Consulting Manager

Excelerate LLC

$110K — $130K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of management consulting or equivalent experience leading transformation initiatives.
  • Demonstrated success in process transformation, strategic program management, or digital transformation.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret complex data.
  • Excellent storytelling and presentation skills for diverse stakeholder communication.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI and Tableau preferred.
  • Expertise in Agile and Lean methodologies; proficient with project management tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex client engagements from start to finish, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
  • Translate ambiguous business challenges into actionable strategies using data and stakeholder collaboration.
  • Drive operational improvement programs to align people, processes, and technology for sustainable results.
  • Develop business cases and performance measurement frameworks to assess impact.
  • Facilitate collaborative sessions with clients to co-create solutions and foster alignment.
  • Oversee vendor evaluations and digital solution implementations.
  • Design and implement change management and organizational development initiatives.

Benefits

  • Broad exposure across multiple service areas, enhancing career development opportunities.
  • Hands-on leadership role with significant client interaction.
  • Opportunity to influence strategic initiatives and drive business transformation.
  • Access to a collaborative work environment that values innovation and personal growth.
Full Job Description
As a Consulting Manager, you'll play a key leadership role in guiding clients through strategic initiatives that drive meaningful business transformation. You'll lead multi-disciplinary projects from strategy through implementation - bringing structure, insight, and operational excellence to every engagement.

This role offers broad exposure across multiple service areas, including:
  • Process & Digital Acceleration
  • Designing and implementing systems and processes that enhance efficiency and enable scalable growth
  • Customer-Centric Growth & Organizational Enablement
  • Identifying and prioritizing customer and market opportunities (B2B and B2C) that generate financial impact, while enabling business strategies through human-centered design and organizational enablement.
  • Data Connectivity & Intelligence
  • Leveraging data to create competitive advantage through data architecture, integrations, business dashboards, and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions

You'll serve as both a trusted advisor and a hands-on leader - translating strategy into action, building stakeholder alignment, and driving measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead complex client engagements or workstreams from initiation through delivery, ensuring high-quality execution and measurable outcomes.
  • Translate complex or ambiguous business challenges into actionable, insight-driven strategies through data analysis, process mapping, and stakeholder collaboration.
  • Lead operational improvement and transformation programs that align people, processes, and technology to achieve sustainable results.
  • Develop business cases, KPIs, and performance measurement frameworks to measure impact and sustain performance.
  • Facilitate workshops and collaborative sessions to co-create solutions with clients and build organizational alignment.
  • Oversee vendor evaluations, digital solution implementations, and systems integrator partnerships.
  • Design and deliver change management, training, and organizational development initiatives that drive sustainable adoption and capability building.
  • Build and nurture long-term client relationships based on trust, transparency, and consistent value delivery.

Qualifications
  • 4+ years of management consulting or equivalent experience in leading strategic or transformation initiatives.
  • Proven success delivering measurable results in one or more of the following areas:
  • Process Transformation & Operational Excellence
  • Strategic Program Management
  • Technology Enablement & Digital Transformation
  • People, Culture & Organizational Change Enablement
  • Program Management Office (PMO) Design & Portfolio Management
  • Data Strategy & Intelligent Decision-Making
  • Growth, Innovation & Customer Strategy
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
  • Strong storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to transform data and insights into clear, compelling PowerPoint presentations, tailoring narratives to diverse stakeholder audiences and effectively communicating recommendations with senior executives that drive informed decision-making and business impact.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required for data analysis, visualization, and executive-ready presentations; experience with Power BI and Tableau is a plus.
  • Strong project management and workstream leadership experience, including expertise in Agile and Lean methodologies and proficiency with tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar platforms.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in fast-paced, client-facing environments.
  • Flexibility to support client engagements on-site up to three days per week, typically within the San Diego region.
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred

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