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title: "Consulting Principal — Remote (US) | Black Powder Search"
description: "The company is an established and rapidly growing consulting firm for privately held and Fortune 1000 companies. This senior leadership role is…"
url: https://blackpowdersearch.com/jobs/consulting-principal-remote
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# Consulting Principal

Management consulting company (confidential) · Remote (US) · $240,000–$340,000

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The company is an established and rapidly growing consulting firm for privately held and Fortune 1000 companies. This senior leadership role is responsible for overseeing the delivery of complex projects, guiding analytical strategy, and ensuring meaningful client impact.

The position serves as a primary leader across engagements, shaping project direction, driving insight generation, and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders. The Principal leads cross-functional teams, ensures high-quality deliverables, and adapts project approaches based on evolving client needs. This role also plays a key part in mentoring team members, contributing to organizational initiatives, and supporting business development efforts.

**Location:** Remote in a major city (Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, etc.) with the ability to fly to clients 75% of the time.

### Compensation and benefits

- Salary range: $240,000 – $340,000 plus profit pool, based on experience

- Comprehensive benefits package

## What the employer needs

### Required

- 5 years of extensive experience in consulting, analytics, or a related professional services environment

- Demonstrated ability to lead full project lifecycles independently, from problem definition through final delivery

- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with experience designing and guiding complex analyses

- Proven ability to translate data into actionable insights and business recommendations

- Significant experience leading senior-level client interactions and influencing decision-making

- Advanced communication skills, including delivering clear, compelling presentations and facilitating discussions

- Experience managing teams, driving performance, and ensuring high-quality outputs under tight timelines

- Ability to adapt quickly to changing client priorities and navigate complex organizational dynamics

### Preferred

- Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders

- Strong track record of mentoring and developing team members across multiple levels

- Experience contributing to or leading business development efforts, including proposals and client expansion

- Familiarity with consulting frameworks, analytical methodologies, and industry best practices

- Experience driving organizational or cultural change within client environments

- Ability to balance project impact, financial performance, and team sustainability

## About the employer

An established and rapidly growing consulting firm serving privately held and Fortune 1000 companies.

## How Black Powder Search fits in

We are the search firm on this role, not the employer. That means one point of
contact, an honest read on whether you are a fit before anyone's time is spent,
and support that continues after you start — for as long as it takes to make the
move stick.

Role facts

Employer

Management consulting company (confidential)

Sector

Management consulting

Location

Remote (US)

Seniority

Principal

Function

Consulting

Employment

full time

Compensation

$240,000–$340,000

Posted

Oct 14, 2026

Applications close

Dec 13, 2026

[Apply](https://blackpowdersearch.com/portal/candidate?role=consulting-principal-remote)

Next step

## Tell us the role. We will tell you who is already ready for it.

An onboarding call with our COO and the lead recruiter, and you will know
within the week whether the person you need is already in our pool.

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