What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Leader position at Rios Partners?
Job Description:
Project Leaders will apply a Human Centered Design (HCD) lens to develop solutions for clients in a variety of spaces including strategy, innovation, organizational design, supply chain & operations, and process efficiency & effectiveness. They work in a team environment with Rios Partners employees, clients, and other partner organizations.
As a Project Leader, you will:
Lead projects: Provide leadership to one strategy consulting engagement with 5-9 direct reports
- Develop high-level workplans to deliver project results
- Provide workstreams leads direction/guidance and identify connections/synergies between workstreams
- Ensure high-quality deliverables
- Motivate and inspire teams to deliver results
Manage relationships: Develop and effectively manage senior client relationships
- Manage/own relationships with Senior Clients; serve as a trusted advisor to Senior Clients
- Nurture relationships with the goal of establishing platforms for future growth
Mentor and develop the team: Consulting is an apprentice model; must be invested in growing the next cohort of Consultants.
- Provide feedback on both work products and professional development (e.g. problem framing, analysis, synthesis, communications, and relationship building)
- Provide biweekly formal feedback as well as semi-annual evaluations
- Lead team trainings on core consulting skills
Business Development:
- Support the sale of new work at a high level
- Provide detailed write ups of current case work
- Support proposal writing when not engaged in case work; facilitate detailed responses to requests for proposals
Required Education, Skills, and Experience:
- Relevant Master’s degree (e.g., MPA, MPP, MPH, MBA, STEM, MD, JD, Economics)
- 8-10 years of professional experience (diversity of experience is respected, e.g., teaching, research, data analysis, financial analysis, consulting, strategy, healthcare, and marketing)
- 2 years of commercial strategy consulting experience
- 1 year in a Manager/ Project Leader role at current firm
- Experience managing teams of 5-10
- If your experience is exclusively working with government clients, please apply to our Project/Program Manager position instead
Preferred Education, Skills, and Experience:
- Displays dedication to public service
- Experiences supporting Human Centered Design, Supply Chain, Innovation, Org Design, Policy, or Healthcare
- Power BI, Tableau, Python capabilities
Additional Requirements:
- Authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance (i.e. must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident who has resided in US for past three years consecutively)
- Willing to accommodate a hybrid work environment (i.e. willing to work in office or at client site per project/ team needs)
Total compensation: To understand the full compensation, please go to the following website; this position is Grade 10, Manager: https://riospartners.com/careers/join-our-team/