Published: September 17, 2024 – The Lead Consultant oversees project technology management and provides technical solutions to ensure successful completion within quality standards. This role involves guiding and developing team members, and driving process improvement and compliance while actively participating in technical discussions. The lead also leads the design and implementation of IT solutions, aligning with agile methodologies to deliver high-quality deliverables.


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1. Lead Consultant, Nexus Innovations, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Drive and manage a strategic project at any time from project scoping, creating content, and managing stakeholders to generate insights, and prepare outputs that enable informed decisions.
- Drives and supports Head of Strategy and Directors in driving their project and workstreams
- Actively contribute to the annual 5-year strategic planning process
- Lead and support benchmarking the performance of Novartis in the industry
- Develop a network of functional experts and strategy managers across Novartis
- Sourcing across top products and markets
- Building cross-functional project teams, including Healthcare Systems (HCS) project supporters
- Coaching and supporting senior team members to drive projects in line with outcomes “playbook”
- Coordinating project activities with the Outcomes Delivery Center
- Design and deliver organization-wide capability building program, including designing program goals and developing RFP
Skills on Resume:
- Strategic Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Planning Process (Hard Skills)
- Benchmarking Performance (Hard Skills)
- Networking and Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Market Sourcing Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Team Building (Soft Skills)
- Coaching and Mentoring (Soft Skills)
2. Lead Consultant, GreenTech Solutions, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Develop Lab IT & WF vision, strategy and tactics that align with overall strategy and vision
- Implement and monitor the initiatives and activities to ensure the goals and objectives are achieved.
- Ensure long-term success and sustainable growth of business
- Work closely with regional/global team
- Design digital product portfolio marketing strategy and tactics
- Manage cross-BA initiatives and collaborations for digital diagnostics
- Manage Lab IT product life cycle, including product, pricing, positioning
- Lead and motivate the team to achieve the team and individual objectives
- Provide guidance and coaching to the team
- Develop short-term and long-term development plans for the team
Skills on Resume:
- Vision and Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
- Initiative Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Business Growth Management (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Digital Marketing Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Product Life Cycle Management (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership and Motivation (Soft Skills)
- Coaching and Development Planning (Soft Skills)
3. Lead Consultant, Quantum Dynamics, Orlando, FL
Job Summary:
- Accountable to manage expense budget for Lab IT & WF
- Ensure smooth and efficient operation of the team to provide Roche Healthcare Consulting service to early engage with customers
- Ensure smooth and efficient operation of the team to provide implementation support for Lab IT and Automation products
- Implement and monitor projects as per agreed action plans and timelines
- Understand market/customer requirements and needs
- Deliver excellent customer satisfaction
- Handle escalated and complex issues.
- Build a strong relationship with customers and key stakeholders
- Select Lab IT & WF vendors as per Roche policy and when necessary
- Manage Lab IT & WF-related vendors to ensure their product and service meet Roche quality standards and customers’ requirement
Skills on Resume:
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Team Operation Management (Soft Skills)
- Project Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Market and Customer Insight (Soft Skills)
- Customer Satisfaction Delivery (Soft Skills)
- Complex Issue Handling (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Selection and Management (Hard Skills)
4. Lead Consultant, Visionary Insights, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Execute and drive the Business Transformation initiatives to support the strategic direction of the Business.
- Successful execution of the business transformation roadmap to deliver upon strategic business priorities.
- Engage with all Business Unit and Functional leaders in assessing key business metrics.
- Participate and contribute to the Business Transformation strategy including the selection of targets and priority setting between programs
- Establish a culture of Continuous Improvement and ensure that business transformation is sustainable.
- Enable the performance improvements of the top priority business targets as determined.
- Identify operational opportunities and develop detailed, creative solutions
- Analyzing issues, interpreting operational needs, and developing integrated solutions.
- Provide technical guidance, instruction and communication to users on the use of new technologies.
- Adheres to compliance procedures and internal/operational risk controls following any applicable regulatory standards, requirements, and policies.
Skills on Resume:
- Business Transformation Execution (Hard Skills)
- Strategic Roadmap Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Continuous Improvement Culture (Soft Skills)
- Performance Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Operational Opportunity Identification (Hard Skills)
- Technical Guidance and Instruction (Soft Skills)
- Compliance and Risk Control (Hard Skills)
5. Lead Consultant, Synergy Consult, Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Inspire and Ignite attention to the Cloud, with a focus on Azure, Microsoft 365 and AWS
- Be the trusted advisor for customers regarding cloud solution design and delivery
- Pre-sales positioning of Cloud Enterprise Architecture and Crayon value proposition
- Create roadmap plans customized to successful design & implementation
- Manage and coordinate the implementation of solutions for customers
- Identify new business opportunities in the cloud sector among existing customers
- Identify Cloud key drivers for customers in terms of growth and execution
- Stay up-to-date on Cloud solutions trending with commercial customers, and share best practices internally
- Active knowledge management and lessons learned preparation
- Perform End of Project reviews for team members
Skills on Resume:
- Cloud Solution Design (Hard Skills)
- Trusted Customer Advisory (Soft Skills)
- Pre-Sales Positioning (Hard Skills)
- Roadmap Planning (Hard Skills)
- Implementation Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Business Opportunity Identification (Hard Skills)
- Cloud Industry Trend Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Knowledge Management (Soft Skills)
6. Lead Consultant, BlueWave Consulting, Seattle, WA
Job Summary:
- Partner with DSS, and sales/presales leadership to understand productivity improvement needs and champion appropriate stakeholder groups
- Coordinates global SCP design recommendations on behalf of specialty and subsequent rollout of approved plans
- Oversees quota calendar/rollout implementation across all regions
- Champions GTM Northstar and serves as global process owner
- Maintains attrition & productive capacity analytics (aligned to sales COO)
- Evangelize and drive implementation timelines for all business transformation efforts within the specialty, driving field and GBO adoption and training
- Incubation point for transformational ideas – multi-disciplinary
- Provide advanced best-practice product training after appropriate open-text training and project experience
- Provide mentoring of other consultants.
- Assures quality of individual and team deliverables
Skills on Resume:
- Productivity Improvement Championing (Soft Skills)
- Global SCP Design Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Quota Rollout Implementation (Hard Skills)
- GTM Process Ownership (Hard Skills)
- Attrition and Capacity Analytics (Hard Skills)
- Business Transformation Evangelism (Soft Skills)
- Advanced Product Training (Soft Skills)
- Mentoring and Quality Assurance (Soft Skills)
7. Lead Consultant, Zenith Strategies, Atlanta, GA
Job Summary:
- Manage a team of Kitchen Partner Consultants and Coach Trainers
- Hire, train, and develop its team
- Defines, tracks and assesses the performance of its team
- Responsible for the performance of its market
- Accountable for ensuring implementation and respect of Taster (Brand & FoodSafety/Hygiene) standards within partner sites
- Monitors, analyses and drives the performance of the Partners to ensure a high level of operational performance (rating, prep time, hygiene, etc.)
- Implements operational action plans to rectify performance issues encountered by its Partners
- In charge of the onboarding of all Partners in its network
- Ensuring the proper training of Partners in the Corporate Kitchens (digital and on-site) by supporting Kitchen Coach Trainers with the best practices and tools
- Organises further training for Partners if results are not at the expected level
Skills on Resume:
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Hiring and Training (Hard Skills)
- Performance Tracking and Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Market Performance Management (Hard Skills)
- Standards Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Partner Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Operational Action Planning (Hard Skills)
- Partner Onboarding and Training (Soft Skills)
8. Lead Consultant, Elevate Advisory, Chicago, IL
Job Summary:
- Helps to improve the training process by proposing new approaches and content
- Responsible for the onboarding & launch of all new digital brands within the network
- Participates in validating and understanding the operational layout of the network's Kitchens (layout, equipment, etc.) so that it is in line with the imposed standards
- Ensure implementation & use of Taster digital solutions
- Plays a key role of pivot within the Kitchen Operations team to ensure the smoothest possible launches (Supply Chain, Tech, Ops, Expansion, Marketing, etc.)
- Ensuring that all the processes of the brands operated are identical to those set by the Group (specs, portioning, cooking, assembling, hygiene, etc.)
- Advise Partners and Managers to deal with shifts in the best conditions (staff organization, stock, etc.)
- Organises frequent meetings (weekly, monthly, etc.) with Partners to continuously improve site performance and achieve Group objectives
- Ensures constant operational support & audits to keep its network operating in a clear and fluid environment
- Recommends to the Partners the actions to be taken to improve performance, develop turnover and optimize profitability
- Establishes relationships of trust with all the Partners in its network to participate in the construction of a Taster spirit, convey the Group's values and ensure the Group's sustainability
Skills on Resume:
- Training Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Digital Brand Onboarding (Hard Skills)
- Operational Layout Validation (Hard Skills)
- Digital Solution Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Process Standardization (Hard Skills)
- Shift Management Advising (Soft Skills)
- Performance Improvement Recommendation (Soft Skills)
9. Lead Consultant, Prime Pathways, Phoenix, AZ
Job Summary:
- Capable of working on complex OpenText implementation projects while being client-focused.
- Analysis of customer's business requirements and objectives and capability to transform them into technical solutions
- Produce Functional and Technical Design documentation
- Analysis of existing systems and design validation
- Overall solution and system design
- Design of application and solution architecture, interface to customer and partner Lead Architect
- Produce and/or work on customer-facing proposals
- Implementation of OpenText projects in collaboration with OpenText Project Manager
- Provide solution management/leadership on assigned projects
- Estimate effort and resource expertise required to feed into a project plan
- Performance optimization, testing and tuning
- Quality assurance of both OpenText and partner deliveries
Skills on Resume:
- OpenText Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Business Requirement Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Functional and Technical Documentation (Hard Skills)
- System Design and Validation (Hard Skills)
- Solution Architecture Design (Hard Skills)
- Proposal Creation (Soft Skills)
- Project Management Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Performance Optimization and Testing (Hard Skills)
10. Lead Consultant, Innovate Solutions, San Diego, CA
Job Summary:
- Assisting with requirements-gathering activities and contributing to technical design activities
- Delivering a range of technical documentation relating to any software components delivered
- Taking responsibility for delivery of quality work, on time and within agreed specifications
- Managing expectations of clients and internal stakeholders
- Interacting with both customer and internal OpenText project stakeholders to articulate specific technical options and decisions in a concise and clear manner
- Delivering technical knowledge transfers to customer IT and business users
- Supporting UAT, data validations and issue remediations
- Actively seeking new opportunities by working with the customer and the change control provisions provided by the contract, to extend the scope of profitable business
- Responsible for managing customer satisfaction with the technical solution
- Support optimization and continuous improvement programs
Skills on Resume:
- Requirements Gathering (Hard Skills)
- Technical Documentation Delivery (Hard Skills)
- Quality Work Delivery (Soft Skills)
- Client and Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Technical Communication (Soft Skills)
- Knowledge Transfer (Hard Skills)
- UAT and Issue Remediation Support (Hard Skills)
- Customer Satisfaction Management (Soft Skills)
11. Lead Consultant, Insightful Edge, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Understand Group and Issuers Services IT strategy, help define technical strategy and execute which to fulfill business needs and aspirations on growth, management and control
- Overall responsibility for Run the bank, Change the bank, Service Sustainability, Regulatory portfolio of work
- Work closely with the business to manage the scope of work and ensure business requirements are met or exceeded, on time and within budget in line with business targets
- Assist business stakeholders with the decomposition of complex business requirements into Epics and User Stories that can be delivered by Technology teams via respective backlogs
- Work closely with the development teams to manage capacity and quality
- Inspire the team to be creative and seek innovative solutions to the challenges faced
- Produce effective progress reports for assigned projects to keep management appraised of project status, major risks and issues, scope changes, resource changes and milestone achievement or misses
- Responsible for ensuring the best design, development and testing practices are embedded in the projects
- Work closely with business and FinTech partners to integrate Odyssey with external digital issuance platforms
- Develop a good level of understanding of the appropriate business systems of the Group and their associated IT project management requirements
- Review new and existing Odyssey functionality that is available, but not currently used in some regions, to see if enabling would be more efficient
Skills on Resume:
- Technical Strategy Execution (Hard Skills)
- Portfolio Management (Hard Skills)
- Scope and Requirement Management (Soft Skills)
- Epic and User Story Decomposition (Hard Skills)
- Development Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Creative Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
- Progress Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Integration with Digital Platforms (Hard Skills)
12. Lead Consultant, Agile Partners, Dallas, TX
Job Summary:
- Responsible for managing technology in projects and providing technical guidance/solutions for work completion
- Create work plans, monitor and track the work schedule for on-time delivery as per the defined quality standards
- Develop and guide the team members in enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity
- Ensure process improvement and compliance in the assigned module, and participate in technical discussions or reviews.
- Prepare and submit status reports for minimizing exposure and risks on the project or closure of escalations.
- Act as development lead to design and implement IT solutions to meet business users’ requirements
- Understand overall functional and non-functional requirements, perform/implement unit test /integration test
- Align with project managers to track key deliverables, and lead Estimates and break down tasks to achieve realistic targets.
- Deliver under agile development methodology, and run all necessary agile ceremonies and handle various team activities
- Ensure a high-quality standard of deliverables according to the company's standards and best practices
Skills on Resume:
- Technical Guidance and Solutions (Hard Skills)
- Work Plan Creation and Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Team Development and Productivity (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement and Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Status Reporting and Risk Minimization (Hard Skills)
- IT Solution Design and Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Functional and Non-Functional Testing (Hard Skills)
- Agile Methodology Implementation (Hard Skills)