Manager
Managers provide oversight and ensure the successful delivery of engagements. They are expected to serve in a leadership and mentor role to all other consulting team members at DayBlink Consulting.
Our story:
Founded in 2013 with the goal of approaching consulting in a new and nimble manner, DayBlink Consulting was created to stand apart from competitors. We work differently through a hybrid model, which includes consulting and philanthropic service. With this design, we encourage our team to approach problem solving with an entrepreneurial mindset to further enhance the core problem solving and critical thinking found in traditional consulting models.
As a small business, each member of the firm has a hand in fortifying the organization with his or her individual perspective and strengths, and the leaders of that charge are our Managers. They tackle complex challenges inside and outside of the client engagement, lead and mentor junior staff, and continuously build a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
We are currently looking to add Managers to our team who are eager to build on their experience in management consulting with the freedom to unleash entrepreneurial ideas and solutions for our clients.
Your story:
You are a leader who advocates for both your clients and colleagues. Your diverse management consulting experience and exceptional business acumen have propelled your success in creating lasting change for clients and your direct reports. You have been responsible for large scope components of various client engagements, including the oversight of deliverables and the management of small- to medium-sized teams (5-8 people). You are interested in applying fresh solutions to business strategy, program enablement, and process improvement by utilizing your personal perspective and immense value to client projects.
Here’s what we expect of all DayBlink Consulting Managers:
Engagement Delivery
- Lead high-performing client teams to deliver critical business results
- Establish immediate credibility with clients while building consensus and achieving strategic goals through influence and direct partnership with key client contacts
- Foster an environment that is supportive and encourages collaboration
- Lead by example to managing and mentor junior team members
- Manage relationships with team members, clients, partners, and subcontractors
- Ensure work activities, deliverables and client contributions of all team members surpass client expectations
- Create new client proposals and proactively identify new work opportunities at existing clients
- Develop and maintain meaningful relationships with clients at all levels of the client organization and DayBlink Consulting
- Manage scope, budget, and resource identification and assignment of projects
- Take creative risks to deliver innovative client solutions
Business and Practice Development
- Offer advice, leadership, and guidance to clients and colleagues
- Provide timely constructive feedback for all team members
- Identify new skills and experience required by the firm and contribute to the efforts in solidifying those skills through recruitment, training peers, and producing thought leadership and business development resources
- Synthesize lessons from past engagements, emerging technology, processes, strategies, or industry knowledge to contribute to thought leadership
- Proactively identify opportunities for new business through your network and professional relationships
- Cultivate talent and provide mentorship across teams
- Contribute to proposal development, including the ability to effectively sell business solutions to existing and new clients
- Lead internal practice development innovations with meaningful contributions
- Lead special projects as needed
An ideal candidate will have:
- Ability to take the lead and own specific project components
- Commitment to quality and strict attention to detail
- Comfort with autonomy and a work environment that requires you to hold yourself accountable
- Composure under normal and high-pressure circumstances
- Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to prepare and deliver high quality presentations and deliverables with no review
- Strong facilitation and communication skills in with senior client audiences
- Ability to maintain composure under high-pressure circumstances where key stakeholders have multiple competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills, collaborating effectively in a team environment; internal and external relationship building skills
- Experience as a practice builder and thought leader
- Exceptional track record of mentoring and managing junior staff
- Ability to seek and design innovative and creative solutions to complex technical/business problems
- Comfort as a content owner for entire projects
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. PowerPoint and Excel)
- Advanced proficiency in G-Suite package (e.g. Google Slides and Sheets)
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree required
- 7-10+ years of management consulting and/or advisory experience
- At least one area of specialization in addition to general consulting strategy/advisory experience
- Proven work ethic and comfort with significant workload
- Occasional travel as deemed essential by the client
Preference will be given to candidates who have:
- Highly regarded certification(s) in their field of expertise and specialization
- Track record of excellence (promoted early, recognized for their achievements, and can provide quality samples of deliverables/projects they created)
Job Specifications:
- Competitive Base Salary + Industry Leading Benefits and Bonus
About DayBlink Consulting
DayBlink Consulting is a boutique management consulting firm with headquarters in the Washington, DC Metro area. We were founded in 2013 with the intention of bringing innovation to the management consulting industry by utilizing an on-going career advancement process and a hybrid consulting and philanthropic model. We are a firm of talented and entrepreneurial professionals with experience from varying backgrounds dedicated to solving our clients’ problems in a more effective and strategic manner. DayBlink Consulting is an inclusive and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age. We have been recognized nationally for our company culture, our employee satisfaction, and the quality of our work. We are growing and want you to be a part of our team!