Project Manager
PROJECT MANAGER - IMMEDIATE HIRE
Position Summary
The Project Manager position affords substantial responsibility to highly qualified individuals who show promise for future positions in senior management. Primary responsibilities are to design and execute business analysis and manage the internal and client resources required to complete strategy consulting engagements. The Project Manager must employ both qualitative and quantitative thinking with respect to gathering evidence, developing and testing hypotheses, and communicating executable solutions/recommendations. The position reports directly to the partners, each with 25+ years of business experience.
Responsibilities
- Manage internal and client resources required to complete management consulting engagements
- Read, synthesize, and analyze qualitative and quantitative business research
- Design and perform quantitative and qualitative business analysis
- Develop and deliver engagement findings in client presentations
- Assist in new business development effort
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (Business, Marketing, Economics, STEM, Finance, Psychology, Political Science degrees preferred)
- 0-3 years of relevant post-collegiate job experience
- Very strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset
- Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Marketing and/or Sales experience
Skills:
- Analysis – Ability to analyze business situations, both qualitatively and quantitatively, to arrive at substantiated findings and conclusions
- Management – Ability to manage internal and client resources (both upward and downward) to achieve multiple objectives against workplans
- Communication – Ability to communicate complex thoughts effectively through verbal presentation, precise writing, document structuring, and graphical design. Additionally, immediate comfort dealing with C-level executives internally and at the client site is essential
- Thinking – Ability to think conceptually and creatively in the solution of business problems
- Research – Ability to efficiently gather information, establish facts, garner evidence, and otherwise find important sources of insight
Attitudes:
- Initiative – Independently anticipate and address assignment needs
- Team Spirit – Actively support team members and members of other teams
- Enthusiasm – Possess intense interest in management/marketing strategy and the understanding/learning of fellow consultants
- Interpersonal Traits – Work well with others, motivating both consultants and support personnel
- Productivity – Efficiently manage multiple tasks for concurrent engagements
- Intellectual horsepower required
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
About The New England Consulting Group
We offer you the opportunity to build great ideas for some of the world’s greatest brands.
Founded in 1981, The New England Consulting Group pioneered the concept of experience-based consulting and brought a new model of the “Principal Principle” to the management consulting industry.
Our objective is to produce the highest quality marketing and business management consulting product. Our secondary objective is to create an environment conducive to learning, growth and achievement.
Our first responsibility is to our clients. We put our clients’ businesses and careers ahead of our own and provide superior quality counsel that positively impacts our clients’ businesses and careers.
Our second responsibility is to our people. We employ only superior people, expect them to learn and grow on the job and compensate them solely on merit. Titles and hierarchy are minimal and promotion is from within the individual, and all individuals are encouraged to promote themselves by accepting as much responsibility as he or she is able to handle.
Our model provides entry-level colleagues the unique opportunity to immediately work directly with Managing Partners and Principals who have extensive experience at the C-Suite level across a broad range of industries.