Assistant Vice President, Retail Applied Advisory Associate Director

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In this role, we are looking for experienced candidates with proven track record in delivering across industry sectors. The position involves leading one or more client workstreams, managing project plans, client interactions, and cross-functional teams. Successful candidates will ensure delivery outcomes align with client expectations and contractual commitments, bringing strong client-facing experience and the ability to lead complex programs from start to finish.

Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead the delivery of complex, multi-workstream engagements within the industry advisory consulting unit, ensuring alignment with client objectives, timelines, and commercial targets.

• Provide program governance and project leadership across concurrent initiatives, ensuring delivery excellence and risk mitigation

• Demonstrate expertise in at least one relevant, with proficiency in one or two adjacent domains

• Apply knowledge of advanced technology, data, and AI to enhance delivery outcomes and inform advisory solutions within the chosen industry

Project Support

• Assist in coordinating and supporting project activities to ensure smooth execution and adherence to strategic goals.

Program Management

• Oversee multiple client programs across industry segments, driving transformation through strategic management and workforce initiatives

Client Relationship Management

• Build and maintain senior client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and ensuring stakeholder alignment throughout the engagement lifecycle

Stakeholder Management

• Align diverse stakeholder groups across functions and geographies to enable successful outcomes.

IP/Offering Development

• Contribute to intellectual property and offering development to strengthen the unit's market positioning and innovation agenda

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant years of consulting experience in advisory or delivery roles, particularly in leading digital transformations within the industry.

• Demonstrated executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders across industries and geographies.

• Successful history of advising senior executives and delivering large-scale digital or gen AI transformation engagements.

• Serve as an effective delivery manager, ensuring successful execution of projects and alignment with client objectives.

• Project management expertise with exposure to Agile and Scrum methodologies.

• Apply deep domain and functional knowledge to drive strategic initiatives and deliver impactful solutions.

• Strong experience in one or two segments within the chosen industry.

• Deep domain expertise in at least one relevant area, with proficiency in one or two adjacent domains.

• Broad consulting competency across areas such as supply chain, finance and accounting, customer experience, cost optimization, and digital transformation.

• Solid grounding in advanced technology, data, and gen AI applications within the chosen industry, with experience implementing technology-enabled solutions.

• Expert problem solver with a logical and goal-oriented mindset.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.

• Exceptional presentation skills demonstrated in both in-person and virtual environments.

• Bachelor%27s degree required.

• Willingness to travel and operate effectively across diverse cultural contexts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior consulting experience required, preferably with a Big Four firm or within business process offshoring/onshoring competitors.

• MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.