Lead consulting engagements and major workstreams from problem definition through recommendation, implementation, and adoption

Partner with senior client leaders to understand strategic priorities, diagnose business challenges, and shape practical solutions

Conduct and oversee market, industry, organisational, and operational analysis

Structure complex and ambiguous business problems and translate insights into commercially relevant recommendations

Lead work across business strategy, operating model design, process improvement, organisational transformation, and change

Translate business priorities into AI use cases, transformation roadmaps, adoption plans, and measurable value opportunities

Help clients design and implement AI-enabled solutions and process improvements

Bring practical knowledge of Generative AI and Agentic AI into client conversations

Lead workshops, executive discussions, and working sessions

Manage project scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, stakeholder expectations, and output quality

Coach and develop consultants and associates

Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and advise organisational leaders

Identify opportunities to expand ADAPTOVATE’s impact within existing client accounts

Support opportunity shaping, proposal development, pitch preparation, client presentations, and commercial discussions

Contribute to thought leadership, capability development, and new offerings

Support clients in building internal capability, embedding new ways of working, and creating sustainable, data-driven, and AI-enabled cultures

Requirements

Typically 8+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, transformation, or a fast-paced business workplace, including significant client-facing delivery experience

Experience leading consulting projects or major workstreams, with accountability for outcomes, stakeholder management, and team delivery

Strong commercial awareness and an interest in contributing to business development, account growth, and new client opportunities





Experience building senior client relationships and identifying opportunities to expand or deepen existing engagements

Experience contributing to proposals, pitches, statements of work, or other business development activities

Genuine enthusiasm for AI demonstrated through action — built something, automated a workflow, experimented meaningfully with AI tools, or developed a deeper understanding than the average productivity user

Ability to connect AI and emerging technologies to real business problems

Strong strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Experience across process improvement, operating model design, transformation, organisational change, or operational improvement initiatives

Strong project leadership skills

Strong coaching mindset and experience developing junior team members and client teams

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and executive presentation skills

Confidence working with senior leaders and challenging thinking constructively when required

Highly adaptable, proactive, commercially minded, and comfortable working across diverse client environments and team structures

Willingness to travel as required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading consulting engagements, developing AI-enabled solutions, and driving organisational transformation. Robust ability to build client relationships, manage project outcomes, and contribute to business development initiatives.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Consulting Project Leadership

AI-Enabled Solutions Development

Stakeholder Management

Business Development

Organisational Transformation

Hard Skills

Market Analysis

Operational Analysis

Process Improvement

Operating Model Design

Change Management

AI Use Case Development

Data-Driven Culture Implementation

Strategic Problem Solving

Proposal Development

Client Presentations

Soft Skills

Coaching Mindset

Excellent Communication

Facilitation Skills

Adaptability

Proactive Approach

Industry Keywords

Consulting

Strategy

Transformation

Client Engagement

Business Development

Tools & Technologies

Generative AI

Agentic AI

📌 Senior Consultant, Project Lead (Toronto)
🏢 Jobtailor
📍 Toronto