Principal Consultant & Growth Leader (Remote)

Cannon Design; United States; Remote; USD 204,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible spending account

401k plan

Remote work options

Paid time off

Job summary

CannonDesign is seeking a leadership-level executive to grow Cityfi and CannonDesign consulting across the US, Canada, and EU. The role will partner with executive leadership to secure and deliver work while expanding a multi-brand portfolio including Blue Cottage, The Clarient Group, Yellow Brick, and Cityfi.

You will lead talent development, refine growth strategies, and build an operating platform for cross-disciplinary client delivery across strategy, experience, technology, mobility, and

Qualifications

• Proven history of successful leadership roles in private and public sectors, including strong reputation in mobility & civic innovation.
• Experience in top tier consulting, planning, operations, or development.
• Experience managing talent development functions, including building teams and developing talent pipelines.
• Experience developing a global multi-disciplinary consulting practice, including operational integration across many branded services.
• Public and private-sector advisory experience in business strategy, experience, planning, placemaking, mobility, and urban planning.
• Ability to manage multiple corporate priorities and several client projects, while growing a new service line across broad geographic area.
• Bachelor's degree required, master's or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize securing and delivering work aligned with Cityfi's ambitions.
• Identify market opportunities with consulting leaders across brands; create a sustainable plan for Cityfi US, Canada, and EU; define investment; develop pro-forma; manage toward 10% YoY growth in NSF and revenue; target minimum 25% profitability.
• Continuously refine the Cityfi growth strategy in response to market opportunities and challenges.
• Establish the operating platform to enable successful client delivery in consulting including strategy, experience, technology, mobility, health, commercial, student housing, smart cities, future economies, and civic innovation.
• Monitor, report, and facilitate achievement of growth KPIs across the Cityfi practice.
• Recruit and develop talent to scale our network and opportunities.
• Infuse Living-Centered Design principles by collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to co-create client-centered solutions.
• Identify, establish and nurture meaningful, long-term relationships with clients and internal partners to grow the consulting practice and brand while delivering living-centered impact.
• Build on our living-centered design mindset and capabilities as a firm, embedding human-centered strategies that reflect community impact, operational needs, and financial parameters.

Skills

Leadership experience

Mobility & civic innovation

Top-tier consulting

Talent development

Global multi-disciplinary practice

Public/private advisory

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

CannonDesign is seeking a leadership-level executive to grow Cityfi and CannonDesign consulting across the US, Canada, and EU. The role will partner with executive leadership to secure and deliver work while expanding a multi-brand portfolio including Blue Cottage, The Clarient Group, Yellow Brick, and Cityfi.

You will lead talent development, refine growth strategies, and build an operating platform for cross-disciplinary client delivery across strategy, experience, technology, mobility, and