Principal Advisor (Technology Transformation)

Job Summary

The Principal Advisor is a senior transformation leader within WWT Engineering Services. You will shape strategic technologyled change for customers - from presales architecture visioning to delivery governance - ensuring that every engagement drives measurable, businessaligned transformation outcomes.

You blend technology strategy, enterprise architecture, presales solutioning, delivery excellence, and organisational transformation. As a senior partner to Sales and Delivery, you ensure the solutions we propose are strategically grounded, technically sound, and executable in realworld customer environments.

Key Responsibilities

1) Technology Transformation Strategy & Architecture Leadership

• Lead the development of modernisation strategies and technology transformation roadmapsacross cloud, data, security, workplace, networking, automation, and platform domains.
• Connect business strategy to architectural direction - framing currentstate challenges and defining targetstate architectures, capabilities, operating models, and value realisation paths.
• Facilitate executivelevel discussions that simplify complex technology landscapes and drive alignment on transformation priorities.

2) Presales Leadership & OutcomeDriven Solutioning

• Own the transformation narrative in pursuit cycles, developing outcomefocused proposals, architectural options, and multiphase execution plans.
• Translate problem statements into scalable, secure, costeffective architectures and implementation pathways that balance innovation with risk.
• Drive endtoend presales solutioning across ES&A, Consulting, EA, Practices, and ATC - ensuring scope, stages, risks, governance, and success measures are defined from the outset.
• Engage confidently with Clevel and senior technical leaders to shape demand and align on strategic direction.

3) Delivery Excellence & Transformation Governance

• Provide senior oversight throughout delivery to protect the architectural intent, transformation roadmap, and businessoutcome commitments.
• Operate the TwointheBox model with PMO to control scope, risks, dependencies, quality gates, and stakeholder communications.
• Lead or support transformation governance forums (steering committees, architectural boards) to ensure alignment, transparency, and executive confidence.
• Champion measurable value: operatingmodel change, adoption, risk reduction, performance uplift, and transformation KPIs.

4) Organisational Change, Adoption & OperatingModel Shift

• Ensure technology transformation is matched by people, process, and organisational evolution, including role definition, capability uplift, training, and embedding new ways of working.
• Guide customers through the impacts of modernisation (e.g., cloud operating models, agile DevOps adoption, automationdriven processes, zerotrust uplift).
• Partner with delivery and consulting teams to ensure transformation outcomes are achieved and sustained beyond project completion.

5) Practice Development, Offerings & Thought Leadership

• Lead or colead development of new ES&A transformation offerings - patterns, methodologies, accelerators, reference architectures, value frameworks.
• Strengthen repeatable approaches for strategytoexecution, discoverytoroadmap, and presalestodelivery continuity.
• Mentor architects, consultants, and engineers to raise the organisation's capability in transformation consulting and architectureled delivery.
• Contribute to internal thought leadership, enablement, and knowledgesharing across global ES teams.

Required Experience

• 10+ years guiding complex technology transformations across enterprises (cloud, network/security, workplace, data/AI, automation, platform modernisation).
• Proven experience shaping strategic transformation roadmaps, enterprisewide architectures, and multiphase programmes.
• Strong presales and consulting expertise - discovery, problem framing, value articulation, storytelling, positioning, and commercial shaping.
• Demonstrated ability to assure large, multidomain deliveries and maintain alignment to architectural intent and business outcomes.
• Experience leading governance, influencing senior executives, and managing risk across crossfunctional delivery teams.

Key Competencies

• Enterprise Architecture & Modernisation Patterns: cloud operating models, network transformation, zero trust, workplace replatforming, automation pipelines, data platforms.
• Consulting Craft: hypothesisdriven framing, structured storytelling, facilitation, executive influencing.
• Transformation Governance: RAID, change control, benefits realisation, roadmap tracking, organisational readiness.
• Commercial Acumen: estimation, pricing, risk modelling, commercial guardrails, SOW clarity.
• Change & Adoption: capability uplift, service introduction, operatingmodel change, workforce readiness.
• Leadership: guiding multidisciplinary teams, mentoring senior technologists, driving crossfunctional alignment.

Measures of Success

• Transformation proposals that result in strategic multiphase wins with strong executive sponsorship.
• Engagements delivered on time, on budget, and aligned to targetstate architectures and outcomes.
• Increased adoption of modernised capabilities and operating models within the customer organisation.
• Repeatable transformation assets and patterns adopted across ES&A.
• Observable uplift in architecture, delivery, and consulting capability across the team.

Travel Requirement

• Travel up to 25-50% depending on engagement and customer needs.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Combined Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Bereavement

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!