Principal

About Us

Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business - synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That's why the world's most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us - for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than.

Headquartered In Los Angeles, Our Over 9,000 Colleagues Globally Serve Clients In More Than 50 Countries. We Offer Five Core Capabilities That Span The Full Talent Lifecycle

• Organizational Strategy
• Assessment and Succession
• Talent Acquisition
• Leadership Development
• Rewards and Benefits
  
  

Job Description

ARE YOU READY TO BE MORE THAN

No one knows more about aligning talent and organizational strategies than us. With our unique expertise, we can help you release the power of your collective genius and drive superior performance.

At Korn Ferry, we're passionate about creating a diverse, autonomous, and flexible environment. Having a career at Korn Ferry, talent thrives and excellence is always recognized and rewarded.

You'll be empowered to share your ideas and to follow them through. And, because we're all about taking talent further, you can look forward to exceptional training and development opportunities in every job at Korn Ferry.

OUR PURPOSE: To enable people and organizations to exceed their potential.

OUR VISION: To be the preeminent organizational consultancy.

Our Values

• Inclusion: We embrace people with different points of view, from all backgrounds. And we think and work as one team.
• Honesty: We say what we mean, and we do what we say. We hold ourselves to the highest standards. And we make it safe for people to speak out when they see something wrong.
• Knowledge: We are insatiably curious, always learning new things. And we actively help our colleagues grow and develop, too, with mentoring and support.
• Performance: We never settle for the status quo. We always strive to be better today than we were yesterday and do our best for our clients, colleagues, and shareholders.
  
  

OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It's about exceeding your potential.

As a Principal Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in delivering complex, customized, and multi-stream solutions that exceed client expectations. This role combines strategic delivery with client relationship management and business development.

You will lead and contribute to high-impact projects, manage key client relationships, and support the development of compelling proposals and bids. Your ability to think out of the box, navigate complexity, influence stakeholders, lead effective project teams and drive meaningful outcomes will be critical to your success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead independent charge of strategic workstreams on complex/multi-service line projects and/or lead smaller projects with direct or project-based team management. Projects may include cross functional/ cross country team management responsibilities.
• Develop and manage effective client relationships either as a member of an account team or by directly managing accounts including potential key accounts.
• Lead research, analysis and interpretation on client / sector business issues, performance, client competitor performance etc. with a view to identifying possible opportunities.Leverage insights to define, recommend and /or co-create strategic solutions for the clients.
• Contribute to business development through proposal writing, pricing strategy, shaping opportunities, pitch preparation and opportunity expansion in clients. Assess the needs of large/complex clients, designing and delivering solutions to meet their needs.
• Facilitate project teams by defining scope, objectives and project management structure to ensure focus on outcomes. Plan for resource needs and implementation as part of effective project team deployment. Leverage the expertise of internal industry or practice experts across the KF business where required.
• Support less experienced consultants through mentoring andproject-baseddevelopment and coaching.
• Deliver high quality work that meets and exceeds expectations.
• Develop deeper expertise in at least one other solutionarea, andbecome conversant acrossKorn Ferry(KF) Advisoryofferings in order to draw on appropriate practice expertise to provide business solutions, including those that may require inter-serviceline approaches.
• Continue to deepen and broaden own consulting skills, business or sector understanding andexpertise. Extend a strong internal brand and network of KFAdvisoryconsultants.
• Work with KF industry leaders to develop and customize offerings within a service line and targeted at aparticular industry
  
  

Professional Experience/Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of work experience in Communications or Agency Setting, OR in Talent Strategy /M&A Integration /Organizational Development/Organizational Design
• Track record of helping clients to develop and implement transformation roadmaps with a strong emphasis on the leadership, organization, people, and cultural changes required to improve performance
• Skilled in some of the following areas: Change management and communications / People strategy development and implementation / Culture transformation / Organization design / Organization effectiveness analytics and diagnosis / Diversity and inclusion analytics, diagnosis and strategy etc.
• Financial literacy, business acumen, and a profit conscious mindset with the ability to analyze market data, interpret P&L information, and translate that information into meaningful action plans.
• Comfort with ambiguity and work independently to proactively achieve goals and strategies under shifting conditions and with different tasks, job responsibilities, and people.
• Sector expertise and having delivered innovative solutions preferable.
• Fluency in PowerPoint and Excel; familiarity with data analytics/visualization tools such as Power BI, Alteryx and Tableau preferred. (we need to include something about AI applications/ integration here)
• Ability to communicate ideas and recommendations to clients in a professional, clear, concise and engaging way
  
  

EDUCATION

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
  
  

Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry

If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.