Advisory Services Enterprise Unit Leader

Job Summary

The Advisory Services Enterprise Unit Leadership guides the Advisory Services team and BC to operationalize our mission and realize our vision for the company, for our clients, and for the water industry. This role inspires change and establishes, leads, and integrates Advisory Services across Brown and Caldwell’s business units to build it as a core enterprise capability. The role guides the Advisory Services group which oversees work across the full client lifecycle, supporting strategy and decision-making, communications and stakeholder alignment, planning and financing, and operational performance and modernization through technology.

This leadership position provides strategic and operational direction for Advisory Services organizational structure, talent, and delivery models, while instituting organizational changes across the company through program design and internal partnership collaboration. Reporting to the Executive Vice President of Strategy & Growth, the role works closely with Strategy & Growth Enterprise Leadership, Client Service Managers, Practice Leaders, Utility Performance, Digital Solutions, Strategic Funding & Finance, and delivery teams to ensure Advisory Services consistently integrates into business plans, hiring practices, project and program delivery, internal operations, and overall support for winning and delivering client work.

As a builder of a new service, this role requires strong change leadership and implementation to advance strategic direction, organizational design, and operational execution, to achieve a disciplined, scalable, and adaptable Advisory Services enterprise capable of responding to evolving client and market needs.

• Serve as an enterprise leader accountable for the long term effectiveness, credibility, and integration of Advisory Services within BC.
• Partner with leaders across Strategy and Performance, Strategic Funding and Finance, and Digital Solutions and other advisory roles to align responsibilities, interconnections, and delivery expectations.
• Advance organizational performance to meet established organizational milestones and long term objectives.
• Advance operating models, governance structures, and performance measures appropriate for a growing enterprise service, specific to Advisory services, aligned with BC.
• Advance Advisory Services growth for BC and achieve performance metrics for Advisory Services business and for individuals within the group.

• Establish and maintain a clear strategic direction for Advisory Services.
• Grow Advisory Services in a way that is sustainable, well governed, and aligned with Brown and Caldwell’s strategy, values and operating model.
• Reinforce Advisory Services as an enabling function, necessitating organizational change and adoption to strengthen overall delivery and client service.
• Monitor external trends and opportunities affecting client decision making, organizational capacity, funding and finance, technology, and governance to inform service evolution and drive business outcomes.
• Make and communicate difficult decisions when priorities, capacity, or approaches are misaligned, ensuring clarity, accountability, and forward progress.
• Reinforce enterprise first decision making by aligning Advisory Services priorities with broader organizational objectives, delivery needs, and long term strategy.
• Engage with Marketing & Communications to advance the Advisory Services brand in the marketplace.
• Maintain a visible presence with clients and at key conference events.

• Translate the Advisory Services vision and mission into company-wide service areas, operating norms, and execution expectations.
• Foster organizational change to advance practical and cultural adoption of Advisory Services across BC, securing it as part of the core business.
• Lead the evolution of Advisory Services as an integrated capability that collaborates to enhance delivery and works in partnership across BC’s technical, delivery, and client service teams.
• Leverage enterprise systems, support services, and shared resources to…