Engagement Manager ———

Location

Norwalk, CT | United States

Job description

Engagement Manager

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Job Overview

We seek creative, curious, entrepreneurial, analytical and team-oriented candidates with 4-6 years of professional experience in consulting, consumer goods or a related area to join us as Engagement Managers.

As an Engagement Manager, you will lead project teams and build trusted advisory relationships with clients to provide deep insight and growth strategies while creating the conviction for them to take action. This entails being fully responsible for several client engagements in parallel, including management of all work streams and team members for each project.

In this role you are primarily focused on Consulting projects, however EM’s have the opportunity to directly support portfolio companies as opportunities arise. Beyond project work, you will also build Seurat Group intellectual property and expand firm capability areas.

You will be responsible for:

Architecting analytic plans, interpreting insights from a variety of different data sources, and helping the team think about the implications for our clients’ businesses

Actively leading collective development of big ideas, recommendations and project deliverables throughout a project

Building client empathy, and maintaining client trust and commitment (at the Director-VP level)

Communicating valuable ideas and concepts to clients/stakeholders verbally, in writing and visually. Storytelling is a key skill, and PowerPoint is a primary communication medium.

Developing solutions to anticipated and unexpected problems, including finding solutions outside of the firm’s current capabilities (industry contacts, experts, etc.)

Actively developing junior members of the team through active coaching, feedback and mentoring

Building Seurat Group organizational capabilities and intellectual property

Actively contributing to business development efforts

Serving as a company role model by actively contributing to a positive, collaborative, can-do culture

What Our Engagement Managers Get From This Role:

Opportunity to work directly with leading, high growth companies in a dynamic industry

Regular, direct interaction with clients, company leaders and industry experts

Experience managing and developing talented team members

Ability to build expertise across a wide range of projects and industry topics

A high degree of responsibility, autonomous decision-making and ability to influence business direction and outcomes

Strong development orientation with opportunity to quickly develop breadth and depth of skills and experience across insights, analytics, strategy development, innovation and commercialization

Opportunity for results-driven career advancement and ability to influence and manage personal career path based on interests

Flexible approach to work location

Minimal travel relative to traditional consulting services

Who You Are:

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Social Sciences or related field; Master’s degree a plus

Have 4-6 years of relevant professional experience in consulting or consumer goods

Employees come from diverse backgrounds but share a strong foundation in critical thinking and complex problem-solving

Intellectually curious with an ability to master new skills quickly; comfort with ambiguity

Must be comfortable with hard data and qualitative information with an ability to manage complexity to draw insights and conclusions

Ability to manage work across multiple projects simultaneously, with strength in driving process efficiency

Strong written, visual and verbal communicator; compelling storyteller

Proven leader, skilled at working in team settings, with ability to align and motivate team members

Strong, flexible interpersonal skills; high EQ.

Goal oriented with a strong drive for results yet respectful of team member opinions and needs

Have strong skills in Excel, PowerPoint and shared work platforms

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