Principal Consultant - Consulting-Paris

Strategic Consulting & Client Leadership

• Strategic Architect: Serve as a senior strategic advisor to clients, designing and leading initiatives that drive operational efficiency, revenue growth, and competitive differentiation.
• Client Engagement: Build and sustain trusted relationships with C-suite and senior stakeholders; translate complex challenges into actionable, high-impact strategies.
• Responsive Strategist: Listen deeply to client needs, develop bespoke frameworks, work breakdown structures, execution plans, and workstream outcomes aligned to stated and unstated priorities.
• Engagement Leader: Own the engagement plan end-to-end, managing cross-functional alignment, milestones, risks, and delivery quality.

AI-Driven Delivery & Transformation

• AI-Augmented Analysis: Leverage large language models, AI-assisted research platforms, and automation tools to accelerate market analysis, benchmarking, insight synthesis, and document production.
• Agentic Workflow Design: Apply and advocate for agentic AI workflows — multi-step AI task orchestration — to automate repeatable consulting processes such as competitive landscape scans, data triangulation, and draft generation.Q
• AI Transformation Leadership: Lead client-facing AI strategy engagements including AI readiness, use-case roadmaps, governance frameworks, and AI solutions (automation, predictive analytics, GenAI).
• Responsible AI Advocacy: Embed responsible AI principles — fairness, transparency, explainability, data privacy — into AI advisory work and delivery practices.
• Digital & Technology Strategy: Architect digital transformation strategies integrating AI, cloud platforms, data infrastructure, and emerging technologies.

Insight Generation & Thought Leadership

• Insight Synthesizer: Conduct market analysis, competitive analysis, benchmarking, and capability gap evaluations to generate strategic insights.
• Innovation Scout: Identify AI-driven innovation opportunities and assess implications on business models, operations, and customer experience.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to frameworks, methodologies, POVs, and represent the firm at industry forums on AI strategy and digital transformation.
• Business Case Development: Build data-driven business cases for transformation initiatives and present to executive audiences.

Practice Development & Collaboration

• Methodology Innovator: Develop AI-forward consulting frameworks, accelerators, prompt libraries, AI protocols, and reusable templates.
• Collaboration Champion: Work in multidisciplinary teams across technology, design, data, and strategy.
• Stakeholder Liaison: Manage client relationships, ensure communication, issue resolution, and client satisfaction.
• Talent Mentorship: Coach junior consultants in AI tools, frameworks, and engagement best practices.

Experience & Education

• 10+ years in management consulting, strategy, or digital transformation roles.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional client engagements from strategy through execution.
• Industry expertise in retail, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, or technology.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.
• MBA or postgraduate degree highly preferred.

AI & Technology Fluency

• Proficiency with generative AI platforms (ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude, Copilot, Gemini) for consulting delivery.
• Knowledge of agentic AI workflows, prompt engineering, and AI tool orchestration.
• Ability to design enterprise AI strategies including use-case prioritisation, ROI modeling, data readiness, and governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, LLMs, automation platforms, and data analytics tools.
• Experience with digital transformation technologies: cloud, APIs, data infrastructure, RPA + AI, customer experience platforms.

Consulting Skills & Competencies

• Structured thinking: problem decomposition, hypothesis-driven analysis, and executive storytelling.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for senior audiences.
• Proficiency in project management and collaboration tools (Microsoft 365, Teams, Asana, Miro, etc.).
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Continuous learning mindset focused on AI and industry disruption.
• Relevant certifications (AI, PMP, TOGAF, etc.) are a plus.
• Willingness to travel 50%+ for client engagements

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 64,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 224,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post