Lead Transformation Consultant

CORE INFORMATION

Job Title               Lead Transformation Consultant

Location               Primarily remote with some onsite work required as needed. Please keep candidates to within a 75 mile range of Harrisburg, PA

RESPONSIBILITIES

Serves as the primary point of contact and overall lead for the engagement. Provides project leadership while serving as a hands-on member of the delivery team, working in tandem with the Transformation Analyst to conduct research, perform analysis, assess current-state practices, develop recommendations, and produce project deliverables. Integrates activities across workstreams and facilitates Commonwealth decision-making throughout the engagement.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Leads project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout activities. 
• Serves as the primary point of contact for the Commonwealth. 
• Develops and maintains the integrated work plan, schedule, milestones, dependencies, and deliverable calendar. 
• Leads project kickoff, status meetings, leadership workshops, stakeholder working sessions, and decision-making activities. 
• Directs and coordinates activities across all project workstreams. 
• Works alongside the Transformation Analyst to conduct research, collect and analyze information, document current-state practices, evaluate findings, and identify improvement opportunities. 
• Actively participates in stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, benchmarking activities, process analysis, maturity assessments, and future-state design. 
• Translates research and analysis into actionable findings, recommendations, frameworks, processes, tools, and other project outputs. 
• Co-develops project deliverables with the Transformation Analyst and other subject matter specialists rather than serving solely in a review or oversight capacity. 
• Leads development of the target-state Procurement Practices, operating model and modernization framework. 
• Facilitates Commonwealth leadership decisions related to priorities, target-state capabilities, governance, and implementation. 
• Integrates inputs from the Procurement and Change Management SME, Content and Knowledge Specialist, and AI Enablement SME into cohesive project solutions. 
• Manages project risks, issues, changes, decisions, and cross-workstream dependencies. 
• Oversees deliverable quality, integration, traceability, and acceptance readiness. 
• Presents findings, recommendations, deliverables, and modernization progress to Commonwealth leadership.