Manager, Strategy & Execution; Utilities

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West Monroe is seeking a Manager with current consulting experience to join our Organization, People, and Change (OPC) practice. West Monroe’s Organization, People, and Change practice accelerates value and business outcomes of transformations, transactions and implementations – through people, HR, and change strategies.

For this opening, we are looking for someone with a proven track record leading change strategy & execution engagements for clients in the Utilities Industry. Each consultant within our OPC practice drives value across our human capital and change management offerings.

• Change Strategy & Execution:
  We offer comprehensive change management services, from strategy development to execution to change capability advisory and development, ensuring effective transformations are achieved and sustained by maximizing value, minimizing risk, and driving both engagement and adoption.
• Organization Design & Workforce Strategy:
  We achieve measurable business results by using digital tools, analytics, and benchmarks to improve organizational structures, culture, talent strategies, and support organizations in their journey to become a skills‑based organization.
• OPC Transactions:
  We advise on people issues and HR functions at every stage of the deal life cycle, including commercial strategy to planning and execution support for ongoing and future critical business activities.
• HR Transformation:
  We help HR leaders prepare their organizations for the future by transforming the HR operating model to free up time and resources to focus on mission‑critical work that adds value to the business through people, processes, and technology.

• Serve as a delivery leader on engagements of moderate complexity and scale, communicating with client sponsors directly without oversight, and exemplifying engagement management, client relationship, client satisfaction, risk management, and delivery team management skills.
• Oversee engagement scope, budget, deliverables, profitability, work management and reporting, change management, vendor management, and team development.
• Achieve business development goals primarily through building networks with internal partners, educating channel partners on Org, People & Change offerings, farming opportunities, and scoping projects/proposals.
• Originate and create methodologies, project assets and tools, and ensure maintenance of those assets. Support direction and strategy for functional, industry, or technology methodologies, quality assurance, and toolsets used within the practice.
• Author white papers and deliver presentations (internal and external) on innovations, best practices, and methodologies. Gain visibility and build West Monroe brand through interviews, writing articles, and/or providing quotes for trade journals.
• Model and mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants day‑to‑day in personifying West Monroe values with clients, on project teams, and within individual relationships.
• Career Advisor for at least one Consultant – actively participating in the performance expectation and management process.
• Actively engage in recruiting, interviewing, and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years of relevant change management advisory experience including leading change projects, ensuring the readiness of the client organization(s) for a variety of changes, including new technology/processes, mergers/acquisitions, new organization strategy, or other change efforts.
• 2+ years of experience working in a consulting environment.
• 1+ year(s) of people management experience.
• Demonstrated success within the Utilities industry required.
• Extensive experience working directly with clients to identify and document organizational impacts of change initiatives such as vision/value definition, communication, leadership engagement, organization alignment and change sustainability.
• Organizational change management subject matter expertise and knowledge of curriculum design, instructional methods, training technique, and modern…