Senior Consultant

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Pune, Maharashtra, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Business Intelligence
The Role
Lead end-to-end delivery of digital transformation and AI initiatives, establish project governance, manage resources and stakeholders, drive Agile execution, mentor consultants, and ensure on-time, high-quality business outcomes and adoption.
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About the Job

About Aligned Automation

At Aligned Automation, we live by our "Better Together" philosophy to build a better world. As a strategic service provider to Fortune 500 companies, we help digitize enterprise operations and drive impactful business strategies. Our purpose goes beyond projects—we strive to deliver meaningful, sustainable change that shapes a more optimistic and equitable future.

Our culture is deeply rooted in our 4Cs—Care, Courage, Curiosity, and Collaboration—ensuring that each employee is empowered to grow, innovate, and thrive in an inclusive workplace.

About the Role


The Senior Consultant plays a pivotal role in driving successful delivery of digital transformation and AI-enabled initiatives by combining strong business consulting, project governance, and delivery leadership. This role acts as the bridge between strategic direction and execution, ensuring multiple projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives.

Working closely with Principal Consultants, clients, and cross-functional delivery teams, the Senior Consultant is responsible for establishing governance structures, leading project execution, managing resources, mentoring Consultants, and ensuring high-quality business outcomes. The ideal candidate is a techno-functional professional with strong business analysis, project management, stakeholder management, and AI implementation experience.


Key Responsibilities
Delivery Leadership

·         Lead end-to-end execution of multiple digital transformation and AI initiatives from discovery through implementation and business adoption.

·         Ensure project scope, timelines, quality, and business objectives are consistently achieved.

·         Coordinate cross-functional teams including business, engineering, analytics, QA, and product teams.

·         Drive sprint planning, backlog prioritization, implementation planning, UAT, deployment, and hyper-care.

·         Monitor project health and proactively resolve delivery bottlenecks.

Project Governance

·         Establish governance mechanisms to track project progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and quality metrics.

·         Conduct governance reviews, steering meetings, and project status reviews.

·         Manage RAID logs and ensure timely risk mitigation and issue resolution.

·         Ensure compliance with organizational delivery methodologies, documentation standards, and best practices.

·         Provide delivery visibility through dashboards, KPIs, and executive reporting.

Business Analysis & Solution Design

·         Lead requirement discovery workshops and stakeholder discussions.

·         Review and validate BRDs, FRDs, user stories, process maps, and functional specifications.

·         Translate business challenges into scalable functional and technical solutions.

·         Support AI and automation use case identification, feasibility assessment, and implementation planning.

·         Ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solution design.

Resource Planning & Team Leadership

·         Plan and allocate resources across multiple engagements to optimize utilization.

·         Balance workloads, monitor capacity, and forecast resource requirements.

·         Mentor Consultants through technical guidance, delivery coaching, and performance feedback.

·         Foster collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across delivery teams.

·         Support capability development through knowledge sharing and best practices.

Stakeholder Management

·         Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and delivery teams.

·         Facilitate workshops, solution walkthroughs, and executive status meetings.

·         Manage stakeholder expectations and drive consensus across business and technology teams.

·         Escalate strategic risks appropriately while recommending mitigation plans.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

·         Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes and consulting methodologies.

·         Promote reusable assets, templates, and accelerators.

·         Drive adoption of AI, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies within client engagements.

·         Contribute to practice development and organizational capability building.

Required Skills & Qualifications

·         6–9 years of experience in Technology Consulting, Business Analysis, Digital Transformation, Project Delivery, or Program Management.

·         Proven experience leading multiple end-to-end technology or business transformation initiatives.

·         Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, project governance, and business analysis.

·         Experience implementing AI, automation, analytics, or enterprise digital transformation solutions.

·         Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and leadership skills.

·         Experience mentoring teams and managing cross-functional stakeholders.

Technical Competencies

·         Project Delivery & Governance

·         Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering

·         Agile / Scrum / Kanban

·         AI & Generative AI Fundamentals

·         Business Process Reengineering

·         Power BI

·         SQL

·         Jira / Confluence

·         Azure DevOps

·         Microsoft 365

·         Risk & Dependency Management

·         Stakeholder Management

Success Measures

·         On-time delivery across projects

·         Governance effectiveness and delivery quality

·         Resource utilization and team productivity

·         Stakeholder satisfaction

·         Business value delivered

·         Consultant capability development

·         Continuous improvement contributions



Skills Required

  • 6-9 years of experience in Technology Consulting, Business Analysis, Digital Transformation, Project Delivery, or Program Management
  • Proven experience leading multiple end-to-end technology or business transformation initiatives
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, project governance, and business analysis
  • Experience implementing AI, automation, analytics, or enterprise digital transformation solutions
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and leadership skills
  • Experience mentoring teams and managing cross-functional stakeholders
  • Proficiency with Power BI and SQL
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and risk & dependency management
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The Company
HQ: Irving, TX
344 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Technology, society, economy, policy – all moving at breakneck speed in our 21st century world. You’re feeling the pressure to quickly implement new business models, find new value, make split-second informed decisions and keep one step ahead of customers. How? The answer lies in the ability to make quick, accurate and sustainable business decisions. We believe digital offers a way of doing things better – but the journey to transformation doesn’t have to be painful. At Aligned Automation, we work hard to digitally enable your business strategy – connecting processes, technologies and people to unlock value and drive critical business outcomes.

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