Principal Consultant

About the role
We are seeking a Principal Consultant to join our dynamic team at Grant Thornton. You will play a pivotal role in
implementing a IT projects with a water sector client in public sector. You will leverage your expertise in IT and
your experience in water sector to deliver on the project. You will assist the public sector client by providing
technical and project management support to client's entire IT project portfolio.
Required Skill and Competencies
 Minimum years of experience should be above 13 years in IT sector
 Should have experience in Government Advisory projects in Managerial capacity. Should have
experience of working in PMU / PMC for eGovernance projects at GoI or State level
 Additional language preference (Marathi) – Speak, Read
 Mandatory experience required for technology consulting / strategy consulting / large scale digital
transformation
 Preferred experience of working with big four / large IT companies / IT consultancy firms
 Mandatory experience in requirements gathering, performing AS-IS and TO-BE analysis, preparing
FRS documents, getting software applications developed as per requirements, experience in SDLC.
 Experience of preparing department-level DPRs
 Experience in web and mobile application design including UI/UX and workflows design, database
design, data architecture
 Experience of working on cloud computing project including storage requirements assessment, cost
estimation, migration to cloud and usage monitoring
 Knowledge of APIs and webservices
 Experience in conducting UATs, change requests, providing training and capacity building support on
applications
 Proven experience in Bid Process Management, drafting RFPs, SLA monitoring and vendor
management
 Should have excellent project management and documentation skills
 Proven experience of stakeholder management and client management at senior leadership level

Education Criteria
 BE/BTech in (Computer Science/ IT /Electronics and Telecommunication)
 MBA/ PGDBM degree

Role & Responsibilities
 Assist client in enhancing existing applications by developing new modules including requirements
gathering, FRS preparation, project management support during development phase, conducting UAT and
go-live and providing technical support and capacity building of users
 Work with client in increasing software utilization which include periodic reporting to client on usage of
applications, identifying issues for low-usage by interacting with users and institutionalizing use of
applications at regional offices
 Evaluate each application from a domain context and provide inputs to client in enhancing the applications
through integration and new modules development
 Work with non-IT department of client and identify their IT needs and suggest software applications for
their requirement
 Monitoring SLAs and agreements of service providers and provide recommendations to client in terms of
contract renewals, adherence of SLAs per agreement and implementation of penalties per contract
 Proactively anticipate clients IT requirement and suggest suitable IT measures to it
 Optimize client's resource utilization through consolidation, negotiation and identifying alternative service
providers

Skills

 Strong analytical and strategic planning skills. 
 Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities. 
 Proficiency in drafting proposals against RFP

Critical to Quality pointers for CV selection / Mandatory requirements
 Experience of IT projects in water sector
Location – Mumbai, Maharashtra (working from client location) – West Mumbai
Notice Period preference – Immediate or 15 Days.
Type of engagement – LPE (FTE can only be considered in case of exceptional skills and