Marketing Strategy Leader (Senior Manager)

Senior Manager is a client-facing job that leads complex business and technical engagements that help our clients solve their toughest business challenges. Senior Managers manage highly complex programs with multiple work streams and impacts. In addition to high-quality delivery, the Senior Manager actively contributes to business development, provides quality oversight, and supports others’ professional development and career progression. Senior Managers may be staffed as a leader for one or more team-based engagements but can also function as high-level individual contributors. 

• Contributes to the development of the Service Line, specifically the marketing strategy practice 

• Guides strategic and tactical decision-making at an engagement level  

• In collaboration with Client Leaders, Project Leads, and Engagement leaders, operates as a client’s adviser and partner through all phases of an engagement; operates effectively at the highest levels of our clients  

• Adapts program application and execution to different client situations  

• Leads and manages the strategic and tactical elements of the full lifecycle of complex, cross-functional initiatives and drives decision-making throughout the process to move the work forward  

• Develops and manages complex program structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and other key project deliverables   

• Identifies potential risks, develops mitigation strategies and recommends key decisions for a complex program  

• May be expected to serve as a 1:1 Coach  

• Collaborate with Project Officers and engagement leaders to provide feedback to their 1:1 Team Members  

• Designs, coaches, and drives the success of the team and Team Members  

• Coaches and mentors others in developing new skills and growing their careers  

• Builds and maintains technical knowledge and expertise of one or more capabilities  

• Demonstrates thought leadership internally and externally (e.g., publishing,  speaking at conferences, leading webinars)  

• Stays current in domain area trends; conducts benchmarking and research; understands best practices and changes (i.e., laws, regulations, etc.)  

• Can serve as a SME and thought leader for Chief Marketing Officers and other marketing and digital executives.   

• MBA desired  

• Proven ability to lead complex engagements  

• Experience coaching or mentoring others on day-to-day development and career progression  

• Experience serving as an advisor to senior business leaders  

• Consulting experience  

• Cross-industry experience highly desired, or deep experience in a strategic industry  

• Experience with marketing technology, marketing strategy, linking customer and data platforms to financial results  

• Strong financial literacy