What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Consultant position at Smith & Wilkinson?
Smith and Wilkinson is seeking a Senior Consultant to launch a new vertical practice in 2026-2027. This is a job for a mid-career professional, with established industry vertical expertise and relationships, who wants to leverage their experience and relationships to build a new practice from the ground up. This is akin to building a business inside a business, using the resources, balance sheet, and expertise of our organization to support an entrepreneurial endeavor. As the new practice grows, we will build a team around this person.
We are open to many new vertical specialties, though especially interested in the following:
- Industrial, Manufacturing, and Distribution
- Consumer Brands
- Real Estate
- Professional Services
- Life Sciences, Healthtech, and Healthcare
- Legal
- Education, Associations & Not for Profit
We are an Executive Search and Talent Advisory firm. We help our clients to attract, develop, promote, and retain their best and brightest employees. Our services include Executive Search, Executive Assessment, Succession Planning, Executive Coaching, Group Leadership Development, Employee Engagement Surveys, Culture and Team Building Workshops, and related engagements.
We currently serve four primary industry verticals: Banks and Credit Unions, Insurance, Private Credit / Non-Bank Lending, and Manufacturing & Distribution. Our clients generally have between 50-1500 employees, which is the market segment where we find the greatest demand for our services.
Our consultants spend most of their time developing and managing client relationships and project engagements and personally conducting Executive Search projects. Our Talent Advisory services are sold and quarterbacked by our consultants but delivered by a team of subject matter experts. Executive Search is our largest line of business and remains the core of what we do.
Are you a mid-career professional looking for a new adventure? Do you have an entrepreneurial itch you haven’t been able to scratch? Have you considered launching or acquiring your own business? Do you have consulting experience in another domain? If so, we may have an attractive value proposition for you to consider. We will train you, pay you, support you, and collaborate with you, and over time you’ll earn equity in Smith & Wilkinson, tied to the growth and performance of your practice.
This is a job for someone who likes talking to people, listening, learning, solving problems, gently persuading, and building relationships. We are looking for transferable skills and intrinsic capabilities. We need intelligence, interpersonal skills, problem solving abilities, inherent drive and motivation, exceptional communication skills (including professional level writing), and the courage to learn a new, complex, and ultimately rewarding industry.
If any of this sounds interesting, let’s chat. Send me an email, with your resume attached, and help me understand why this might be interesting and how your skills and experiences could potentially fit.
Email:
Carll Wilkinson
Smith & Wilkinson
cwilkinson@smithandwilkinson.com
207.289.3128