Senior Consultant – Government Technology Modernization

Accountabilities

• Lead consulting teams of business analysts and subject matter experts while coordinating effectively with client and software vendor teams.
• Manage end-to-end client service delivery, ensuring projects remain on schedule, within scope, and within budget.
• Assign internal resources, coordinate project activities, and oversee the completion and quality of client deliverables.
• Facilitate client decision-making and document decisions, actions, and outcomes within established project governance structures.
• Support clients throughout procurement initiatives, including project scoping, RFP development, proposal evaluation, software demonstrations, reference checks, and contract scoping.
• Provide project oversight and quality assurance during permitting and land management system upgrades and implementations.
• Coordinate tasks across internal and client teams in accordance with project plans, milestones, and delivery objectives.
• Conduct and support requirements analysis, business process analysis, system assessment, design, and project documentation activities.
• Communicate project status, risks, milestones, dependencies, and delivery updates to clients, team members, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate client meetings, workshops, and discussions to maintain alignment and drive progress.
• Develop long-term project communication and organizational strategies that support successful technology adoption and implementation.
• Contribute to business development activities, including reviewing RFPs, supporting proposal development, participating in prospective client meetings, and attending conferences.
• Support industry engagement and thought leadership through blog content, professional associations, conferences, and other market-facing activities.
• Maintain strong relationships with public-sector clients and serve as a knowledgeable advisor on government technology modernization initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Political Science, Computer Science, Public Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience working with local government permitting departments.
• Demonstrated experience implementing permitting and land management software systems, such as Accela, Clariti, or Tyler Technologies.
• Consulting experience supporting public-sector clients through a national or regional consulting firm, independent consulting practice, software vendor, or systems integrator.
• Strong project management, organizational, leadership, and self-management skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, resources, deadlines, budgets, and client deliverables.
• Strong understanding of business process analysis, system assessment and selection, software implementation, requirements management, and public-sector technology planning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate meetings and communicate effectively with executives, clients, vendors, and technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to guide clients through complex technology and operational challenges.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and operate effectively in collaborative, client-facing environments.
• Advanced degree is preferred.
• Current project management certification such as PMP or CAPM is preferred.
• Organizational change management certification or experience applying methodologies such as Prosci is preferred.
• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites, with travel expected to be up to 30%.

Benefits

• Targeted base salary range of $110,000–$140,000 USD, with final compensation based on experience, education, seniority, qualifications, travel requirements, and other business considerations.
• Comprehensive benefits designed to support physical, mental, career, social, and financial well-being.
• Remote work environment supporting clients across the United States.
• Opportunities to lead high-impact government technology modernization initiatives.
• Professional development and career growth opportunities.
• Opportunities to contribute to industry groups, conferences, thought leadership, and business development initiatives.
• Supportive, people-focused culture emphasizing learning, development, inclusion, and employee well-being.
• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the application, interview, and employment process.