Manager, Management Consulting

North Highland; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

North Highland seeks a Manager, Client Lead in Atlanta to lead delivery for the US Retail Practice. You will drive strategy, guide multi-team efforts, and shape outcomes for premier retail brands.

Your role focuses on client relationships, governance, and ensuring value realization for complex transformations. The position requires strong consulting experience, ability to win new business, and a track record of leading large, high-impact engagements with senior executives.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in management consulting, advisory, or Big 4 environments.
• Experience leading business and technology transformations across people/process/technology/governance.
• Proven ability to win proposals and grow client accounts.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams to deliver multi-workstream deliverables that drive long-term change.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders to enable growth.
• Identify complex client problems and design actionable plans.
• Plan and manage teams, spotting gaps in plans or deliverables.
• Shape firm growth by pursuing opportunities across accounts.
• Coach teams and provide constructive reviews to drive performance.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Project management

Business development

Client relationship building

Strategy execution

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (bonus)

Job description

MAKE STRATEGY A REALITY | ACCELERATE YOUR GROWTH | CHOOSE YOUR PATH

As the world's leading change and transformation consultancy, we're helping businesses move from strategy to reality by taking a pragmatic and practical approach to build solutions that last.

We're seeking a Manager, Client Lead to join our US Retail Practice in Atlanta to help us take vision to value and create lasting impact.

Summary

North Highland is looking to hire a Manager, Client Lead to play a key role in our US Retail practice. This is a unique opportunity to develop and execute a strategy and vision, and with your skills, deliver amazing outcomes for our clients.

You Will

• Guide teams in the development of impactful deliverables for multiple work streams that create long-term change for some of the world’s most exciting brands.
• Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders that support ongoing projects and open the door to growth opportunities.
• Identify the complex problems facing our clients and build plans that creatively address their challenges.
• Put your team’s best ideas into action through planning and management; uncover gaps and omissions that may exist in a plan or deliverables.
• Shape the firm’s future by identifying opportunities to grow existing accounts.
• Play a central role in your team’s growth through coaching and constructive review of ongoing engagements.

Ideally, We'd Like

• 6+ years of management consulting, advisory, professional services, and/or Big 4 consulting experience.
• Proven experience leading business and technology transformations, including operating model design and implementation across people, process, technology, governance, and organization design.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge in Project Management and/or Change Management and the ability to establish credibility with clients, create value, and deliver desired business outcomes at scale through its practice.
• The ability to galvanize client stakeholders and teammates into action for a common goal through collaboration, building consensus, and authentically establishing credibility.
• Mush show Strong Business Development ability w/ Experience developing proposals that successfully drive clients to choose a business solution.
• A demonstrated track record of leading large, complex consulting engagements, with roles that involve building and fostering relationships with senior-level client executives.
• Demonstrated success managing teams while fostering high performance.
• Creative ingenuity and a proven ability to find or design simple solutions to complex challenges.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university. A master’s degree and/or professional certifications are bonuses.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States, without the need for visa sponsorship by North Highland. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided, either now or in the future, for this position.

North Highland is an equal opportunity employer, and we adhere to all applicable laws and regulations to ensure a fair and equitable workplace. All qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We handle all information in accordance local privacy standards and maintain strict confidentiality.