Director, Consulting

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End Date:
October 30, 2026 (20 days left to apply):
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** Job Details
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* About the role:

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* Job Title:

** Director – for Kantar Consulting Team
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* Job Location:

** New York City, Boston, or Chicago
** Primary Objective
*** Profitably grow the business by managing and delivering high-quality/high-impact brand strategy and consulting solutions in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
* Hone your client relationship and consulting skills to establish yourself as a trusted and strategic advisor to existing and new clients  
** Scope of Role
*** Manage delivery of a variety of consulting projects such as brand strategy, market structures, consumer & demand segmentations, brand valuations, brand portfolio strategy, brand architecture, brand purpose, organizational performance, front end innovation, commerce strategy etc.
* Assist senior team members with design of custom approaches to address client questions; engage with the client to properly understand client context and challenges and ensure we achieve project objectives
* Function as the main point of contact for clients
* Develop overall project workplan to deliver on scope; oversee day-to-day management of all project-related activities and maintain progress against workplan
* Lead development of consulting solution deliverables (e.g., questionnaire, sample design, analytic plan, reporting)
* Responsible for overseeing the team on execution of project tasks; ensuring outputs are meaningful and actionable for clients
* Conduct data analysis, synthesizes data from multiple sources, displays critical and analytical thinking skills
* Take an active role in storytelling by identifying and bringing together compelling insights from the research and translating learnings into “so what” recommendations and next steps for clients
* Package deliverables and presentations to ensure they are clear, relevant and impactful - use vast knowledge of account / industry to logic check deliverables
* Keep project leadership apprised of progress and thoughtfully solicit input to ensure available expertise is fully leveraged
* Lead project related client conversations, facilitate decision making and translate decisions into clear next steps for the team
* Starting to lead client presentations and facilitate client workshops
* Proactively identify and solve project issues as they arise
* Ensure a high level of accuracy in all stages of the project, help the team optimize efficiency of delivery without sacrifice of quality
* Help build successful project teams, mentoring and supporting junior team members
* Responsible for staff utilization and financial management of projects
* Demonstrate a high-level understanding of Kantar data sources, tools, and practice areas, and follow the latest developments.
* Exhibit good critical and analytical thinking skills, actively share ideas and point of view
* Support senior leadership in identifying and securing new client opportunities, development of proposals and winning work
* Work closely with senior partners to design proposals and pitch solutions for client marketing problems.  Actively look for opportunities to apply all Kantar solutions in service of our clients.
* Provide feedback across the team (managing up and down) where opportunities to improve exist
* Take ownership of building your own skills through training and asking questions
* Challenge the status quo, look for opportunities to…