Growth Director - Not-for-profit
Company: Grant Thornton International Ltd
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
As a Growth Strategy Director, you'll help Not-for-Profit
clients create a practical strategy that guides their
organization's transformation as it adapts to meet their vision and
goals - all with the resources, environment, and support to help
you excel. We support our client's ambitions to achieve sustainable
growth and improve profitability through the right blend of
collaborative design and subject matter expertise. Our solutions
help clients activate market intelligence insights, sharpen
strategy designs, prioritize demand generation investments, develop
products and services, and realize strategic intent through
enterprise operating model design. This enables our clients to
rapidly activate enterprise priorities and establish a solid
foundation for business transformation.From day one, you'll be
empowered by the greater Growth Strategy team to help clients make
the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you
achieve more, confidently.Your day-to-day may include:
- Work as part of a cross-functional leadership team to manage,
execute and deliver Growth Strategy service for Commercial &
Growth.
- Serve as an advisor to our clients in support of their
strategic initiatives.
- Effectively manage ambiguous and unstructured problems and
situations, demonstrating strong analytical skills.
- Construct pragmatic approaches and frameworks to develop
long-term business strategies.
- Perform accurate analysis and design effective solutions to a
variety of client issues.
- Communicate effectively in a structured and knowledgeable
manner in written and verbal formats to stakeholders.
- Manage business development activities, such as proposals,
capture, account teams, whitepapers, conferences, and/or other
thought leadership material.
- Meet or exceed sales targets for new and follow-on work.
- Perform engagement management responsibilities, including
performance reviews, task delegation, project scheduling, project
financials, quality review, and client management.
- Lead and support business development activities, such as
identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities
at clients.
- Serve as a coach and mentor to staff and senior associates in
support of their professional development.
- Meeting or exceeding targeted billing hours (utilization).
- Other duties as assigned.You have the following technical
skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Marketing, Communications or
similar required; Master's a plus, MBA preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of related work experience in a similar
consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at
a national level.
- Industry recognized professional certifications required.
- Relevant experience working with nonprofits, higher education
institutions, and/or other mission-oriented organizations
required.
- Deep knowledge of not-for-profit sector strategy, operational,
and cultural attributes required.
- Must be able to perform quantitative and qualitative research
and analysis; must possess deep familiarity with primary and
secondary research techniques.
- Must be able to demonstrate creative problem-solving skills,
critical thinking aptitude, and experience with data modeling
and/or process mapping.
- Must have strong communication and interpersonal skills with
experience working in cross-functional teams.
- Effective project and time management skills for handling
multiple priorities and simultaneous projects.
- Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 50%.The base
salary range for this position in New York City is between $202,500
and $337,500.About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making
business more personal and building trust into every result - for
our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a
career in professional services by offering a career path with
more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It's
what makes us different, and we think being different makes us
better.About the TeamThe team you're about to join is ready to help
you thrive. Here's how: Whether it's your work location, weekly
schedule or unlimited flex time off, we empower you with the
options to work in the way that best serves your clients and your
life. Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being
through work-life integration options that work best for you and
those in your household. We understand that your needs,
responsibilities and experiences are different - and we think
that's a good thing. That's why we support you with personalized
and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the
identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how
at www.gt.com/careers. When it comes to inclusion, we are committed
to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we're
taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at
www.gt.com/careers.Job Info
- Job Identification: 111014
- Posting Date: 08/27/2024, 06:20 PM
- Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Chicago, IL, United States; New York, NY, United
States; Iselin, NJ, United States; Philadelphia, PA, United States;
Arlington, VA, United States
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