Engagement Lead / Principal Consultant

Role Summary

Owes delivery and the client relationship across all phases from stakeholder discovery and the platform recommendation through to handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery ownership. Own scope, schedule, milestones, quality, risk, and change control across all phases.
• Stakeholder discovery. Lead workshops and interviews to surface data practices, pain points, and priorities.
• Platform recommendation. Steer the evaluation framework and the structured best-fit platform recommendation.
• Client management. Serve as principal point of contact; lead status reporting, executive readouts, and reviews.

Minimum Qualifications (MQ)

• 10+ years delivering data/analytics consulting engagements, several as delivery lead.
• Led enterprise data warehouse modernization initiatives end-to-end (design, migration, implementation).
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management across business and IT.
• Working fluency in Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and/or Snowflake.
• Track record managing phased delivery against fixed milestones and budgets.

Desired Qualifications (DQ)

• Transportation, transit, or public-sector experience.
• Familiarity with ridership/operational data and public procurement.
• PMP or equivalent delivery credential.