Project Leaders play a key role on client engagements,managing studies to define client needs and supervising research activities to obtain relevant data. Project Leaders oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation, and the advanced financial analysis of client,competitor, and industry data. They apply knowledge of business principles and industrial organization, develop actionable recommendations, and supervise workincluding strategic due diligence, product development studies, change management plans, and the evaluation of long-term investment opportunities.Project Leaders are also responsible for managing client contact and play a keyrole in the development and maintenance of high-level client relationships.

Responsibilities may include the development of presentations, managing of external relationships and consultant work progress,providing status reports, and overseeing budgets.

Requirements

3 to 5+ years of post-graduate school consulting experience, with 1+ years at a team lead level.
Track record of collaboration with senior executives. Must be comfortable delivering formal presentations to management.
Strong management and communication skills. The ability to bring together all stakeholders and persuade senior clients to take action is essential.
Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking. Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximize shareholder value. Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm.
Proven ability to manage client engagements, client relationships, and provide thought leadership to teams, owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements.
A combination of management and hands on delivery experience is critical.
A solid track record of building strong client relationships with large organizations, as well as identifying opportunities to deepen those relationships and grow the business.
A degree from a top-tier institution preferred.
Advanced quantitative analysis.
Solid business acumen and commercial capabilities.
Problem solving - able to take a creative and an hypothesis driven approach in order to solve complex problems.
Willingness to travel internationally and to work remotely on client sites.
Excellent communication and persuasion skills.

Personal Attributes

Flexible, curious and creative, open for new things and able to propose innovative ideas
Independent and autonomous judgement
Team player, open, pleasure to work with and positive in a group dynamic
Intercultural competence and experience of working in more than one country and/or multi-cultural teams
Driven, hard-working, entrepreneurial, proactive and productive
Highest ethical standards