Technology Consultant

About the role

This role guides retail and luxury experience innovation as a trusted advisor to recognized global brands. You will lead strategic discovery and transformation initiatives while driving measurable business outcomes. The position bridges technology strategy and client execution within a values-driven, borderless team.

Most organizations organize this kind of work into small teams with a clear owner for each project. People are expected to set priorities, share progress, and ask for help early. Written communication matters because decisions are often recorded and revisited. Successful professionals in any field share a few habits: they take notes, keep commitments, and communicate in writing. Teams value people who make their work easy to review and build on.

Key facts

Requirements

15-20 years of experience across retail, luxury retail, digital commerce, business transformation, technology consulting, or strategic advisory roles.

Bachelor degree in business, technology, engineering, or a related field; MBA or equivalent strategic business qualification is advantageous.

Proven track record advising senior retail stakeholders and influencing customer directors and executives with onshore and offshore stakeholders in the organization and customer.

Deep understanding of retail operating models across commerce, stores, merchandising, fulfilment, loyalty, supply chain, and customer experience.

Strong exposure to fashion, luxury, lifestyle, beauty, jewelry, and premium retail environments is highly desirable.

Ability to connect business priorities with technology direction, commercial value, operating-model change, and adoption readiness.

Experience shaping MVPs, proofs of concept, business cases, ROI models, RFP responses, and executive-level transformation proposals.

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and build trust through substance.

Client advisor capability to lead C-level and senior stakeholder conversations across digital, commerce, store operations, marketing, merchandising, technology, supply chain, and customer experience.

Luxury retail experience lens to shape technology strategy around brand DNA, exclusivity, high-touch service, privacy, premium fulfilment, clienteling, and elevated boutique experiences.

Innovation-to-business ownership to understand new technologies, identify commercially relevant use cases, build MVPs or proofs of value, and convert them into transformation roadmaps and business pipeline.

Retail participation to drive client workshops, innovation showcases, community retail shows, industry forums, partner events, and executive roundtables.

Business value leadership to anchor recommendations in ROI, revenue growth, conversion, average order value, customer lifetime value, loyalty, faster checkout, operational efficiency, and cost-to-serve reduction.

Advisory capability to lead strategic conversations, challenge constructively, and guide senior stakeholders toward value-led technology decisions.

Retail business acumen to understand retail economics, commercial levers, customer behavior, store productivity, and omnichannel operating models.

Luxury sensitivity to balance digital acceleration with exclusivity, brand equity, human service, privacy, and premium client experience.

Innovation leadership to identify meaningful technologies, frame MVPs, validate value, and convert innovation into client opportunities.

Commercial storytelling to create compelling narratives for business cases, proposals, RFPs, transformation roadmaps, and executive presentations.

Collaborative mindset to work comfortably with onshore and offshore teams across consulting, design, architecture, data, engineering, delivery, and sales.

Structured problem solving to assess current-state pain points, define future-state capabilities, and prioritize change based on business impact.

Thought leadership to represent the retail practice externally and develop points of view for retail and luxury retail transformation.

Practical notes

Your application process will be reviewed by Valtech Talent Acquisition; no age, gender, marital status, or headshot is required.

Good to know

The role focuses on retail and luxury experience innovation using technologies such as AI, GenAI, clienteling, and RFID.

Success requires strong advisory, storytelling, and stakeholder influence skills for C-level and senior audiences.

The position operates within a global, borderless framework supporting cross-regional collaboration.

Candidates should demonstrate comfort with ambiguity and a growth mindset.

Ongoing professional development and international mobility are central to the role.