Associate Director, Management Consulting

Teneo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Teneo is a global CEO advisory firm. This role sits in the Management Consulting team as an Associate Director, a client-facing leader who partners with senior leadership to define and execute client strategy.

The position focuses on growth strategy, technology-enabled strategy, operating model design, merger integration, and implementation planning to translate strategy into action for Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 clients.

Qualifications

• Independent strategy consultant who can challenge assumptions and structure complex problems.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership to define and execute client strategy.

Responsibilities

• Drive and develop business and growth strategy for clients.
• Structure and independently drive fast-paced client engagements with workplans and analyses.
• Interact directly with senior clients as a trusted point person.
• Connect business capabilities, product and technology to enterprise strategy and value creation.
• Develop strategic roadmaps to implement capabilities and investments.
• Lead operating model, organization design, and merger integration work.
• Set workload and direction for engagement teams across multiple levels.
• Collaborate across internal divisions and client stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions.
• Provide rigorous, constructively challenging insights to senior leaders.

Job description

Overview of Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, and ESG.

The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.

The Management Consulting Team at Teneo

Our Management Consulting division focuses on answering key strategic questions for business leaders through our mix of senior experience and rigorous analysis, combined with the unique expertise that exists across Teneo. We operate across a diverse array of sectors including Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Leisure & Hospitality, Software, Transport, and TMT, amongst others. Within these markets, we provide strategic, operational, and due diligence support, advising reputable Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 firms, key public-sector organizations, and leading private equity houses.

As an Associate Director, you are a client-facing leader who partners with senior leadership to define and execute client strategy. This role requires an independent strategy consultant who can challenge assumptions, structure complex problems, and turn strategy into action across areas such as growth strategy, technology-enabled strategy, operating model design, merger integration, and implementation planning.

Key Responsibilities

• - Drive and develop business and growth strategy, helping clients define ambitions, assess economics, and translate their vision into actionable priorities


• - Structure and independently drive fast-paced client engagements, including workplans, analyses, deliverables, and coordination across account teams, clients, and relevant partners


• - Interact directly with senior clients as a trusted point person, shaping and executing strategic initiatives with limited day-to-day oversight


• - Connect business capabilities, product and technology to enterprise strategy and value creation, including capability planning, AI and platform considerations, and investment prioritization


• - Develop strategic roadmaps that implement the capabilities, operating model, organization, and investments required to achieve a client's business vision


• - Lead operating model, organization design, and merger integration work where technology and product capabilities are important drivers of business value


• - Set the strategic direction and workload for engagement teams, leading teams through multiple levels of management, and creating leverage for senior leaders while maintaining high-quality client service


• - Collaborate across Teneo's internal divisions and client stakeholders to craft integrated, practical solutions and help move recommendations from strategy into execution


• - Bring intellectual rigor and constructive challenge to senior leaders and clients; test assumptions, identify implications, and develop clear points of view


• - Serve as a