Principal Digital Transformation Consultant

Strategy, Value Advisory & Executive Leadership

• Lead C‑suite and VP‑level strategy workshops to align vision, value drivers, AI adoption priorities, and operating model shifts.
• Build board‑ready business cases and P&L models quantifying TCO, OpEx/Cap Ex mix, cost‑to‑serve improvements, productivity lift, and experience impact.
• Translate AI/automation, UEM, and collaboration programs into investment theses and risk narratives for executives.

Forward‑Deployed Engagement & Early Value Realization (FDE)

• Embed with customers during early engagement to drive hands‑on discovery, process validation, and rapid prototyping.
• Build or orchestrate lightweight integrations, automations, telemetry mappings, and xIQ insights needed to achieve the first measurable outcomes.
• Configure early deployment patterns across provisioning, xIQ dashboards, automation rules, or experience telemetry readiness.
• Own the first working version of the solution in partnership with SAs, delivery, and product.
• Ensure early value milestones (e.g., MTTR reduction, automation coverage, Autopilot/UEM readiness) are achieved quickly.
• Partner with Sales, Offering, and Marketing to craft value narratives and pursuit strategies.
• Mentor pursuit teams and raise win‑rates through improved storytelling, qualification, and solution strength.

AI‑Enabled Operating Model & HITL Governance

• Create hybrid AI + human operating models with clearly defined HITL touchpoints, safety constraints, and governance.
• Define escalation paths, decision boundaries, and quality guardrails for predictive and agentic automation patterns.
• Prioritize AI and automation use cases, guiding rollout into proactive support and self‑heal scenarios using Lenovo xIQ.

Deep Process Discovery & FDE‑Driven Product Goal Creation

• Run hands‑on discovery using workshops, telemetry, analytics, and frontline shadowing.
• Translate discovery insights into product goals, user stories, and measurable outcomes.
• Shape MVPs, automation packs, and roadmap increments with DWS, xIQ, and Offering teams.
• Validate hypotheses through customer‑embedded prototypes and pilots.

Solution Architecture & Hands‑On Orchestration

• Convert business outcomes into end‑to‑end architecture across DWS, DaaS, UEM/Autopilot, collaboration, security, and modern support.
• Act as forward‑deployed orchestrator during MVP: configure telemetry, align identity/security, tune automation rules, validate xIQ dashboards.
• Partner with architects and delivery to ensure feasibility, scalability, and optimization.

Program Governance, Change Leadership & Value Tracking

• Establish program governance with milestones, KPIs, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead stakeholder communications, executive updates, and operational readiness.
• Track value realization throughout MVP → pilot → scale.

Product Management Mindset & Reusable IP Creation

• Operate with product‑owner discipline for AI/ML platforms and automation at scale.
• Manage backlog, MVP scope, pilot feedback loops, and release cadence.
• Convert customer patterns into reusable IP—frameworks, automation packs, telemetry templates.