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Rios Partners · 20 hours ago

Project Leader

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Rios Partners is a consulting firm focused on Human Centered Design solutions. The Project Leader will lead projects, manage client relationships, mentor team members, and support business development efforts.

Business DevelopmentConsulting

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead projects: Provide leadership to one strategy consulting engagement with 5-9 direct reports

Develop high-level workplans to deliver project results

Provide workstreams leads direction/guidance and identify connections/synergies between workstreams

Ensure high-quality deliverables

Motivate and inspire teams to deliver results

Manage relationships: Develop and effectively manage senior client relationships

Manage/own relationships with Senior Clients; serve as a trusted advisor to Senior Clients

Nurture relationships with the goal of establishing platforms for future growth

Mentor and develop the team: Consulting is an apprentice model; must be invested in growing the next cohort of Consultants

Provide feedback on both work products and professional development (e.g. problem framing, analysis, synthesis, communications, and relationship building)

Provide biweekly formal feedback as well as semi-annual evaluations

Lead team trainings on core consulting skills

Business Development:

Support the sale of new work at a high level

Provide detailed write ups of current case work

Support proposal writing when not engaged in case work; facilitate detailed responses to requests for proposals

Qualification

Human Centered DesignCommercial strategy consultingTeam managementPower BITableauPythonPublic service dedicationRelationship buildingMentoring

Required

Relevant Master's degree (e.g., MPA, MPP, MPH, MBA, STEM, MD, JD, Economics)

8-10 years of professional experience (diversity of experience is respected, e.g., teaching, research, data analysis, financial analysis, consulting, strategy, healthcare, and marketing)

2+ years of commercial strategy consulting experience

1+ year in a Manager/ Project Leader role at current firm

Experience managing teams of 5-10

Authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance (i.e. must be US Citizen or Permanent Resident who has resided in US for past three years consecutively)

Willing to accommodate a hybrid work environment (i.e. willing to work in office or at client site per project/ team needs)