Director, Consulting

Job Title: Director – for Kantar Consulting Team

Job Location: New York City, Boston, or Chicago

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

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

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 improve, automate, streamline processes – including incorporating the use of AI to improve efficiency and work processes.

Demonstrate curiosity and a commitment to building an understanding of our capabilities, solutions, data sources and analytic methods.

Proactively build relationships with consulting colleagues to receive support and feedback

Understand our culture and how to take an active role on the team (e.g., attending/participating in ERG/Social Community meetings/activities/training

5+ years of professional experience in similar capacity – Management consulting, brand strategy consulting, or custom market research experience preferred with exposure to quantitative methodologies

Strong academic background:
Bachelor’s degree (preferred major or concentration in marketing / market research, social science, mathematics or other analytic fields), Masters preferred

Proven experience performing custom research / analytics / consulting for multiple strategic research or consulting projects; experience presenting insights and…