Principal Consultant – M&A IT Application Energy & Utility - Infosys Consulting Infosys Consulting's Tech Transformation Advisory Practice is seeking a Principal Consultant specializing in IT Applications separation and integration for Energy & Utility. Position Overview: Key Responsibilities: Strategic IT Leadership:
- Develop and present strategic roadmaps for IT applications for a workstream including transformation, focusing on standardization, efficiency, and cost savings.
- Collaborate with senior leadership ensuring proper program governance, and business continuity.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in IT applications for a functional areas and lead their adoption where appropriate.
- Oversee the analysis, design, and implementation of scalable and resilient IT application solution, involving COTS or custom applications for at least one functional area.
- Manage projects for separation and integration of applications.
- Lead effort and develop strategies for standardization of business processes and applications.
- Create solutions for business requirements including extension of functionality in existing ERP and non-ERP applications and selection of new best of breed COTS packages.
- Create project plans and manage them. Highlight the risks and issues and creating mitigation plans.
- Identify project dependencies to ensure critical path is managed closely.
- Manage testing cycles (SIT and UAT) for each project.
- Manage cutover activities for separation/ integration projects.
Integration:
- Create high level integration strategy.
- Manage integration activities across systems and guide the teams to ensure scalability and flexibility.
- Ensure end to end testing of integrations across systems.
:
- Manage coordination with business teams to define data migration criteria.
- Provide leadership for data migration activities from data mapping to extraction, transformation, and upload.
- Ensure data reconciliation and signoff.
Client and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and providing tailored IT solutions.
- Present project updates, findings, and recommendations to client executives in a clear and concise manner.
- Act as a trusted advisor, guiding stakeholders through IT transformation processes.
Team Leadership and Development:
- Lead project teams, ensuring clear communication, effective collaboration, and timely delivery of milestones.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering continuous learning and professional growth.
Project / Program Management:
- Oversee project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure goals and timelines are met.
- Implement and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track project success, including uptime, incident resolution time, and cost savings.
Thought Leadership & Practice Development:
- Collaborate with other service lines to create new joint offerings.
- Share insights through blogs, white papers, and other thought leadership.
- Develop Infosys methodologies and approaches to client delivery.
- Assist in developing IT application related tools and processes.
- Coach and lead other consultants and participate in the performance management process.
- Help recruit and retain top-quality consultants.
Sales Support:
- Lead IT application and business transformation pre-sales and sales activities for M&A, including proposal development and solution presentations.
- Develop execution plans, cost estimates, and risk assessments.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities.
- Conduct market and client research.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
- Minimum of 7 years in IT
- Proven experience managing complex IT projects.
- Consulting or client-facing experience preferred.
- Application implementation and rollout experience or M&A application separation/ integration experience is beneficial.
- Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Proven leadership and team management capabilities.
- Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
- Ability to travel up to 100%.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Solid program/project management skills, including interviewing clients, process mapping, project planning, and stakeholder communication.
- Strong presentation skills and experience writing successful project proposals.
- Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.
This job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee.
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits: -
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
- Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
- 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
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- 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
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