Original Post Date: 4/3/2026
Engagement Lead
As an Engagement Lead, you will be responsible for leading the Kaizen project team and being the primary project contact with the client. This is a "hands-on" role responsible for project leadership, project delivery, client relationship management and project P/L.
Responsibilities:
Lead client engagements - consisting of data analysis and technical development - by...
- Collaborating with clients to understand business challenges and design effective analytics solutions.
- Leading the development of proposals and statements of work (SOW), including defining objectives, scope, deliverables, pricing, roles, and risk mitigation.
- Managing cross-functional delivery teams-including internal, client, third-party, and offshore resources-across multiple workstreams from planning to execution.
- Ensuring clear, actionable requirements that align with business needs and can be implemented and tested effectively.
- Overseeing project deliverables, proactively identifying issues, and driving timely resolutions to minimize client impact.
- Applying strategic thinking and business insight to solution design, decision-making, and problem-solving.
- Ensuring adherence to technical best practices in collaboration with technical leadership.
- Facilitating effective communication across technical, functional, and client stakeholders.
- Identifying and managing project risks, including mitigation planning.
- Leading client meetings, status updates, and steering committees; mentoring project teams and guiding client engagement.
- Strengthening client relationships through thought leadership, solution delivery, and business understanding.
- Identifying opportunities for follow-on work that contributes to revenue growth.
- Participating in internal project reviews and ensuring alignment with organizational standards.
- Reviewing / Approving project time in alignment with project financials.
Job Requirements:
- Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Econometrics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Data Science or other Applied Mathematical Discipline; MBA is a plus
Experience: - At least 6 years of experience in Project Management for projects with a technical focus and/or analytical modeling components;
- At least 4 years of consulting experience required
- Managing projects using SDLC, PMI, and Agile methodologies
Core Skills: - Teamwork/Collaboration
- Client Service mindset of "own it all the way through solution" to exceed expectations
- Possesses strong analytical/ logical thinking skills
- Proactively identifying opportunities to grow the project / business
- Contact switching - shifting from multiple high priority projects through the week
- Prioritizing with multiple expectations, independently, with limited oversight
- Financial Acumen and business analysis experiences
Leadership Skills: - Demonstration of strong communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly and present to senior leadership/executives
- Excellent people leadership experiences
- Enables/demonstrates innovative thinking
- Thought leader for the client
- Stakeholder communication and effective in translating for non-technical audiences
- Proactively identifying opportunities to grow the project / business
- Tools: Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and Project Management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Asana, Basecamp, SmartSheets, etc.);
Also familiar with: - BI Analysis tools like Tableau and Power BI
- Analytics tools (Alteryx, Forecasting tools, etc.)
- Location: Atlanta or Dallas areas
