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Travel Required:

Clearance Required:

What You Will Do:

• The Management Consulting Associate Director in Guidehouse State and Local Government Practice leads delivery teams on high impact State & Local Government client engagements and driving business development activities
• Establishing approaches to gather information from clients regarding client structure, process, technology, and culture
• Facilitating meetings with client stakeholders to gather information
• Identifying and implementing overall program improvements for clients
• Effectively leveraging project resources to accomplish tasks while providing regular feedback and coaching
• Driving business development activities including RFP responses and proposal development
• Ability to lead account planning and target new business opportunities that support relevant practice development goals and objectives

What You Will Need:

• Deep State and Local Government knowledge with demonstrated ability to identify business opportunities, lead project engagements, attract new business, and build lasting professional relationships with senior client executives.
• Experience developing, bidding, and winning public sector management consulting services with progressively increasing level of leadership responsibility.
• 8 years of related work experience in Program Management with an ability to identify and execute strategic priorities and process improvements
• Bachelor's Degree
• Demonstrated history of meeting and exceeding multi-million dollar business development and managed revenue targets
• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing teams, providing feedback, mentoring, and coaching team members.
• Serve as point person in client communications and manage developer/client interactions
• Provide leadership and mentoring to team members on project development and client management skills
• Manage client relationship and expectations throughout project lifecycle
• Communicate project status to all stakeholders (internal and external), work to resolve issues and problems, proactively identify project risks and make recommendations for resolution to ensure project success
• Prepare roadmap reports for projects to both team members and clientele
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel from technical to executive management, and to influence stakeholders in order to get things done.
• Strong leadership interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional communication skills.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• MBA, MPA or other master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, Political/Social Science, Information Systems, Operational Research, Management, International Development, Economics, Urban Science and/or related fields.

**If you proceed to interview you will complete a case study that will be presented verbally by the interviewer. You will be asked to respond to a series of scenarios.**

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Basic Life & Supplemental Life

• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Student Loan PayDown

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

• Skills Development & Certifications

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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