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Technical Consultant | Cloud & Platform Engineering

AHEAD

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in Engagement Leadership
  • Experience in managing change control and stakeholder alignment
  • Proficiency in multi-cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Strong coaching and people management skills

Responsibilities

  • Own every engagement end to end as Engagement Lead
  • Drive quality control through peer reviews and readiness checks
  • Lead a 2-3 person pod, planning and executing work
  • Define and refine Rapid Solutions offerings, ensuring repeatability

About the company

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AHEAD

IT Services & IT Consulting

AHEAD builds and manages digital platforms that power the most successful organizations in the world. Our consultative approach, unmatched engineering, and innovative solutions combine to accelerate the impact of technology in every client we serve.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
 
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 
 
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 

Join AHEAD's Rapid Solutions Team as a Rapid Solutions Pod Lead, a role that spans engagement leadership, people leadership, client delivery, and offering development. You will be the primary point of accountability for every engagement in your pod, from the first client conversation through the executive readout, owning scope, governance, cadence, and outcomes. You will also lead a small pod of engineers, setting their goals and coaching their growth, so the team behind each engagement is as strong as the engagement itself. Beyond delivery, you will own the evolution of the Rapid Solutions offering, refining the playbooks, templates, and delivery standards that keep the practice repeatable and scalable. 

This role sits within AHEAD's AI & Cloud Practice, so engagements center on helping clients modernize and optimize across multi-cloud platforms, platform engineering, and AI-driven solutions. You'll bring that focus to bear on every Rapid Assess and Rapid Solutions engagement your pod delivers.


Roles and Responsibilities:

5+ years of relevant experience in:

Engagement Leadership 

  • Own every engagement end to end as Engagement Lead, from kickoff through executive readout, serving as the primary customer point of contact and the single point of accountability for delivery. 

  • Own scope and SoW compliance: set success criteria, manage change control, and keep stakeholders aligned on outcomes and boundaries. 

  • Run governance and cadence: standups, status reporting, stakeholder and steering reviews, RAID management, and decision logs. 

  • Act as the escalation point for engagement risk, resolving issues before they threaten scope, timeline, or the client relationship. 

  • Drive quality control through peer reviews and readiness checks on all client-facing deliverables. 

People Leadership 

  • Lead a 2-3 person pod, planning and executing work across discovery, analysis, and executive readout, and ensuring each engagement has the right people staffed against it. 

  • Set quarterly and annual goals for pod members and provide structured coaching and feedback to support their growth. 

  • Staff and manage utilization across sold and internal projects, forecasting needs and maintaining delivery rhythm. 

  • Maintain engagement hygiene: risks, decisions, and artifact version control. 

Solution Delivery 

  • Drive technical discovery and analysis across multi-cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), platform engineering, identity, networking, security, and app/data domains. 

  • Produce prioritized recommendations with effort sizing and a sequenced roadmap. 

  • Translate findings into executive-ready narratives tied to business outcomes. 

Standards, Tooling & Reuse 

  • Implement AI-driven solutions to reduce toil and accelerate insight. 

  • Capture and evolve collateral (questionnaires, scoring rubrics, readout templates) and fold it into the Rapid Solutions playbook for consistent delivery. 

Practice Development & Offering Evolution 

  • Define and refine Rapid Solutions offerings: own the playbook, templates, and delivery standards, removing ambiguity and ensuring repeatability. 

  • Partner with practice leaders to align Rapid Solutions standards with broader AHEAD delivery frameworks and cross-practice initiatives. 

Why AHEAD:
 
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
 
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
 
India Employment Benefits include: 
Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents
Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy
Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance
Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling
Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being
Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations
Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership
 

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