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We are seeking an experienced Principal ETRM / Endur Consultant to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) solutions using Openlink Endur.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to trading, risk, operations, and technology stakeholders, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions. This role combines hands-on Endur expertise with solution leadership, delivery accountability, and the ability to mentor multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory and Solution Leadership
- Act as the principal advisor for Endur engagements, aligning solution design with clients’ commercial, operational, and technology objectives
- Lead discovery workshops, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and business process design
- Define end-to-end solutions across front-, middle-, and back-office functions
- Evaluate design alternatives and clearly communicate trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and recommendations
- Establish configuration, customization, integration, and documentation standards
- Lead Endur implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and transformation initiatives from discovery through deployment and stabilization
- Oversee configuration for deal capture, trade lifecycle management, pricing, valuation, risk reporting, settlements, and accounting interfaces
- Translate requirements into functional specifications and technical designs
- Guide integrations with market data providers, trading platforms, scheduling systems, enterprise applications, and downstream reporting solutions
- Review custom development and promote maintainable solutions that limit unnecessary customization
- Identify opportunities to improve application performance, operational efficiency, and platform reliability
- Own solution quality and delivery outcomes across assigned workstreams
- Develop estimates, implementation plans, and resource requirements in collaboration with project leadership
- Lead system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and defect resolution
- Oversee data migration, reconciliation, cutover planning, go-live readiness, and transition to support
- Proactively manage technical risks, cross-functional dependencies, and delivery issues
- Mentor consultants, business analysts, developers, and solution leads
- Review deliverables and provide hands-on guidance on complex functional and technical challenges
- Contribute reusable assets, delivery methodologies, and Endur best practices
- Support proposals, solution demonstrations, effort estimation, and client presentations
- Build long-term client relationships and identify opportunities for additional value
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Typically 10+ years of experience in ETRM/CTRM delivery, including substantial hands-on experience with Openlink Endur
- Demonstrated experience leading complex Endur implementations, upgrades, or major enhancement programs
- Strong understanding of the energy trading lifecycle across front, middle, and back office
- Deep expertise in at least one relevant commodity market, such as power, natural gas, LNG, crude oil, or refined products
- Strong knowledge of Endur configuration, deal modeling, pricing, valuation, risk, settlements, and reporting
- Experience translating business requirements into robust functional and technical solutions
- Proven ability to lead client workshops, manage senior stakeholders, and resolve complex design decisions
- Experience leading teams and maintaining delivery quality across multiple workstreams
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on development or technical oversight experience with OpenJVS, OpenComponents, Java, C#, and SQL, as relevant to the client’s Endur environment
- Experience with physical and financial commodity products, derivatives, hedging, and position management
- Familiarity with market and credit risk concepts, P&L attribution, exposure reporting, and valuation controls
- Experience with market data integration, trade interfaces, scheduling, accounting, and enterprise reporting
- Experience with Endur performance tuning, production troubleshooting, and application support
- Familiarity with automated testing, release management, and CI/CD practices
- Experience contributing to consulting sales, proposals, and practice development
We are seeking an experienced Principal ETRM / Endur Consultant to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) solutions using Openlink Endur.
The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to trading, risk, operations, and technology stakeholders, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions. This role combines hands-on Endur expertise with solution leadership, delivery accountability, and the ability to mentor multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
Client Advisory and Solution Leadership
- Act as the principal advisor for Endur engagements, aligning solution design with clients’ commercial, operational, and technology objectives
- Lead discovery workshops, requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and business process design
- Define end-to-end solutions across front-, middle-, and back-office functions
- Evaluate design alternatives and clearly communicate trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and recommendations
- Establish configuration, customization, integration, and documentation standards
- Lead Endur implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and transformation initiatives from discovery through deployment and stabilization
- Oversee configuration for deal capture, trade lifecycle management, pricing, valuation, risk reporting, settlements, and accounting interfaces
- Translate requirements into functional specifications and technical designs
- Guide integrations with market data providers, trading platforms, scheduling systems, enterprise applications, and downstream reporting solutions
- Review custom development and promote maintainable solutions that limit unnecessary customization
- Identify opportunities to improve application performance, operational efficiency, and platform reliability
- Own solution quality and delivery outcomes across assigned workstreams
- Develop estimates, implementation plans, and resource requirements in collaboration with project leadership
- Lead system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, and defect resolution
- Oversee data migration, reconciliation, cutover planning, go-live readiness, and transition to support
- Proactively manage technical risks, cross-functional dependencies, and delivery issues
- Mentor consultants, business analysts, developers, and solution leads
- Review deliverables and provide hands-on guidance on complex functional and technical challenges
- Contribute reusable assets, delivery methodologies, and Endur best practices
- Support proposals, solution demonstrations, effort estimation, and client presentations
- Build long-term client relationships and identify opportunities for additional value
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Typically 10+ years of experience in ETRM/CTRM delivery, including substantial hands-on experience with Openlink Endur
- Demonstrated experience leading complex Endur implementations, upgrades, or major enhancement programs
- Strong understanding of the energy trading lifecycle across front, middle, and back office
- Deep expertise in at least one relevant commodity market, such as power, natural gas, LNG, crude oil, or refined products
- Strong knowledge of Endur configuration, deal modeling, pricing, valuation, risk, settlements, and reporting
- Experience translating business requirements into robust functional and technical solutions
- Proven ability to lead client workshops, manage senior stakeholders, and resolve complex design decisions
- Experience leading teams and maintaining delivery quality across multiple workstreams
- Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on development or technical oversight experience with OpenJVS, OpenComponents, Java, C#, and SQL, as relevant to the client’s Endur environment
- Experience with physical and financial commodity products, derivatives, hedging, and position management
- Familiarity with market and credit risk concepts, P&L attribution, exposure reporting, and valuation controls
- Experience with market data integration, trade interfaces, scheduling, accounting, and enterprise reporting
- Experience with Endur performance tuning, production troubleshooting, and application support
- Familiarity with automated testing, release management, and CI/CD practices
- Experience contributing to consulting sales, proposals, and practice development
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Who's Hiring
- Environmental Resources Management18
- Rimkus15
- Cognizant13
- Ahead11
- EPAM Systems11
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software24
- Consulting & Professional Services20
- Construction & Real Estate3
- Energy1
- Insurance1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal consultant jobs.
- 7 or more years of consulting or advisory experience with demonstrated client leadership
- Bachelor's degree required, MBA or relevant master's degree strongly preferred
- Experience managing full project lifecycles from discovery through implementation and handoff
- Proven ability to manage and grow client relationships at the director or C-suite level
- Strong proficiency in building executive-level presentations and written deliverables
- Relevant industry certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma, or domain-specific credentials preferred
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Quantify the impact of your engagements
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Tailor your resume to the consulting vertical
A principal consultant resume for a healthcare client is not the same as one for a financial services firm. Reorder your engagement history so the most relevant industry experience sits at the top of each application you send.
Apply early to roles that fit
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Target postings that name the engagement model
Job listings that specify whether work is project-based, retainer, or embedded tell you a lot about how the firm operates. Prioritize openings that match the engagement style where you have the strongest delivery experience.
Prepare a structured case narrative for interviews
Principal consultant interviews frequently include case-based questions where you are expected to diagnose a client problem live. Practice walking through situation, diagnosis, recommendation, and stakeholder alignment in under four minutes.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the principal level, your offer conversation should include the size of the engagements you will own, the clients you will serve, and your path to partner or director. Compensation is only one variable worth clarifying before you accept.
Principal Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal consultants?
The most active employers for principal consultants right now are Environmental Resources Management, Rimkus, and Cognizant, and the most openings are in Texas, California, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is spread across both large consulting firms and in-house strategy and transformation teams at major corporations.
How many principal consultant jobs are remote?
About 89% of principal consultant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though on-site client travel requirements vary widely by firm and engagement type. Strategy, organizational design, and technology advisory roles tend to offer the most flexibility, while implementation-heavy roles often require regular client site presence.
How do you become a principal consultant?
Most principal consultants reach the role by advancing through junior and mid-level consultant positions, building a record of leading complex client engagements independently. Earning an advanced degree, developing deep subject matter expertise in a specific industry or function, and demonstrating the ability to win and grow client relationships are the most common accelerators. Some professionals enter at the principal level directly from senior industry roles.
Can you get hired as a principal consultant without direct consulting experience?
Yes, firms do hire externally into principal roles when a candidate brings deep functional or industry expertise that clients will pay for. Former executives, senior product leaders, and policy professionals who can credibly advise clients and manage engagements are competitive even without a traditional consulting background. The key is demonstrating that you can operate without close supervision and translate expertise into client outcomes.
What does the principal consultant interview process look like?
Most principal consultant hiring processes include an initial screening call with a recruiter or talent lead, followed by one or two rounds of behavioral and competency interviews focused on client leadership and problem-solving. Many firms also include a case study or presentation exercise where you analyze a business problem and present recommendations to a panel. Final rounds typically involve conversations with senior partners or business unit leaders assessing cultural fit and client potential.
Where can I find and apply to principal consultant jobs?
You can find and apply to principal consultant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the roles available, find the ones that match your experience and industry focus, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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