a business technology strategy including the strategic roadmap for IT systems.
• Lead development of IT strategies and roadmaps to drive investments in enterprise capabilities and reduce technical debt through portfolio management processes.
• Communicate technical roadmaps to align IT priorities with business partner needs and identify opportunities to digitize business processes.
• Lead architecture governance, technology standards, and reference architecture development.
• Evaluate business, information, application, and technology views of solutions, identify risks, and monitor new technological advances.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate business objectives into technological solutions and mentor other enterprise and solution architects.
• Define and develop audit and review checklists, improve architecture processes and artifacts, and contribute to peer reviews and technical audits.
• Collaborate with product and service vendor partners and perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience as an architect, plus 4–6 years in technical roles such as systems engineer, infrastructure analyst, data modeler, DBA, or data analyst.
• Experience leading technology strategy development, capability mapping, enterprise architecture roadmaps, and governance processes, and designing, integrating, and managing complex technology solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with business process and performance modeling, benchmarking, and financial analysis; financial services industry experience highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of data management, network engineering, security controls, and basic security architecture patterns and practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and system engineering, and familiarity with multiple architecture frameworks and project delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile or Waterfall).
• Strong leadership, negotiation, communication, project management, and consultative skills, and ability to build consensus among diverse stakeholders in a matrixed, multi-vendor, and virtual environment.

The Consultant Architect leads mission architecture definition for space programs of national importance, performing system-of-system trades, modeling, and analysis to assess mission alternatives across orbits, payloads, ground segments, and CONOPS. Working with engineering teams and operational customers, this role delivers cohesive mission solutions and long-term sustainment support that directly shapes the capability and scope of the nation's space assets.

Operational Focus

• Lead, plan, and manage mission utilization of complex space systems and capabilities.
• Perform system-of-system trades, modeling, simulation, and analysis to assess space mission architecture alternatives for delivering customer mission effects, data, or capabilities.
• Perform analysis-of-alternatives and synthesize mission elements to develop cohesive space mission solutions including orbits, launch vehicles, payloads, ground segment, CONOPS, DRMs, and external interfaces.
• Perform system analysis, design optimization, system performance assessments, and operations analysis for current and potential customers.
• Track Measures of Performance and Effectiveness and define other metrics to ensure capabilities meet customer needs and objectives.
• Lead space mission system element design, capability assessment, mission threads, verification and validation planning, and mission integration during system development.
• Lead demonstration and delivery of mission effects during on-orbit operations and provide long-term sustainment and mission augmentation support over the life of the mission.
• Understand and communicate operational mission requirements to engineering teams.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or related technical field with 20+ years of applicable experience, or Master's degree with 18+ years.
• U.S. Citizenship with a current or active Top Secret SCI level clearance.
• Experience in Space Radar or ISR mission architectures, planning, command and control, and operations, and experience communicating operational mission requirements and interfaces to space, payload, and/or ground system engineering teams.
• Prior experience conducting system analysis, design optimization, system performance assessments, and CONOPS development for end-to-end mission data threads.
• Knowledge of various space radar and ISR payloads, data acquisition and processing, information analyses techniques, and software tools, including experience with existing on-orbit capabilities.
• Solutions-oriented, driven, and creative problem-solver with simultaneous focus on short-term objectives and long-term imperatives.