Principal - Cloud Strategy - Business Consulting

Infosys Consulting is currently seeking a Principal – Cloud Strategy for their CIO Advisory practice.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8+ years of experience in the management consulting industry. Candidate must be an experienced Cloud practitioner, with experience delivering IT and Cloud based strategies for clients across multiple Cloud solutions. Candidates must be comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization develop Cloud solutions as a strategic asset to foster business values and to achieve organizational outcomes. Candidate must have evolved facilitation skills and be comfortable in mentoring, training and/or offering professional advisory services. This is a highly visible role with exposure to a wide range of stakeholders, which will require a combination of core technical skills and soft people skills to have success.
 

• Lead Cloud enabled transformation programs for clients

• Conduct IT/Cloud assessments, develop Cloud adoption strategies and a multi-year journey maps covering Cloud foundation, Cloud migrations and Cloud operations

• Develop a business case for Cloud adoption with a good understanding of financial and non-financial benefits and any required investments

• Design Cloud operating models with a broad understanding of required Cloud operations capabilities, processes, roles and responsibilities, and organizational structures

• Lead client discussions, define issues and opportunities, and deliver practical solutions

• Develop value offerings and innovative solutions targeted at the C-Suite executive community that exploit both emerging (e.g. Digital, Automation, Internet of Things), more established technologies (e.g. Cloud) while advising on how best to affect change

• Own and manage contributions to business development proposals and sales pursuits

• Work as a member of a client engagement delivery team, typically split across multiple geographies and or industry domains

• Partner with internal sales and delivery teams in the creation of client proposals for consulting and/or transformation engagements

• Build, manage and sustain relationships with senior level client managers

• Demonstrate thought leadership and advise clients on Cloud models to enable transformation, with a focus on creating sustainable value and cost savings

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Must have at least 8+ years of consulting experience in a CIO Advisory / IT Strategy equivalent role

• At least 3+ years in delivering Cloud based advisory solutions

• Advisory experience in helping enterprise clients on their Cloud Strategy and Roadmap journeys

• Strong understanding of Cloud solutions to facilitate client’s development of their Cloud adoption roadmaps

• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply,
  Infosys will not sponsor H-1B or other work authorization for this role at this time.

• Must be a resident of an Infosys Consulting Hub Location (Boston, New York,
  Basking Ridge (NJ), Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle)

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.B.A. or equivalent advanced degree

• Big 4 consulting or equivalent experience in a leadership capacity with a wide variety of IT and business consulting engagement experience

• Demonstrated understanding of Cloud solutions to lead Cloud transformation programs (AWS, Azure, GCP products and their capabilities, certifications desirable)

• Proven ability to setup and launch complex Cloud transformation programs spanning:

  • Cloud Business Strategy: Align Cloud strategy with client’s digital transformation plans; Drive the case for Cloud through new business enabling capabilities
  • Cloud Adoption Strategy: Align key stakeholders on strategic Cloud adoption priorities; Develop Target platform capabilities and build the Cloud Adoption Assessment and Roadmaps
  • Cloud Business Case: Build the Adoption investment plan, the target run costs, and the payback period
  • Cloud Operating Model: Provide the Roadmap for implementing a CCoE and its operating model with the ability to scale-up to acquire the required capabilities for the Cloud journey

• Industry focus in Consumer Products, Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing and/or Life Sciences sectors

• Experience Managing large multi-location consulting engagement teams is desirable

• Experience in delivering projects with leading solutions delivery methodologies and tools (e.g., large scale enterprise Agile DevOps solutions)

• Ability to produce clear, concise, relevant, and accurate recommendations based on information gathered from stakeholders and subject matter experts

• Program/Project Management skills: Draft scoping statements, develop program, resource, and costing plans, establish, and run governance models, with deep demonstrated project management skills and experience

• Communications skills: extensive experience to write successful project proposals, develop and deliver client presentations and other stakeholder communications

• Ability to build repeatable frameworks and tools to accelerate engagement delivery and enhance solution quality

About Us:
Infosys Consulting is the global management and technology consulting practice of Infosys, a global leader in technology services and consulting.  We combine the power of time-tested methodologies, people-driven innovation, and disruptive technology to enable leaders of the world’s top brands pursue a path of smart transformation.  Together with our clients, internal and external partners, we co-create and execute pragmatic strategies and solutions that transform organizations and define the future of business.  Our dynamically growing consultancy offers our consultants:

• Ability to design and implement end-to-end solutions at scale

• A flat organization structure with direct access to our senior-most leaders

• An entrepreneurial environment full of bright, highly motivated consultants

• Opportunities for motivated consultants to impact local communities

• The ability to design your career and drive your professional learning and development

• A truly global culture

We have offices in over 20 countries. Our U.S. hub offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York, Seattle and Palo Alto. For more information, visit: http://www.infosysconsultinginsights.com or reach us at [email protected]

Infosys is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.