Senior Consultant - Solution Design, SW - SMART

GEP Worldwide; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

GEP Worldwide in São Paulo seeks a Senior Consultant in Solution Design to lead the end-to-end solution design workstream for complex, high-visibility opportunities. You will coordinate cross-functional experts, align discovery findings, solution design, demonstrations, and proposal content to deliver defensible, value-driven outcomes.

You will manage risks, validate recommendations, and drive continuous improvement of team practices, while building credible narratives that connect product

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience leading consulting, procurement transformation, solution design or presales.
• Ability to run structured discovery and problem-framing sessions with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience translating complex requirements into functional/technical solutions.
• Understanding procurement processes and enterprise software capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder discovery sessions and manage conflicting requirements.
• Translate inputs into a coherent solution approach with defensible demonstrations.
• Lead end-to-end Solution Design workstreams for complex opportunities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Integration, Security, and Delivery.
• Develop compelling demonstration narratives aligned with business priorities.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and validation needs and escalate when necessary.
• Create reusable assets and best practices to improve solution quality across the team.

Skills

Leadership

Solution Design

Discovery sessions

Stakeholder management

Problem framing

Presentation skills

Client influence

Communication

Architecture discussions

Cross-functional coordination

Risk management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology, Economics, Finance, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

Welcome to GEP

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

How You Grow At GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, work hard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how you will grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other firms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities, cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more. And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give back.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Consultant in Solution Design, you will lead the Solution Design workstream for complex opportunities, coordinating cross-functional experts and ensuring alignment across discovery findings, solution design, demonstrations, and proposal content. You will operate effectively in different environments, manage solution-related risks and dependencies, and protect solution integrity by ensuring that recommendations and commitments are properly supported and validated. You will also contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s practices, knowledge, and reusable assets.

• Lead complex, multi-stakeholder discovery sessions and navigate ambiguous or conflicting requirements.
• Challenge assumptions, uncover root business drivers, prioritize competing needs, and establish clear decision criteria.
• Lead the end-to-end Solution Design workstream for complex and high-visibility opportunities.
• Translate business, functional, technical, and architectural inputs into a coherent and defensible solution approach.
• Maintain consistency across customer requirements, proposed capabilities, demonstrations, RFP responses, and proposal content.
• Identify, document, and manage solution assumptions, risks, gaps, dependencies, and required validation activities.
• Coordinate Product, Engineering, Integration, Security, Delivery, and subject-matter experts throughout the opportunity lifecycle.
• Establish clear ownership for technical and functional validation and escal ate material risks when necessary.
• Lead complex demonstrations and workshops, including multi-presenter sessions involving different areas of expertise.
• Develop compelling demonstration narratives that connect product capabilities with the customer’s business priorities and expected outcomes.
• Challenge unsupported recommendations or commitments and help ensure that solution positioning remains accurate and defensible.
• Create reusable assets, technical knowledge, best practices, and quality improvements that strengthen Solution Design quality and consistency.

Growth Opportunity

Candidates will have opportunities to deepen their Technical Solution Design expertise and strengthen their ability to coordinate the technical dimensions of increasingly complex opportunities. As an Senior Consultant you will:

• Deepen your Technical Solution Design expertise across solution architecture, system landscapes, integrations, APIs, data flows, security, compliance, and solution feasibility.
• Strengthen your ability to facilitate architecture workshops, technical discovery sessions, and validation activities with internal specialists and customer stakeholders.
• Build greater credibility as a trusted technical coordinator by anticipating solution risks, dependencies, constraints, and validation requirements.
• Contribute to reusable technical knowledge, playbooks, assets, standards, and practices that improve Solution Design quality across the team.

What Should You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, Engineering, Information Technology, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading consulting, procurement transformation, solution design, presales or enterprise software opportunities.
• Strong ability to lead structured discovery and consultative problem-framing discussions involving multiple stakeholder groups.
• Expertise translating complex business requirements into coherent functional and technical solution approaches.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and enterprise software capabilities, preferably across areas such as Strategic Sourcing, Procure-to-Pay, Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Management, Spend Management, or Category Management.
• Ability to understand and coordinate discussions involving solution architecture, system landscapes, integrations, APIs, data flows, security, compliance, and technical dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to identify solution risks, challenge unsupported assumptions, and coordinate the appropriate validation with specialists.
• Strong presentation, demonstration, storytelling, and client-influence skills, with the ability to connect technology capabilities to business outcomes.
• Knowledge coordinating multidisciplinary teams and subject-matter experts across complex or high-visibility opportunities.
• Strong analytical thinking, business problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous situations while maintaining ownership, sound judgment, and a high standard of quality.
• Knowledge contributing reusable assets, standards, best practices, and knowledge-sharing initiatives that improve Solution Design quality.
• Strong attention to governance, documentation, traceability, and the management of assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
• Advanced English proficiency. Spanish is considered an advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

As GEP experiences active and rapid growth, we’re looking for people who want to flourish along with us - helping to pave the way to a brighter future.

Are You One of Us

GEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team. GEP is proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.