Interim Principal Consultant

Role: Interim Principal Consultant

Location: Hybrid/Remote with occasional client, workshop and leadership meetings

Key Essential Skills:

• 6-12 years of consulting, transformation or enterprise leadership experience
• Experience operating at CIO, CTO, Transformation Director, Principal Consultant or equivalent leadership level
• Strong consultative and stakeholder management capability
• Experience working with enterprise organisations and senior leadership teams
• Broad enterprise technology understanding combined with practical delivery awareness
• Understanding of AI, modernization and operational optimization
• Strong communication and presentation capability
• Experience managing large teams, stakeholders and delivery environments

Technical and Consulting expectations:

The successful candidate should have a strong understanding of:

• Enterprise technology and modernization
• AI and operational optimization
• Governance and enterprise operations
• Customer engagement and consulting delivery

The role is intended to support both consulting delivery and the continued evolution of Thebes Optimisation.

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Interim Principal Consultant with a strong background in enterprise technology, consulting and transformation. The role will support the growth of Thebes Optimisation across AI, modernization and enterprise optimization initiatives. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at CXO and board level while also supporting qualification, governance, solution shaping and enterprise delivery.

The role requires both strategic breadth and practical delivery awareness across enterprise technology, AI, modernization and customer engagement. The position supports both Thebes Group and Thebes Optimisation as part of the wider build-to-buy strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead AI and modernization consulting engagements
• Operate at CXO and board level across enterprise customers
• Support enterprise qualification, governance and delivery oversight
• Help shape AI commercialization and product strategy
• Support RCA, operational analytics and optimization initiatives
• Bridge business, consulting and technical teams
• Contribute to enterprise growth and strategic direction
• Help build scalable consulting and delivery capability

Why join:

• Opportunity to help shape a differentiated AI and optimization business
• Direct influence over strategic direction and enterprise positioning
• Ability to help build scalable enterprise products and consulting capability
• Work alongside experienced commercial and technical leadership
• Potential equity participation for the right individual
• Opportunity to contribute towards long-term enterprise value creation

Outline Thebes Optimisation Ltd:

Thebes Optimisation Ltd is building a product-led AI and optimization business focused on helping organisations address the growing cost, complexity and operational risk associated with Legacy technology environments. The business operates alongside Thebes Group, an established managed services provider (MSP), creating a combined strategy around enterprise services, optimization and product-led transformation.