Principal Consultant - Digital Transformation

Principal Consultants at Torq lead complex digital transformation work for clients navigating high-stakes business and technology change. This role is for experienced consulting leaders who can shape direction, build trust with senior stakeholders, and turn strategic priorities into practical execution. We’re looking for Principal Consultants who can lead major components of enterprise transformation initiatives, guide cross-functional teams, and help clients make clear decisions in complex environments. From advisory engagements to digital transformation efforts, our team helps organizations translate ambitious goals into measurable progress. In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and client leadership. You’ll shape the path forward, manage senior stakeholder relationships, guide delivery teams, identify risks before they become issues, and keep complex initiatives connected to business value. We’re seeking Principal Consultants who can lead through ambiguity, elevate teams, build trust with client leaders, and create value across the full project lifecycle. What You Could Be Doing: While every project we work on is different, and every role unique, below is a high-level overview of some of the responsibilities/hats you may wear while in our Transform practice: Lead multiple workstreams or full engagement components across complex digital transformation, technology delivery, business operations, or enterprise program initiatives. Partner with client leaders across business, product, technology, operations, finance, and executive teams to define priorities, align initiatives, and drive measurable outcomes. Translate strategic goals into practical execution plans, including roadmaps, operating models, governance structures, decision frameworks, and implementation plans. Provide delivery leadership across multiple workstreams, ensuring teams understand priorities, risks, dependencies, timelines, and expected outcomes. Facilitate executive conversations, steering committee discussions, workshops, and cross-functional working sessions that drive alignment and decision-making. Identify risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and organizational barriers across complex initiatives, then recommend practical solutions. Develop executive-ready materials, narratives, dashboards, decision documents, and recommendations that help clients understand progress and take action . Coach and guide consultants and senior consultants by setting direction, reviewing deliverables, providing feedback, and raising the overall quality of team output. Serve as a trusted client partner by understanding business needs, anticipating challenges, and helping stakeholders navigate complexity. Lead business development efforts by identifying client needs, shaping solution ideas, contributing to proposals, and participating in sales conversations or presentations. Collaborate with other Torq practices and experts to develop feasible , high-value solutions for clients. What You Bring to the Table: When you join Torq, you’re a consultant first. That means bringing structure to ambiguity, building trust with clients, and helping teams move from strategy to execution. At the Principal Consultant level, we expect you to do that at a broader scale, with stronger leadership, sharper judgment, and greater accountability for client and team outcomes. You do not need to be the deepest technical expert in the room, but you should be able to understand business and technology tradeoffs, guide conversations across disciplines, and help clients make practical decisions. You should also be comfortable leading teams, managing senior stakeholders, and shaping work in a way that creates lasting value. Core Consulting Strengths Ideally 7+ years of experience in consulting, technology transformation, digital delivery, business operations, product, program delivery, or a similar client-facing environment. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to st…