Consulting Manager – Business Transformation

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Position Type: Contract to Hire

**C2C arrangements and third-party vendor submissions will not be considered for this role.

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking a Consulting Manager for our client in the management consulting industry. This role leads client projects focused on business transformation, process improvement, technology implementation, and organizational change.

This is a hands-on opportunity for a mid-career consultant who enjoys leading workstreams while personally completing the analysis, planning, documentation, and follow-through needed to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Lead client projects and workstreams involving business transformation, process improvement, technology implementation, and organizational change.
• Translate business objectives into practical plans, requirements, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Own day-to-day project execution, including analysis, deliverable development, working sessions, decision documentation, and action tracking.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Establish clear project governance, responsibilities, milestones, and decision-making processes.
• Facilitate discussions with executives, operational leaders, technical teams, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Support ERP and other enterprise system implementations through requirements gathering, process decisions, organizational readiness, implementation, and adoption.
• Evaluate business processes and recommend improvements to efficiency, employee experience, and organizational performance.
• Oversee vendors and implementation partners to maintain accountability for scope, commitments, quality, and results.
• Identify emerging issues, resolve competing priorities, and escalate risks when needed.
• Build trusted client relationships and provide practical guidance throughout each engagement.
• Collaborate with fellow consultants, coach team members, and contribute tools and lessons learned to improve client delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience independently leading complex, cross-functional projects, workstreams, or transformation initiatives.
• Background in business transformation, process improvement, technology implementation, organizational change, or comparable initiatives.
• Strong project management skills, including managing multiple priorities, stakeholders, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Ability to understand complex business processes and quickly learn unfamiliar organizations, industries, and technologies.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and frontline employees.
• Ability to turn strategic goals into practical actions and achievable next steps.
• Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, adaptability, and comfort working through ambiguity.
• Collaborative working style with a willingness to lead discussions and personally complete detailed project work.
• Commitment to accountability, quality, and meaningful client outcomes.

Preferred Experience

• Management consulting or client-facing advisory experience.
• ERP, HCM, CRM, financial systems, or other enterprise technology implementations.
• Business process improvement, operating model transformation, or organizational change.
• Vendor selection, RFP development, technology evaluation, or implementation partner oversight.
• PMP or other project or program management credentials.
• Experience with change management, Human-Centered Design, design thinking, or Lean Six Sigma.
• Experience supporting clients across multiple industries or business functions.

**C2C arrangements and third-party vendor submissions will not be considered for this role.