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Job Description:
SENIOR CONSULTANT
ABOUT STROMBERG CONSULTING
For thirty years, Stromberg Consulting has worked with organizations helping them behave and operate in a way that delivers on their business proposition.
Two of the biggest issues facing organizations today are keeping up with the velocity of change and executing their business strategy. Stromberg has the organizational expertise to assist companies to adapt to the changing marketplace and successfully execute on their strategies to achieve their business objectives.
Whether the objectives are centered around organizational or function transformation, post-merger integration, implementing operational improvements, optimizing collaboration, or aligning and engaging employees at all levels, our consultants rely on expertise within five integrated areas to deliver results:
- Organizational Assessment and Measurement
- Leadership Alignment
- Workplace Communications
- Structure and Process Design
- Workforce Capability Development
Our aim is to impart deep organizational behavior and change expertise, tailored to a company's specific needs, to drive the highest impact immediate and long-term results for our clients. Our systemic approach to solving problems ensures that solutions that are developed generate real, lasting improvements that can be seen and felt in every facet of our clients' business.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
As a Senior Consultant you will play a lead role in developing and implementing change initiatives that impact organizational performance, including strategy development, leadership behavior, culture change, communications and organizational processes and structures. You will be exposed to a broad range of industries, clients and business issues that will enhance your business acumen and deepen your existing problem solving and project management consulting skills. In cooperation with your manager, you will help design and deliver solutions that may include:
- Designing/conducting organizational readiness assessments
- Leadership team performance
- Communication strategy and content development
- Team effectiveness enhancement through role clarity, structural and team building exercises
- Process improvement mapping, analysis, costing and recommendations
- Training program instructional design and module development
- Scorecard/metrics development and implementation support
- Change planning and implementation
The Senior Consultant is responsible for executing the day-to-day project work of multiple work-streams and multiple clients. The Senior Consultant may provide guidance to other team members and direction to complete the client work including work plan development and deliverable execution. You will contribute meaningfully to organizational initiatives such as sales pitches, business development, and thought leadership pieces.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- We seek candidates with an advanced degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration or comparable experience.
- Individual MUST have 4-6 years of practical experience in organizational and change management consulting
- Experience with enterprise transformation projects and technologies, such as SAP, PeopleSoft, etc.
- Project management as well as business, practice and people development experience required
- Experience working in a client-oriented, professional services environment with Fortune 500 organizations preferred
- Candidate must have deep understanding of business fundamentals, corporate strategy and organizational issues
- Must have excellent diagnostic skills and the ability to identify and implement appropriate interventions
- Strong communication, personal interaction and persuasion skills required
- Solid analytical and problem solving skills combined with a creative or visionary mindset
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to masterfully deal with ambiguity and multi-tasking demands
- Strong work ethic with a commitment to high quality and service excellence
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Position requires travel as needed for project work (generally 50%-70%)
EOE/AA M/F/V/D
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