The Director of Consulting is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing and managing consulting projects, teams, and client engagements. This position involves providing expert guidance to clients, leading consulting teams, and driving the successful delivery of consulting services. The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with a deep understanding of consulting methodologies, strong client relationship-building skills, and the ability to drive business growth.
Major Responsibilities
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, understanding their business needs, challenges, and objectives. Build and maintain strong client relationships to ensure client satisfaction and project success.
- Lead consulting engagements from initiation to completion, including project planning, resource allocation, timeline management, and budget oversight. Ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet client expectations.
- Manage and mentor consulting teams, providing guidance, direction, and support. Foster a collaborative and high-performance work environment, promoting professional growth and development among team members.
- Collaborate with clients to identify opportunities and challenges, develop consulting strategies, and propose innovative solutions. Leverage industry knowledge and best practices to drive results.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities with existing clients and potential clients. Contribute to business growth through successful client engagements, proposals, and relationship-building efforts.
- Manage project budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure projects are delivered within budget constraints.
- Ensure that consulting services meet quality standards and adhere to best practices. Implement processes for quality control, feedback, and continuous improvement.
- Risk Management: Identify project risks and develop risk mitigation plans. Proactively address issues and challenges to minimize project disruptions.
- Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in consulting. Share knowledge and insights with the consulting team to enhance capabilities.
- Prepare and deliver client presentations, reports, and recommendations. Communicate complex concepts in a clear and concise manner.
Education and Experience
- Proven experience in consulting, with a track record of successful project management and client engagement
- Experience speaking at conferences, events and / or working with publications is required
- Experience partnering with internal sales teams to develop and customize client solutions
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP) is preferred
- Bachelor's degree in business, management, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree is preferred
- Strong leadership and team management skills, exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, excellent interpersonal and communication skills necessary
- Strategic and big-picture thinking, with strong business acumen
Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with headquarters in Moscow (ID) with offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India. We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.
Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.
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