Strategy Manager

Job Description

JOB PURPOSE:A Manager within the Strategy team drives the delivery of client engagements and in this role has day-to-day responsibility for the quality of project delivery to clients, both in the context of specific projects and the clients overall strategic direction. The Manager is responsible for acting as a key contact with senior level clients and delivering high quality work, for developing and capturing intellectual capital and for supporting new or expanded business opportunities. Internally, Managers have the dual task of providing guidance and coverage for more junior consultants as well as insight and leverage for Senior Directors, Partners and Directors.Key Responsibilities:Client Management

• Manages one or more client tracks of large and complex strategy engagements or moderate complexity engagements independently, consulting with Partners/Directors as appropriate.
• Manages commercial aspects of strategy engagements to achieve desired levels of Quality and profitability; including expected utilization and productivity targets.
• Develops and maintains external networks, including peers in other organizations, the company alumni, global contacts, social contacts and existing clients.
• Uses knowledge of the companys broad service offerings to actively generate new business opportunities.
• Contributes towards the development of case studies, proposals, deliverables or other valuable strategic sourcing engagement knowledge. Ensures such knowledge is recorded appropriately to enable access and use by others within the firm.
• Starts to specialize and contribute to a technical/practice area. Develops greater industry know ledge and continues to demonstrate credible know ledge of economic, sector, business and market trends.
• Maintains an awareness of market trends, competitor activity and products/services.

?Quality Management

• Executes engagements to a level that meet member firm?s Quality standards within commercial context.
• Manages scope and delivers timely and quality deliverables.
• Communicates risk and issues early to Leaders as appropriate.
• Contribute towards creating innovative and repeatable solutions which strengthen business performance and differentiate the company from our competition.
• Anticipates current and future needs of the firm based on extensive research and deep understanding of client business/industry.
• Holds review (s) on completion of projects to identify lessons learned and enhance future quality and commercial planning.
• Maintains professional status/accreditation through Continued Professional Development.

People Management Responsibilities:

• Identifies development needs of team and provides coaching, mentoring and stretch assignments to attract, develop and retain our most talented colleagues.
• Plans and seeks opportunities to allocate team members responsibilities that will enable them to learn new skills that align to their goals.
• Meets the companys deadlines throughout the Performance Development cycle for self and team [if Performance Manager] including; seeking quality feedback, goal-setting, providing input into engagement/project reviews, cascading own goals and regular conversations with apraisees and team members, to a standard expected under Open Performance Development.
• Effectively supports and manages underperformance, in line with local guidance and policies.
• Takes action to ensure wellbeing matters are properly handled and resolved by and escalates as appropriate.
• Ensures team accurately charge time to Engagement codes to see true value of work delivered and to recognize individual/team effort.
• Builds constructive working relationships across different teams and countries. Shares internal networks with others to support an understanding the breadth of capabilities at the company.
• Shares knowledge with other companys colleagues/teams and contributes to the development of know ledge resources.
• Embraces Global People Survey (GPS) and/or wider people focused actions and initiatives which drive cultural improvement across their local team(s).
• Manages on boarding of new starters, including buddy responsibilities.

Performs other responsibilities and tasks as directed by the Director - Management Consulting In order to meet objectives.

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