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Where This Role SitsYou sit within Aurigo's CX Consulting function, reporting to the Senior Manager, Consulting. You are the senior consulting presence on complex engagements-Mega Gov, Federal, and demanding DOT implementations. On AI-native engagements, you lead the customer-facing side of the consultant-FDE partnership, owning business process, change management, and executive relationships while Forward Deployed Engineers build technical solutions alongside you.Career PathConsultant → Senior Consultant → Principal Consultant → Senior Principal Consultant → Advisory ConsultantKey ResponsibilitiesDiscovery and Value MappingLead end-to-end discovery workshops on complex engagements for DOTs, Mega Govs, and Federal agenciesBuild and own the full consulting deliverable suite: CBI Profiles, Real Value Maps, Stakeholder Analyses, Change Assessments, and Success CriteriaPresent value narratives to executive sponsors in their language, connected to outcomes they care aboutRun gap diagnostics independently-distinguish product, configuration, and change management gaps and drive the right recommendation without escalationSecure and maintain executive access throughout the engagement lifecycleDelivery LeadershipLead consulting workstreams on the most complex Masterworks implementations across Plan, Build, and Maintain product linesApply and enforce the Customization by Exception standard; push back on unnecessary customization, offer the better path, and own the business case when customization is genuinely requiredLead the business process transformation conversation; help customers see how they need to work differently, not just how Masterworks worksDrive change management planning and own adoption outcomes alongside the CSM and PMApply AI tooling fluently and guide customers through what AI-native delivery means for their programsFDE PartnershipLead the customer side of consultant-FDE engagements-own the relationship, business context, and value narrativeTranslate between customer business needs and FDE technical solutions; ensure what gets built connects to committed valueRepresent the customer's change management and adoption reality to FDE; ensure solutions are deployable, not just buildableStandard SettingDemonstrate all six consulting competencies visibly in every engagement; your daily practice is the standard the team develops towardDebrief with Senior Consultants after key sessions; make your thinking visible and transferableContribute directly to the consulting excellence framework; xmcpwfu your instincts and practices inform what gets codifiedParticipate in consultant and IC hire evaluation; help define and assess the standardWhat Excellence Looks LikeCustomers describe Aurigo as a partner-unpromptedYour engagements deliver through configuration wherever possible; where customization is required, you've made the explicit business caseConsultants who work alongside you are asking better questions and running better sessions six months laterYour consulting deliverables-CBI Profiles, RVMs, Change Assessments, Success Criteria-are the north star of every engagement you touchYou lead AI vision conversations with customers, helping them see what their capital programs look like when AI handles repetitive workYou resolve complex customer situations independently-What You Bring10-12+ years in functional consulting, business transformation, or senior implementation roles with a track record of advisory work at the executive levelDemonstr","company":"Socketdev","rawCompany":"socketdev","city":"Austin","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T23:35:35.481Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"13-1111.00","title":"Management Analysts","slug":"management-analysts"},{"code":"11-1011.00","title":"Chief Executives","slug":"chief-executives"}],"industries":[{"code":"541611","title":"Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services","slug":"administrative-management-and-general-management-consulting-services"},{"code":"541618","title":"Other Management Consulting Services","slug":"other-management-consulting-services"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Consultant","description":"The Principal Consultant is Aurigo's highest-impact individual contributor consulting role- the visible standard the broader consulting team is being developed toward. 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