Practice Intelligence Director - Americas

At Alix Partners, we solve the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action when it really matters, creating value that has a lasting impact on companies, their people, and the communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, Alix Partners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the continuous enhancement of initiatives, policies, and practices that support authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.

Alix Partners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support employees’ work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person collaboration at an Alix Partners office with remote working options, subject to role, team, and business needs.

We are seeking a strategic, commercially oriented Business Intelligence Director to lead the Americas Business Intelligence Center team. This leader will oversee the managers responsible for industry and practice research, ensuring the function delivers high-quality insights, research, and market intelligence that support business development, client delivery, account growth, and firmwide priorities.

The Business Intelligence Director
- Americas will partner closely with regional, industry, practice, Innovation, Marketing, and Business Development leaders to align research capabilities with the firm’s commercial agenda. This role will be accountable for setting direction, building trusted advisory relationships, developing talent, strengthening operating practices, and ensuring the Americas team consistently delivers insight-driven support that helps Alix Partners win and deliver memorable results. This will include leading the creation and adoption of generative AI tools.

The Business Intelligence Director
- Americas is a full-time role based in New York, NY, Boston, MA, Dallas, TX, Southfield, MI, or Chicago, IL, and will report to Business Intelligence leadership. Paid relocation is not available for this position.

• Lead, coach, and develop managers across industry and practice research.
• Set clear priorities, expectations, and success measures for the Americas Business Intelligence team, ensuring alignment with global Business Intelligence Center strategy and Americas business priorities.
• Build a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing team culture that encourages curiosity, accountability, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide thoughtful guidance, feedback, and development support to managers, helping them strengthen their leadership capabilities and grow their teams.
• Promote effective resource planning, workload management, and prioritization across the function, especially during peak business development and client delivery periods.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Americas industries, practices, geographies, Business Development, Marketing, and other corporate functions.
• Translate business priorities into research and intelligence strategies that support growth, client impact, and differentiated market positioning.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify the most pressing commercial, industry, competitive, and market intelligence needs and ensure the team delivers timely, relevant, and actionable insights.
• Represent the Americas Business Intelligence function in cross‑functional forums, helping shape priorities, communicate capabilities, and reinforce the value of the team’s work.

• Oversee the delivery of research, including industry…