Responsibilities:
Manage Engagements: Facilitate engagement planning and budgeting; assemble and manage engagement teams; outline deliverable structure and content; enable buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products; manage engagement economics; manage engagement risk.
Manage Clients: Lead the daily interactions with executive clients and sponsors.
Business Development: Develop and maintain communication with top decision-makers at critical clients; coordinate and lead pursuit teams; participate and control aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to developing proposal pricing strategies.
Practice Development & Eminence: Create pragmatic solutions and methodologies; develop "thought ware." and "point-of-view" documents; participate in public speaking events; get published in industry journals.
People Development: Execute role of counselor and coach; offer input and direction into the staffing process; actively contribute to team recruitment and retention activities; offer leadership and assistance for delivery teams and staff in local offices.
Required Qualifications:
10+ years of professional experience, with 2+ years of experience functioning as a Senior Manager (or equivalent) in a Consulting environment or managing teams in an operating environment; in either scenario, experience focused on Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategy, Commercial Strategy and Business Transformation.
1+ years of experience pushing both the sales cycle and leading the pursuit team by taking charge of framing out client opportunities to create the proposal content for client discussions.
Deep comprehension of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics, including climate change, renewable energy, and DE&I.
Ability to identify trends across industries and convey their impact on clients' business and strategic choices, particularly as it relates to social impact / purpose-driven focus areas and opportunities for innovation.
Exceptional critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
Great problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
A Bachelor's Degree.
Live within commuting distance to one of our consulting offices.
Limited sponsorship available.
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous experience with social impact-focused businesses, philanthropies, and nonprofits
Experience generating strategy program roadmaps and detailed financial business cases for change.
Comfortable using analytical methods to create project analyses and recommendation support.
Familiarity with leading and emerging ESG and carbon disclosure methodologies, frameworks, and reporting mechanisms is highly desirable (e.g., IPCC, GHG Protocol, SBTi, FLAG, GRI, SASB, CDP, etc.).
Advanced degree in business (e.g., MBA), environmental science, sustainability, or data analytics from a top tier program