Principal, Autonomous Enterprise Consulting

EPAM Systems; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning access

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Legal Plan

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Principal, Autonomous Enterprise Consulting to join our leadership team. This high-impact role focuses on advising senior client executives on AI strategy, transformation, and enterprise-wide AI programs, including Generative AI and agentic workflows.

You will lead multi-disciplinary engagements, shaping roadmaps and governance while collaborating with global teams to deliver measurable business value across industries.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional consulting experience in AI/ML and Intelligent Automation.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior executives on AI strategy and transformation.
• Shape and lead comprehensive AI advisory engagements across opportunity assessments, prioritization, operating models, governance, and enterprise transformations.
• Provide senior leadership throughout the full sales lifecycle from discovery to proposal development and executive presentations.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Executive communication

Strategic advisory

Growth and portfolio management

Industry expertise

Process improvement

Executive relationship building

Job description

Are you an ambitious AI consulting leader passionate about shaping the future of business?

We are seeking an accomplished Principal, Autonomous Enterprise Consulting to join our leadership team. This is a high-impact, client-facing role designed for a visionary professional with strong executive presence, deep expertise in emerging AI technologies, and a proven track record of driving large-scale business transformation.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client executives (VP, SVP, and C-suite), helping them navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape. You will identify where AI can create meaningful business value, define pragmatic transformation roadmaps, and translate emerging technologies — such as Generative AI and agentic workflows — into actionable, high-impact business outcomes.

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Responsibilities

• Executive Advisory: Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior executives (VP, SVP, and C-suite) on AI strategy, AI-enabled business transformation, Generative AI, agentic AI, intelligent automation, and the operating model changes required to scale AI across the enterprise
• Engagement Leadership: Shape and lead comprehensive AI advisory engagements, including opportunity assessments, use-case prioritization, AI operating models, governance, responsible AI, and full-scale enterprise AI transformations
• Business Development & Solutioning: Provide senior leadership throughout the entire sales lifecycle — from initial discovery and relationship building to opportunity shaping, proposal development, executive presentations, and multi-disciplinary solution design
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with global capability teams to seamlessly integrate strategy, consulting, data, AI engineering, cloud, and industry expertise to address complex client needs
• Practice Growth: Contribute actively to the expansion of our Autonomous Enterprise practice through market development, intellectual capital/thought leadership creation, recruiting, mentoring, and building internal capabilities

Requirements

• Experienced Leader: 10+ years of professional consulting experience in AI/ML and Intelligent Automation, with a clear history of career progression — including 5+ years leading multi-disciplinary teams of 10+ consultants
• Domain Expert: Deep expertise in cutting-edge AI technologies and methodologies, including Generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, AI engineering, intelligent automation, data strategy, and enterprise AI transformation
• C-Suite Communicator: Proven track record of advising, presenting to, and building long-term relationships with C-suite and SVP-level executives across multiple industry verticals
• Growth Driver: Demonstrated experience managing engagement portfolios of $10M+ annually, with stellar solutioning and selling capabilities
• Industry Versatility: Deep expertise in one or more key sectors such as Retail, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, or Technology
• Process Excellence: A strong background in Business Process Re-engineering; proven experience applying process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen) is a major plus
• Dynamic Mindset: An outcome-focused leader with a commanding executive presence, exceptional communication skills, and a genuine passion for solving complex, ambiguous business problems while holding teams accountable

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

For remote work in New York City only.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $180,000 - $200,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.

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