Lead CX & Digital Transformation Consultant

SQLI; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

Company car with charging card

25 days annual leave

Flexible benefits plan

Laptop and phone

Udemy access

Team events

Lunch at office

Hands-on collaboration

Job summary

SQLI Netherlands is seeking a Lead CX & Digital Transformation Consultant to drive client-centric strategies, design innovative experiences, and orchestrate multidisciplinary teams across SQLI’s service lines. You will work with C-level executives to translate transformation visions into measurable value while contributing to business development and growth.

You will lead end-to-end consulting engagements, collaborate with digital and product teams, and help grow SQLI’s footprint across Europe.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, engineering, design, marketing, digital, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in consulting, digital transformation, customer experience, or product strategy.
• Proven experience leading complex transformation programmes.
• Track record of contributing to business development, proposals, or client account growth.
• Strong track record collaborating with digital and product teams, with the ability to engage executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assess digital, customer experience, and organisational maturity.
• Analyse business challenges, customer needs, and market opportunities.
• Define transformation visions, strategic objectives, and operating models.
• Lead Customer Experience transformation initiatives end-to-end: research, journeys, service blueprints, omnichannel experiences.
• Facilitate product discovery and bridge business, customer, and technology needs.
• Lead engagements end-to-end: manage multidisciplinary teams, budgets, risks, and present to executives.
• Shape win strategies, RFP responses, and value propositions.
• Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and cross-sell.

Education

Master's degree in business, engineering, design, marketing, digital, or related field

Job description

Lead CX & Digital Transformation Consultant

• Full-time
• Job Category.: Consulting
• Type of contract: CDI
• Name on Job Ad: SQLI

We Elevate. Digitally.

As a Lead CX & Digital Transformation Consultant, you play a dual role at the heart of SQLI Consulting: you help clients pull ahead of their competitors through ambitious transformation programmes, and you help SQLI win against the competition by building the strategies that land new business.

Working closely with C-level executives, business leaders, and digital teams, you define customer-centric strategies, design innovative experiences, and drive transformation initiatives that create measurable value for clients. At the same time, you act as a connector across SQLI's service lines — orchestrating multidisciplinary delivery teams and spotting opportunities to bring the right expertise into an account — making you a key link between our practices.

SQLI Netherlands is part of one of Europe’s leading digital groups, with more than 2,100 specialists across 12 countries. In the Netherlands, we have over 30 years of experience helping ambitious brands improve how they do business and connect with their customers.

We are also proud to be recognised in the Emerce 100 as one of the leading full service digital agencies in the Netherlands.

That’s where you come in.

Pillar 1 — Client success: strategy, CX and transformation delivery

Assess digital, customer experience, andorganisationalmaturity.

Analysebusiness challenges, customer needs, and market opportunities.

Define transformationvisions, strategicobjectives, and operating models.

Benchmark clients against best-in-class competitors and industry leaders to define ambitious, differentiated strategies.

Push clients beyond incremental improvement: design strategies and experiences that set them apart from their competitors.

Lead Customer Experience transformation initiatives, from research to journeys, service blueprints, and future-state omnichannel experiences.

Facilitate product discovery and bridge business, customer, and technology needs.

Lead consulting engagements end-to-end: manage multidisciplinary teams, ensure quality of deliverables,monitorbudgets and risks, and present recommendations to executive stakeholders.

Pillar 2 — Business growth: pre-sales and account development

Shape win strategies, RFP responses, and value propositions that beat competing agencies to the deal.

Identifyand develop growth opportunities within existing accounts, including cross-selling other SQLI service lines.

Participate in thought leadership, market positioning, and consultingofferdevelopment.

Cross-cutting — Orchestration and leadership across service lines

Act as the connector between service lines: know who does what across SQLI and bring the rightexpertiseto each client situation.

Orchestrate joint delivery when engagements span multiple practices.

Coach and mentor consultants and project teams; contribute to knowledge sharing and methodologies.

Represent SQLI through events, publications, and industry initiatives.

Education

Master's degree in business, engineering, design, marketing, digital, ora relatedfield.

Experience

8+ years of experience in consulting, digital transformation, customer experience, or product strategy.

Proven experience leading complex transformationprogrammes.

Track recordof contributing to business development, proposals, or client account growth.

Strongtrack recordcollaborating with digital and product teams, with the ability to also engage executive stakeholders when needed.

Experience in international and multidisciplinary environments.

Languages

Fluent in English, our working language in an international, multicultural environment.

Aswe'reprimarily Western Europe-based,it'sa strong plus to be fluent in Dutch or French next to English; German is anadditionalasset.

Consulting and transformation

Strategic Consulting

Business Transformation

Organisational Change Management

Business Case Development

Customer Experience Strategy

Customer Journey Mapping

Service Design

Design Thinking

Voice of Customer

Product and innovation

Product Discovery

Agile Delivery

AI-Driven Transformation

Account Development

Executive Facilitation

Proposal Management

Complex Sales

Strategic Storytelling

We expect a lot from our senior people, so we make sure there is plenty in return.

• A competitive salary and bonus scheme that reflects your experience and the value you bring
• A company car with charging card, with the option of an NS Business Card
• 25 days of annual leave, including 5 additional SQLI days
• A flexible benefits plan that gives you more choice in how you use your package
• Laptop, phone and subscription
• Access to Benefits at Work, with discounts across a wide range of brands
• Unlimited access to Udemy to keep developing your expertise
• Plenty of room to take ownership, bring ideas to the table and help shape how we grow
• A good lunch at the office and regular team events
• An experienced, down to earth team where people know their craft and enjoy working together

Most importantly, you will have the freedom and trust to make an impact. At SQLI, seniority is not just about experience. It means having a voice, taking ownership and helping shape what comes next.