Senior Management Consultant

Lab Consulting Partnership; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lab Consulting Partnership is seeking a Management Consultant with expertise in data science, automation, and RPA. You will lead end-to-end process improvement programs for Fortune 1000 clients across North America, working 50% from home and 50% in-office in Houston.

Responsibilities include leading executive workstreams, gathering requirements, creating process maps, and communicating findings to client teams while driving automation initiatives with UiPath and Power Automate.

Qualifications

• Must have 7+ years of experience in consulting or related industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present to executives.
• Experience leading process improvement and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document current state business processes through interviews and observation.
• Manage and lead executive level workstreams and project delivery.
• Present findings to client teams and stakeholders.
• Lead requirements gathering with moderately complex technical skills.
• Identify processes that can be enhanced by RPA/AI/Analytics.
• Create As-Is process maps and future state narratives.
• Evaluate workflows to improve efficiency and automation usage.
• Collaborate with internal and client teams to push projects forward.
• Lead complex projects from start to finish delivering analytics and RPA capabilities.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Business process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Tools

UiPath

Microsoft Power Automate

Job description

We are a mid-sized Management Consulting, Automation, and Data Science firm, established in 1993, serving Fortune 1000 companies throughout North America. We have developed a unique, template-based and data-centric approach to our client projects, which are conducted off-site from our Houston office. The Lab is proud to announce we have invested in a new office build-out in the Galleria area. We are mindful of employee experience and currently operate at 50% capacity in the office. All employees work at home 50% of the time, and in the office 50% of the time. 10-15% domestic travel may be required depending on client needs.

Work hours are 8-5ish (when work is complete) Monday through Friday.

As part of a Data Science, Consulting Analyst and Robotic Process Automation team, the Management Consultant plays a key role in both large-scale end-to-end process improvement, automation programs, and smaller, tactical related solutioning. The management consultant will formulate and define scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business solutions and business requirements:

• Identify and document current state business processes, eliciting both pain points and opportunities through interviews and direct observation of employees.
• Manage and lead executive level workstream and project delivery
• Present findings to client teams
• Leads requirements gathering effort on projects using moderately complex technical skills.
• Identify processes and workflows that can be enhanced by a Robotics Process Automation (RPA) /AI/Analytics
• Document the current state business processes by creating “As Is” process maps and future state narratives.
• Critically evaluate Business workflows with a view to improve efficiency and enhance our usage of RPA and Workflow Automation.
• Ability to understand Automation/AI tools, e.g. UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate
• Works closely with functional teams and business units to clearly understand defined processes to be automated
• Gather underlying process metrics to drive analysis of business process changes.
• Focuses on improving corporate performance by managing business processes.
• Facilitate working sessions with stakeholders to generate consensus on new business processes.
• Assist in managing the Work Intake process
• Work with business SME’s during refinement meetings to create user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Makes recommendations for business process improvements for clients
• Create business process maps and summary level analysis documentation
• Acts as a liaison between business units and IT to understand automation needs and to communicate production status and issues
• Closely collaborates with the internal and client teams to push projects forward
• Leads complex projects from start to finish to deliver both analytics and RPA specific capabilities
• Works with internal teams in day-to-day production support and on-going process improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
• 7+ years' of experience in related industry
• Strong written and verbal communication skills