Lead Strategy Consultant

About Exadel Inc (Website) Exadel is a leading global software consulting and development company that looks beyond the code to maximize the technology-driven business impact our partners want to make. For over 25 years, we've helped enterprise companies transform their businesses with technology. Our team of 2,000+ experts across 30+ delivery centers in 17 countries helps clients reinvent the way they do business with end-to-end software consulting, design, engineering, and managed services. We've successfully delivered 3,500+ software projects, and with an overall client satisfaction score of 9 out of 10, it's clear that we're obsessed with quality service and code.

Exadel Inc (Website)

Human Intelligence. Amplified by AI.

Strategy and Technology ConsultingData Insights and AIDigital ExperienceDigital Products and PlatformsManaged ServicesGenerative AIAI ApplicationsCustomer ExperienceMarketing TechnologyRegulatory Alignment

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info.exadel.com/l/1057913/2025-10-30/cx4j7p

1,001-5,000 employees

Software Development

Walnut Creek, California

1998

Privately Held

126k LinkedIn followers

• quality, timelines, budgets, and client outcomes
• Lead workshops, asking thoughtful, sometimes challenging questions to uncover
• what clients are truly trying to achieve, rather than simply accepting their
• initial problem statement or proposed solution
• Identify underlying challenges, root causes, and opportunities that may not
• be immediately apparent, helping clients focus on the outcomes that will
• create the greatest value
• Help clients define what success looks like and translate their goals into
• strategic priorities, actionable recommendations, and practical roadmaps
• Develop client strategies and own strategic roadmaps grounded in business
• realities and focused on measurable outcomes, including revenue growth,
• customer experience, operational efficiency, risk reduction, and business
• performance
• Evaluate strategic options across people, processes, operating models,
• experiences, data, and technology, including AI where it can deliver
• meaningful value
• Lead business case development, quantify opportunities, and confidently
• present investment recommendations to client leadership and finance teams
• Work with Exadel's broader advisory, design, data, AI, and engineering teams
• to ensure strategies can be translated into tangible solutions
• Build trusted relationships with senior client decision-makers, developing a
• deep understanding of their business, priorities, and evolving needs
• Recognize emerging challenges and opportunities where Exadel can deliver
• additional value, helping shape new engagements and long-term partnerships
• Support proposals, pitches, business cases, and solution development for new
• opportunities
• Contribute to thought leadership that helps organizations navigate evolving
• business challenges, strategic opportunities, and the role of emerging
• technologies
• Contribute to the development and evolution of consulting frameworks,
• methodologies, and reusable approaches that strengthen our ability to deliver
• client value
• Help build and scale our strategy consulting capabilities, influencing how we
• engage clients, shape opportunities, and deliver outcomes
• Mentor and coach other consultants, strengthening their strategic thinking,
• problem-solving, and client leadership skills

• Strong consulting experience: Extensive experience in strategy, management,
• business, or technology consulting, with a proven track record of leading
• client engagements and influencing senior stakeholders
• Strategic leadership and opportunity shaping: The ability to enter client
• conversations without a predefined problem or solution, uncover
• opportunities, challenge assumptions, and guide clients toward the right
• strategic direction and business outcomes
• Intellectual curiosity and critical thinking: A natural instinct to ask
• questions, dig beneath the surface, investigate root causes, and understand
• what truly matters to clients. You're comfortable respectfully challenging
• their thinking when it leads to better outcomes
• Executive presence and stakeholder leadership: Confidence engaging directly
• with senior executives, including C-suite leaders, building trust, navigating
• complex stakeholder environments, and influencing strategic decisions
• Commercial and business acumen: The ability to connect business goals to
• financial and operational outcomes, quantify opportunities, build credible
• business cases, and confidently discuss revenue, margin, cost, risk, and
• return on investment
• Human-centered thinking: Strong empathy, creativity, judgment, and an
• understanding of how people, organizations, and technology interact. You
• recognize that successful strategies must work for the people they affect
• AI and technology fluency: Curiosity about emerging technologies and hands-on
• experience using AI to enhance your own work. You understand where AI can
• create value, recognize its limitations, and are comfortable collaborating
• with technical teams without needing to be an engineer yourself
• Strategy through execution: Experience translating strategic direction into
• practical roadmaps, actionable recommendations, and measurable outcomes. You
• understand how to connect business strategy with delivery
• Builder mindset: Comfortable moving beyond presentations to test ideas,
• validate assumptions, and develop tangible proof. You thrive in ambiguity,
• work at pace, and balance hands-on contribution with leading from the front
• Business and operating model understanding: Experience assessing
• organizational capabilities, business processes, governance, and operating
• models, with the ability to recommend changes where they support client goals
• People leadership: Experience managing, mentoring, or coaching consultants,
• with a genuine interest in helping others develop
• Exceptional communication: The ability to distill complex business challenges
• into clear, compelling narratives and communicate recommendations
• persuasively, both in writing and in the room
• High standards and accountability: A commitment to intellectual rigor,
• accuracy, quality, and delivering thoughtful recommendations that create
• meaningful client value
• Professional fluency

• We're an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership,
• 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients,
• including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks.
• From strategic advisory and AI solutions to digital transformation, we partner
• with enterprise leaders to solve complex business challenges, unlock
• opportunities, and build what's next.
• What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, curious, and
• constantly evolving.
• Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you
• in on the details.
• In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility
• Medical healthcare
• Recognition program
• Ongoing learning & reimbursement
• Well-being program
• Referral bonuses
• Top-tier equipment provision
• We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative
• freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference.
• Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact
• matters.