Contract: 12 months (with pathway to permanent)

Location: Sydney

Our client is a boutique management and technology consultancy that advises boards and CEOs, and delivers technology and transformation programmes. They’re looking for an experienced principal consultant to join their delivery team. The consultant will lead client engagements and report to a Partner or Practice Director.

The consultant will bring senior, client-facing consulting experience to each engagement. They will lead delivery and work closely with client executives, the account manager and the wider delivery team. The engagements cover technology capability reviews, operating model design, core platform decisions, data governance and major programme delivery, mainly in insurance, government and statutory funds.

Engagements typically run 6 to 8 weeks or around three months, and some extend longer. The role starts on contract and is full time. One to three assignments are expected, with a pathway to a permanent role if the fit is right. The consultant will be based in Sydney, working on site at client premises as needed, at the firm’s Sydney CBD office and from home. The client can only consider Australian citizens and permanent residents.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead delivery of one or more client engagements against the agreed scope, timeline and budget
- Work with client executives to frame problems, run design sessions and turn the agreed solution into a delivery plan
- Lead projects and programmes using recognised methods such as PRINCE2 or agile,



covering planning, governance, risks, issues and change
- Present progress, findings and recommendations to executives and steering committees, and support the Partners at board level
- Lead, mentor and coach senior consultants and consultants on each engagement
- Track effort against the engagement budget and statement of work, and raise scope changes early
- Identify new client needs during delivery and help the account manager shape proposals and statements of work
- Contribute reusable methods, templates and insights to the firm’s practice, including the use of AI tools

Your Background

- 10+ years’ experience, with deep expertise in at least one of programme delivery, technology, data or AI
- A proven track record of leading major programmes or client engagements end to end
- Robust executive presence, with experience advising and presenting to CEOs, CIOs, CROs, CFOs and boards
- Consulting experience, with the judgement to look past the technical brief to the wider business problem
- Working knowledge of data governance, AI governance and the regulatory setting, including APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234, FAR and ISO 42001
- Experience leading and developing delivery teams
- Insurance or financial services experience is highly regarded; government or health experience is also relevant
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Australian citizen or permanent resident, based in Sydney and available for short engagements

📌 Principal Consultant (Sydney)
🏢 Outsized
📍 Sydney