Senior Consultant

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…