AHEAD is looking for a customer facing Associate Consultant with critical thinking skills to join our Modern Data Center practice. The Associate Consultant provides onsite, hands-on client delivery which involves completing the day-to-day project tasks. They work at the direction of Principal, Senior Consultants, and Consultants to execute the project. They support team management by gathering and analyzing data, creating insights when possible. The Associate Consultant will also document decisions, risks, issues identified in working sessions, and workshops. They are focused solely on successful delivery.
Responsibilities
Client Delivery:
Document decisions, risks and issues identified in strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops
Provide functional analysis by gathering data to create insights that formulate solutions for client deliverables
Provide financial analysis when the program requires it such as Total Cost of Ownership, Cost Reduction Opportunities, and cost of cloud migration
Development of project deliverables
Development of presentation of deliverables to client executive management
Practice Development & Thought Leadership:
Research technology and business solutions
Research industry best practices
Create a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the IT marketplace including IT trends, technologies, and standards
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar discipline
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Analytical thinker
Ability to solve complex, abstract problems
Excellent interpersonal skills, good listener, ability to connect with different personalities