Wavestone

Senior Consultant - Technology Advisory and Project Management

Wavestone

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudCyber SecurityERPPMP

About the role

  • As a Senior Consultant in Wavestone's Technology and Transformation practice, you will serve as a trusted business advisor to our clients while leading a variety of technology-focused, project-driven engagements.
  • In this role you will play a key role in managing and delivering complex technological initiatives across organizations.
  • This role provides an opportunity to broaden your leadership skills, work across a variety of industries, and the opportunity to exercise your entrepreneurial spirit to deliver superior results for our clients.
  • Responsibilities Lead and contribute to high-impact client engagements, ensuring seamless execution from planning through delivery.
  • Engagements include: Managing end-to-end technology project delivery, including strategy, implementation, integration, and team coordination across functions.
  • Leading technology project delivery across strategy, implementation, and integration efforts – managing scope, timeline, and cross-functional teams.
  • Supporting IT strategy and CIO advisory engagements, helping clients define technology roadmaps, governance models and transformation priorities.
  • Overseeing delivery of data, analytics, and AI initiatives, coordinating technical terms to implement scalable data platforms and insights-driven solutions.
  • Managing software application projects, including custom development, system integration, and enterprise platform rollouts (e.g., ERP, CRM, cloud platforms).
  • Drive project management activities: define scope, develop project plans, track milestones, manage risks, and ensure delivery on time and within budget.
  • Lead and motivate cross-functional project teams, providing structure in ambiguous situations and guiding stakeholders through resistance and change.
  • Participate in proposal development and delivery to client organizations.
  • Apply expertise by monitoring and identifying project issues, mitigating risk, and ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of work.
  • Confidently manage project teams, deliver structure where there is ambiguity, resolve stakeholder resistance and risks, and implement the desired outcomes.
  • Work closely with diverse teams to deliver results and foster an environment to recognize and reward individual and team achievements.
  • Present findings both internally at Wavestone and externally to clients, including data acquisition and insights.
  • Collaborate with an internal network of skilled consultants to solve client problems and deliver high impact projects.
  • Cultivate and maintain long term relationships with clients to identify collaborative efforts and develop new business engagement opportunities.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of consulting experience, preferably in a Big Four or similar environment, with a strong background managing technology projects, including scope, schedule, budget, and team leadership.
  • Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies; experience using project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or Smartsheet.
  • Well-developed financial and business acumen from working in a variety of business functions including supply chain, finance, operations, HR, marketing, and sales.
  • Passion for identifying problems and the desire to collaborate with clients in designing and implementing simple solutions in complex and unclear situations.
  • Leadership skills and the ability to manage cross-functional project teams.
  • Demonstrated strategic big picture thinking paired with the ability to pivot and deep dive into the details as required.
  • Expertise in Microsoft Office products including the ability to develop compelling communication of complex concepts using PowerPoint.
  • Confidence and presence to engage directly with clients at the senior leadership level.
  • Strong written and oral communications skills including the ability to communicate concisely and clearly with both line and senior management level clients.
  • Ability to travel based on client requirements.
  • Preferred Experience PMP or other formal project management certification.