Digital Advisory, Senior Manager

About Avanade

At Avanade, we help organizations see the future faster then actually build it. Our Advisory & Experience practice sits at the intersection of Digital strategy, experience, and AI, working with governments, banks, healthcare systems, airports, and global brands across Southeast Asia.

We’re looking for a Consulting Lead who can operate at altitude and ground level — shaping thinking, leading client conversations, and turning ambiguity into momentum.

This role is for someone who feels equally comfortable with clients, on whiteboards, and close to delivery teams.

Summary:

We are seeking a Consulting Lead for our Advisory & Experience team in India – a digital strategy and transformation leader who can drive innovation and value for our clients while collaborating with Avanade’s global network.

In this senior role, you will lead end-to-end client engagements, shape cutting-edge solutions in areas like experience design, AI transformation, and large-scale change, and ensure flawless delivery of digital initiatives.

This India-based leadership position is locally focused but truly part of a regional/global team – you will co-create with experts across Southeast Asia and worldwide, bringing the best of Avanade’s global expertise to solve local client challenges.

If you are a visionary consultant with 10–12+ years’ experience in digital strategy and technology-led change, excited to work in a high-impact, collaborative environment, we invite you to join us in transforming businesses and customer experiences in the India

Key Responsibilities:

Client Leadership & Engagement

• Lead client engagements and act as a day-to-day trusted advisor.

• Confidently engage senior stakeholders, including C-suite and agency leadership.

• Frame complex problems, guide decision-making, and build client confidence.

• Design and facilitate high-impact workshops (discovery, visioning, prioritisation, co-creation).

Strategy, Design & Problem Solving

• Apply Design Thinking and human-centred design to reimagine products, services, and operating models.

• Develop AI-enabled transformation roadmaps with a focus on automation, productivity uplift and process transformations.

• Translate ambiguous challenges into clear strategies, roadmaps, and action plans.

• Develop compelling, executive-ready presentations that tell a strong story.

• Balance strategic thinking with practical, buildable solutions with a focus on technology and AI enabled Transformations.

• Shape and sharpen digital products and experiences, working closely with architects and engineers across CRM, AI, data, and cloud platforms — with strong exposure to the Microsoft ecosystem (Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure Infra & Apps, Azure Data & AI, Copilot, and OpenAI). Also, exposure to other cloud and data platforms such as Google, AWS could be beneficial.

• Stay close to build: validate concepts through prototypes, backlog refinement, delivery trade-offs, and go‑live realities ensuring ideas survive contact with engineering and operations.

Team & Practice Leadership

• Actively contribute to practice growth in India, including capability building, talent development, and delivery excellence.

• Global Collaboration: Operate as part of Avanade’s regional Asia Pacific team and global community, sharing knowledge and co-delivering projects to bring the best global thinking to clients.

• Lead, mentor, and develop consultants, analysts, and designers across engagements.

• Set and uphold quality standards for storytelling, facilitation, and client deliverables.

• Support sales and presales activities including discovery workshops, proposal shaping, and client pitches.

• Build strong internal networks across India, Southeast Asia, and global Adx teams to scale impact.

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• 10+ years of experience in consulting, digital strategy, experience design, or digital transformation.

• Strong background in a top-tier or boutique consulting firm preferred.

• Demonstrated experience leading client engagements and multi-disciplinary teams.

• Proven exposure to technology-enabled solutions, spanning discovery through build and launch (not strategy-only roles).

• Experience engaging senior client stakeholders across industries; India market exposure strongly preferred.

Core Skills

• Strong design thinking, facilitation, and workshop leadership capability.

• Excellent executive communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.

• Structured problem solving with a human-centric lens.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make sound judgments, and drive clarity.

• Comfort bridging business, experience, and technology discussions.

• Good understanding of Cloud, Apps, Workplace, Data & AI and ERP, CRM technologies.

Mindset & Attributes

• Confident, curious, and commercially aware.

• Comfortable challenging clients respectfully and constructively.

• High energy, adaptable, and biased toward action.

• Collaborative leader who raises the bar for others.

• Focus on creating positive client impact not just deliverables.

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