We are mission-driven to advance wellbeing across the Quality of Life ecosystem through impactful leadership. Come join us!

BACKGROUND

The success of any organization is a function of leadership. Nowhere is this more important than at the intersection of science, healthcare delivery, and education-what we call the "Quality of Life Ecosystem." That is why WittKieffer is offering an expanded and integrated suite of leadership solutions, furthering our ability toImprove Quality of Life through Impactful Leadership.

We apply differentiated insight both to identify exceptional leaders and to build their individual and collective capabilities, creating and sustaining aligned executive teams that successfully navigate an ever-changing world. Through internal collaboration, we bring diverse expertise and perspectives that enable our clients to achieve outstanding results and impact.

THE ROLE

The Principal, Leadership Advisory brings impactful solutions to clients by serving as a pivotal part of project teams, combining deep industry knowledge of the Quality of Life Ecosystem and expertise in a pragmatic manner, to deliver the very best possible results for our clients. Principals build and lead client teams in smaller/mid-size engagements.

Successful Principals bring the very best of themselves to their colleagues by living the WittKieffer values in all that they say and do.They continually seek opportunities to develop themselves and others and give timely, constructive feedback to ensure people feel stronger and more capable as a result.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Create Client Impact:

• Demonstrates a good understanding across all WittKieffer services.

• Leverages strong expertise in at least one Leadership Advisory offering (executive succession, team development, and/or culture development) to bring solutions that deliver measurable client impact.

• Participates in teams, and may lead smaller teams, across WittKieffer to listen and truly understand client needs and develop the best solutions, delivering real impact.

• Supports and helps put in place mechanisms to measure the impact of our work on client performance.

Deliver Client Solutions:

• Leads the delivery of complex projects ensuring client satisfaction.

• Ensures teams are sufficiently enabled to deliver high-quality work.

• Manages day-to-day project team performance to meet client expectations.

• Delivers high quality work as an expertise/engagement lead that meets or exceed client expectations.

Manage Client Relationships:

• Develops profitable business with mid-sized clients through effective client relationship building and proactive collaboration with colleagues across WittKieffer.

• Drives research, analysis and interpretation on client/sector business issues, with a view to identifying other areas for positive impact on our clients' business.

• Expands existing portfolio of relationships with business/HR leaders to understand their needs and consequently increase opportunities to further impact clients' success.

Develop Business &Position the Brand:

• Provides input and helps shape proposals that are focused on client needs, customized, differentiated from others and have the purpose of delivering the very best client solutions and impact.

• Leads on smaller proposals.

• Maintains an appropriate mix of repeat and new business, proactively leveraging relationships to seek out additional opportunities to support clients.

• Positions WittKieffer in the marketplace by contributing to offerings/thought leadership and generating market awareness.

• Develops relationships with emerging thought leaders, developing networks of influence in order to position WittKieffer as the preeminent leader in the market.

Manage Projects &Financials:

• Creates effective day-to-day plans for all client work and ensures resources are used most effectively to deliver on time and on budget.

• Ensures all systems and processes (e.g., lead tracker, sales registration, timesheets, sale add-ons, invoicing, etc.) are completed accurately and on time.

Develops Self &Others:

• Demonstrates WittKieffer's values in all that they do: collaborative,committed,growing,adaptive,empathetic,diverse, and inclusive.

• Helps create a diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work.

• Actively seeks opportunities to support the development of peers and more junior colleagues.

• Helps develop and retain a high-performing, diverse and inclusive team.

• Develops a strong internal brand and participates as a truly collaborative, supportive member of the team.

• Continues to deepen and broaden individual consulting skills, business understanding, expertise, and behaviors to enable a more positive impact on our clients, colleagues and others.

Contributes to Firm Management:

• Identifies opportunities to improve practice and/or firm performance (e.g., developing capability, communications, and operations) and raises appropriately, participating in implementation as needed.

• May take on formal leadership of more junior colleagues.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.

• 15+ years of postgraduate working experience, with background in management or organizational development consulting (external consulting strongly preferred).

• Hogan certification preferred.

Critical Competencies:

• Client Centric &Curious:Has built strong relationships with clients over time, demonstrating the ability to work with mid-size and large clients successfully. Applies deep expertise in ways that generate impact, applying business understanding to increase client impact. Interested in the client's business and context: takes initiative to learn more about issues that concern them.

• Commercial:Identifies opportunities not only for Leadership Advisory but also for other parts of the firm, for the benefit of clients and WittKieffer. Builds discipline and skill in pursuing client opportunities.

• Presence:Has a level of professional maturity allowing them to work with business leaders as peers. Confident in one's own abilities while open to new learning.

• Collaboration:Actively listens, seeking to understand others' perspectives and opinions. Manages one's own emotions both short-term and long-term so they can be there for others.

• Synthesis &Communication:Connects the dots between multiple perspectives and works with others to frame meaningful solutions. Communicates ideas and recommendations to clients and colleagues in a professional, clear, concise and engaging way.

Witt/Kieffer Inc. ("Witt/Kieffer") provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. WittKieffer will recruit, employ, train, promote and compensate our employees withoutregard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, pregnancy,military status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identify, disability or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. WittKiefferwill endeavor to make reasonable accommodation, as required by law, for qualifiedindividuals with known disabilities or religious practices unless doing so would result in anundue hardship on the operation of our business.