Sr Principal Consultant, IFS Practice Lead

About the role

Lead the most complex IFS engagements in aerospace and defense, turning hard business and technical challenges into clear, durable solutions. Operate as the senior trusted advisor across the engagement, listening with empathy, shaping strategy, leading design, and owning delivery. Accountable for measurable outcomes that bring real value to the organizations behind critical missions.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Outcomes:
  • Lead engagements end-to-end, from discovery and requirements through configuration, migration, deployment, adoption, and post-go-live support.
  • Listen carefully and surface the real problem behind the stated one; analyze processes, systems, and workflows; design tailored IFS solutions that align with customer goals.
  • Translate complex technical and operational concepts into clear recommendations for executive, technical, and end-user audiences.
• IFS Delivery, Maritime, and Aerospace & Defense:
  • Lead IFS Apps 10 to IFS Cloud upgrade engagements end-to-end, including version-gap analysis, scoping and estimation, build, data migration, cutover, and hypercare.
  • Decide which customizations to retire, re-platform, or rebuild, reducing technical debt as part of the upgrade.
  • Architect solutions across the customer's IFS domains: MRO and asset management, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and projects.
  • Coordinate customer's internal teams, third-party technology and service vendors, and IFS Customer Success into a single delivery plan.
• Leadership:
  • Own delivery performance across multiple engagements against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and margin; manage risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations proactively.
  • Lead and mentor consultants and technical specialists, guiding them through high-stakes delivery.
  • Lead workshops, design sessions, executive readouts, and change management activities that keep the work moving.
  • Advise the customer's CIO and steering committee on status, risk, and the decisions that protect outcomes.
  • Make the hard calls — staffing changes, scope conversations, escalations — when they protect customer outcomes and Oxalis's interests.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Several years leading IFS upgrade and migration engagements, including IFS Applications 10 to IFS Cloud, ideally within a broader extensive ERP delivery career.
• Demonstrated delivery within U.S. aerospace and defense customers, with fluency in maritime and A&D operating models such as MRO, project-based manufacturing, and complex supply chains.
• Multiple IFS Certified Practitioner (IFS Cloud) credentials across the priority domains, with Asset Management and Manufacturing as the leading areas, plus coverage of Supply Chain, Financials, and Projects.
• Working knowledge of security and compliance in regulated defense industry environments, including FIPS 140-2/140-3, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC 2.0, and DFARS 252.204-7012.
• Proven experience partnering with IFS Customer Success, third-party vendors, and internal stakeholders to deliver complex programs.
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to balance multiple engagements without dropping quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a track record of engaging executive and technical stakeholders.
• A bias for ownership: you see what needs doing and you do it, rather than waiting to be told.

Preferred Qualifications

• IFS Certified Practitioner – Technical Consultant or Technician (IFS Cloud), for platform and upgrade depth.
• Progression toward IFS Certified Expert level in one or more domains.
• Prior IFS Applications 10 or legacy IFS credentials, or equivalent hands-on depth.
• PMP certification.
• Prosci change management certification (ADKAR).
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 and, for cloud-hosted IFS, FedRAMP and DoD Impact Levels(IL2/IL4/IL5).
• Experience mentoring and coaching consultants on delivery and craft.

Why Work for Us?

• Join Oxalis and be part of a team that’s transforming how regulated industries operate through cutting-edge solutions.
• Led by leaders who drive innovation and own their impact; shaped by empathy that fosters a people-first culture; growing every day; defining quality in everything we deliver; and fueled by curiosity to solve complex challenges.

Location

This role is a remote role for individuals residing in the United States, however we prefer individuals living in or near Sacramento, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Austin, TX; and St Louis, MO.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Oxalis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.