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Principal Consultant, IT Project Benchmark Services (ITPB) – Ontario, Canada
Wanted: dynamic and creative individuals ready to connect with a like‑minded team. You’ll enjoy all the autonomy you need to help our clients make their digital infrastructure faster and more effective. Free reign for free spirits doesn’t mean you’ve got to go it alone. Over 1,400 teammates from around the globe are eager to help you out when things get down to wire.
Their expertise will put you on the winning path and keep you there.
Position Overview
The Principal Consultant, ITPB is a senior‑level advisor and delivery leader responsible for directing complex benchmarking, performance analytics, and delivery optimization engagements. This role guides senior technology and business executives in understanding how their IT initiatives compare to industry peers and what actions will significantly improve cost efficiency, project predictability, and delivery performance. The leader will develop methodologies, oversee client engagements, provide thought leadership, mentor consulting teams, and shape the growth of ISG’s ITPB service line.
Responsibilities
Client Leadership & Advisory
Advise CIOs, CTOs, CFOs, PMO leaders, and senior executives on project benchmarking, delivery governance, and cost competitiveness
Lead enterprise‑level project performance benchmarking, including cost, schedule adherence, productivity, throughput, and maturity
Convert complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights that influence strategic decisions and transformation roadmaps
Guide clients on delivery model improvements, Agile/SAFe performance, vendor productivity, sourcing strategies, and PMO optimization
Engagement Delivery & Execution
Lead end‑to‑end ITPB engagements, including data gathering, normalization, complexity scoring, comparative analytics, and insights
Develop and refine benchmarking models, productivity baselines, forecasting mechanisms, delivery maturity assessments, and risk profiles
Ensure all analyses are data‑driven, empirically grounded, and aligned to ISG’s benchmarking methodologies
Conduct executive briefings, work sessions, and value realization assessments with senior stakeholders
Practice, Offering & IP Development
Own and enhance ISG’s ITPB methodologies, analytics frameworks, benchmarking databases, and internal tools
Drive innovation, incorporating AI, predictive modeling, and automation into benchmarking capabilities
Publish market insights, whitepapers, and other thought leadership establishing ISG as a leader in performance benchmarking
Collaborate across service lines to integrate benchmarking as an enabler for sourcing, cost optimization, and transformation programs
Business development & sales support
Lead or support sales pursuits for benchmarking, project recovery, delivery optimization, and transformation advisory
Develop solution architectures and proposals for ITPB engagements
Provide benchmark insights that strengthen client relationships and uncover additional advisory opportunities
Team Leadership & Capability Development
Lead, mentor, and develop teams across benchmarking, analytics, financial modeling, delivery operations, and PMO disciplines
Recruit and build high‑performing capabilities in benchmark analytics and delivery optimization
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and globally connected team culture
Required Skillsets
This is a remote position based in Ontario, Canada with travel up to 20–50% depending on client and engagement requirements
10+ years of experience in application development, IT consulting, large scale transformation, PMO leadership, application delivery management, or benchmarking
Established track record of planning, budgeting, and sizing application rollouts, platform modernization, and systems integration. Experience in orchestrating and executing on these initiatives is a plus
Proven ability to lead large‑scale programs requiring performance assessment or delivery improvement
Expertise in SDLC models (Agile, SAFe, Waterfall) and their implications on delivery cost, productivity, and performance
Experience in developing large AI/ML projects is preferred
Strong experience in sourcing…
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