Director, Industry Growth Leader
Sikich · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteMarketing$163k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The description includes "What to expect when you join Sikich" etc. We need to use for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, application instructions.
We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- Intro: "Director, Industry Growth Leader – Consumer Goods Manufacturing, Distribution & Retail – Remote". Title not needed as heading.
- "What to expect when you join Sikich" paragraph about culture, etc. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About Sikich". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have "About the role" heading for the intro describing role and culture.
- Then "What will you do in this role?" then "Position Summary". That's responsibilities overview. Could be part of Responsibilities.
- Then "Responsibilities:" with bullet list items (multiple sub-sections: Industry Strategy and Market Leadership, Industry Intellectual Property, Advisory and Offering Development, Executive and Client Advisory, Market and Demand Development, Cross Sikich Leadership, Continuous Industry Learning). Those are subheadings but we only need
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove duplicated lines, application instructions.
We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract sections:
- Intro: "Director, Industry Growth Leader – Consumer Goods Manufacturing, Distribution & Retail – Remote". Title not needed as heading.
- "What to expect when you join Sikich" paragraph about culture, etc. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About Sikich". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can have "About the role" heading for the intro describing role and culture.
- Then "What will you do in this role?" then "Position Summary". That's responsibilities overview. Could be part of Responsibilities.
- Then "Responsibilities:" with bullet list items (multiple sub-sections: Industry Strategy and Market Leadership, Industry Intellectual Property, Advisory and Offering Development, Executive and Client Advisory, Market and Demand Development, Cross Sikich Leadership, Continuous Industry Learning). Those are subheadings but we only need - for list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can put all responsibilities as list items under a
. However we have many bullet points with sub-bullets. We need to preserve all substantive info. Could flatten each bullet as - containing the text. Sub-bullets could be nested
inside - . That's acceptable.
- Then "Qualifications:" with bullet list of required qualifications. Then "Preferred Experience:" bullet list. Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications heading. The instruction says use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We have both Qualifications and Preferred Experience. Could combine under "Qualifications" heading (required) and maybe "Preferred Qualifications" but not in list. Since only allowed headings are those, we could put required qualifications under "Qualifications" and preferred under "Skills"? Or "Requirements". Better: Use "Qualifications" for required, and "Preferred Experience" could go under "Skills" maybe. But we need to follow instruction: Use headings for those categories only if content exists. We have qualifications content, so we can have
Qualifications
with list of required qualifications. Then we could have Skills
for preferred experience (skills). Or we could put preferred under "Requirements". But "Requirements" maybe for mandatory? The posting has Qualifications (required) and Preferred Experience (preferred). We'll treat Qualifications as required, and Skills as preferred.
- Then "What Success Looks Like:" bullet list of success metrics. Could be under "Responsibilities"? Not exactly. Could be its own section maybe "Expectations"? Not in allowed headings. Could be part of "Responsibilities" as outcomes. But we could create a section "Responsibilities" already covering duties; success metrics maybe not needed separate. However we need to preserve all substantive info; we could include them under Responsibilities as additional list items (maybe as outcomes). Or we could create a separate heading like "Expectations" but not allowed. So better to incorporate into Responsibilities.
- At end: "Expand Sikich visibility through industry" truncated. The posting ends abruptly; maybe cut off. We'll include whatever is there.
We must remove boilerplate: "What to expect when you join Sikich" includes culture description; keep that.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers.
We must not include application instructions.
We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc.
Now craft HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (intro paragraphs)
Responsibilities
- Industry Strategy and Market Leadership
- Establish and continuously evolve Sikich’s industry point of view across Consumer Goods Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail industries.
- Identify the economic, operational, workforce, supply chain, regulatory, technology, data, AI, and risk trends shaping these industries.
- Translate market developments into practical implications for executives, investors, operators, and technology leaders.
- Define the most important business priorities, value drivers, operating constraints, and transformation themes affecting Sikich clients and prospects.
- Represent Sikich in relevant industry forums, executive roundtables, Microsoft and partner engagements, conferences, and other market-facing opportunities.
- Help shape where Sikich invests its industry resources, market presence, research, partnerships, and go-to-market activity.
- Industry Intellectual Property
- Develop and maintain proprietary industry maturity models, KPI frameworks, benchmarks, process models, value-driver maps, operating-model perspectives, and transformation frameworks.
- Build industry specific maturity models using Sikich’s Reactive / Managed / Optimized framework.
- Translate individual practitioner experience into institutional Sikich knowledge that can be reused across clients, sellers, practices, and markets.
- Establish standards and governance to ensure industry intellectual property remains current, credible, evidence-based, and commercially relevant.
- Partner with client and delivery teams to continuously incorporate lessons learned, benchmarks, operating patterns, and emerging practices into Sikich industry assets.
- Advisory and Offering Development
- Translate industry challenges and business priorities into repeatable advisory and transformation offerings.
- Develop product agnostic entry points including:
- Executive maturity assessments
- Operational diagnostics
- KPI and performance management workshops
- Industry transformation roadmaps
- Data and AI readiness assessments
- Operating model assessments
- Technology investment prioritization
- Acquisition integration and scalability assessments
- Connect industry challenges to the appropriate combination of Sikich advisory, technology, risk, managed services, finance, and operational capabilities.
- Help Sikich engage earlier in the client decision cycle before a technology platform, software product, or implementation project has been selected.
- Ensure offerings connect transformation activity to measurable business outcomes such as growth, margin improvement, productivity, working capital, scalability, integration, risk reduction, and enterprise value.
- Executive and Client Advisory
- Lead executive-level discovery, maturity, strategy, and transformation discussions with clients and prospects.
- Engage credibly with CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, business-unit leaders, operating executives, boards, and private equity stakeholders.
- Help clients identify business priorities, operating constraints, transformation opportunities, and investment decisions before specific technology solutions are defined.
- Challenge assumptions and bring informed external perspective to executive conversations.
- Participate selectively in strategic pursuits where industry expertise materially improves qualification, executive access, differentiation, or solution quality.
- Serve as a trusted industry advisor while remaining independent of any single technology, service line, or solution.
- Market and Demand Development
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to translate Sikich industry IP into compelling campaigns, executive conversations, events, research, and pursuit strategies.
- Help sellers identify industry-specific business triggers, executive priorities, competitive pressures, and transformation opportunities.
- Influence qualified pipeline through advisory engagements, assessments, executive relationships, thought leadership, and market presence.
- Build relationships with industry associations, Microsoft, ecosystem partners, private equity firms, executive networks, and other relevant market influencers.
- Help Sikich enter client conversations based on industry expertise and business value rather than waiting for a defined technology opportunity.
- Contribute to account and pursuit strategy across markets without being constrained by traditional geographic or technology boundaries.
- Cross Sikich Leadership
- Connect Sikich capabilities around client business problems rather than individual service offerings.
- Collaborate across business advisory, finance, ERP and CRM, Data & AI, cloud, managed services, cybersecurity and risk, change management, and other Sikich practices.
- Develop common industry language, value propositions, frameworks, and transformation narratives that can be used consistently across the firm.
- Convene cross-functional teams based on client need and market opportunity.
- Identify and enable cross-practice opportunities while maintaining a business-first and product-agnostic perspective.
- Influence across a matrixed organization without relying on direct reporting authority.
- Continuous Industry Learning
- Establish a structured feedback loop from client engagements, pursuits, delivery teams, industry research, ecosystem partners, and market activity into Sikich’s industry knowledge base.
- Capture emerging client priorities, operating benchmarks, process variations, market signals, transformation patterns, and lessons learned.
- Measure the adoption and effectiveness of industry assets and advisory offerings.
- Continuously improve, refresh, consolidate, or retire industry IP based on market relevance, client value, and actual use.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of relevant industry, operating, consulting, advisory, or transformation leadership experience.
- Significant experience within Consumer Goods, Distribution and Retail, or closely related industrial sectors.
- Strong understanding of industry economics, operations, finance, supply chain, inventory, production, service, customer experience, organizational design, and transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and translate complex operating challenges into clear business priorities and transformation strategies.
- Experience developing reusable frameworks, methodologies, assessments, benchmarks, research, or advisory offerings.
- Strong commercial judgment and demonstrated ability to connect industry insight to executive relationships and business opportunities.
- Broad understanding of ERP, CRM, data, analytics, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services.
- Ability to remain technology and product agnostic while understanding how enterprise platforms, including Microsoft, can enable business outcomes.
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, writing, presentation, and public-speaking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, align, and lead across a matrixed organization.
Skills
- Senior operating leadership experience within manufacturing, retail, distribution, supply chain, finance, operations, or enterprise transformation.
- A combination of industry operating experience and consulting or advisory experience.
- Experience working with mid-market, private equity backed, acquisitive, or rapidly scaling organizations.
- Experience advising organizations through growth, integration, operating model change, technology modernization, or enterprise transformation.
- Experience developing industry research, benchmarks, maturity assessments, proprietary intellectual property, or executive advisory offerings.
- Experience working within the Microsoft ecosystem or another major enterprise technology ecosystem.
- Established industry relationships, speaking experience, published thought leadership, or participation in relevant industry associations.
We may also include success metrics as part of Responsibilities or maybe a separate section "Expectations" but not allowed. Could add under Responsibilities as additional list items after the existing ones. Let's add a final list item under Responsibilities: "What Success Looks Like:" with sub-bullets.
Add under Responsibilities a - What Success Looks Like
with nested ul.
Let's do that.
Now ensure no extra headings like About Sikich etc. We used About the role
- . However we have many bullet points with sub-bullets. We need to preserve all substantive info. Could flatten each bullet as
- containing the text. Sub-bullets could be nested
- inside
- . That's acceptable.
- Then "Qualifications:" with bullet list of required qualifications. Then "Preferred Experience:" bullet list. Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications heading. The instruction says use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We have both Qualifications and Preferred Experience. Could combine under "Qualifications" heading (required) and maybe "Preferred Qualifications" but not in list. Since only allowed headings are those, we could put required qualifications under "Qualifications" and preferred under "Skills"? Or "Requirements". Better: Use "Qualifications" for required, and "Preferred Experience" could go under "Skills" maybe. But we need to follow instruction: Use headings for those categories only if content exists. We have qualifications content, so we can have
Qualifications
with list of required qualifications. Then we could haveSkills
for preferred experience (skills). Or we could put preferred under "Requirements". But "Requirements" maybe for mandatory? The posting has Qualifications (required) and Preferred Experience (preferred). We'll treat Qualifications as required, and Skills as preferred. - Then "What Success Looks Like:" bullet list of success metrics. Could be under "Responsibilities"? Not exactly. Could be its own section maybe "Expectations"? Not in allowed headings. Could be part of "Responsibilities" as outcomes. But we could create a section "Responsibilities" already covering duties; success metrics maybe not needed separate. However we need to preserve all substantive info; we could include them under Responsibilities as additional list items (maybe as outcomes). Or we could create a separate heading like "Expectations" but not allowed. So better to incorporate into Responsibilities. - At end: "Expand Sikich visibility through industry" truncated. The posting ends abruptly; maybe cut off. We'll include whatever is there. We must remove boilerplate: "What to expect when you join Sikich" includes culture description; keep that. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers. We must not include application instructions. We must not include cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Now craft HTML. Structure:About the role
... (intro paragraphs)
Responsibilities
- Industry Strategy and Market Leadership
- Establish and continuously evolve Sikich’s industry point of view across Consumer Goods Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail industries.
- Identify the economic, operational, workforce, supply chain, regulatory, technology, data, AI, and risk trends shaping these industries.
- Translate market developments into practical implications for executives, investors, operators, and technology leaders.
- Define the most important business priorities, value drivers, operating constraints, and transformation themes affecting Sikich clients and prospects.
- Represent Sikich in relevant industry forums, executive roundtables, Microsoft and partner engagements, conferences, and other market-facing opportunities.
- Help shape where Sikich invests its industry resources, market presence, research, partnerships, and go-to-market activity.
- Industry Intellectual Property
- Develop and maintain proprietary industry maturity models, KPI frameworks, benchmarks, process models, value-driver maps, operating-model perspectives, and transformation frameworks.
- Build industry specific maturity models using Sikich’s Reactive / Managed / Optimized framework.
- Translate individual practitioner experience into institutional Sikich knowledge that can be reused across clients, sellers, practices, and markets.
- Establish standards and governance to ensure industry intellectual property remains current, credible, evidence-based, and commercially relevant.
- Partner with client and delivery teams to continuously incorporate lessons learned, benchmarks, operating patterns, and emerging practices into Sikich industry assets.
- Advisory and Offering Development
- Translate industry challenges and business priorities into repeatable advisory and transformation offerings.
- Develop product agnostic entry points including:
- Executive maturity assessments
- Operational diagnostics
- KPI and performance management workshops
- Industry transformation roadmaps
- Data and AI readiness assessments
- Operating model assessments
- Technology investment prioritization
- Acquisition integration and scalability assessments
- Connect industry challenges to the appropriate combination of Sikich advisory, technology, risk, managed services, finance, and operational capabilities.
- Help Sikich engage earlier in the client decision cycle before a technology platform, software product, or implementation project has been selected.
- Ensure offerings connect transformation activity to measurable business outcomes such as growth, margin improvement, productivity, working capital, scalability, integration, risk reduction, and enterprise value.
- Executive and Client Advisory
- Lead executive-level discovery, maturity, strategy, and transformation discussions with clients and prospects.
- Engage credibly with CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, business-unit leaders, operating executives, boards, and private equity stakeholders.
- Help clients identify business priorities, operating constraints, transformation opportunities, and investment decisions before specific technology solutions are defined.
- Challenge assumptions and bring informed external perspective to executive conversations.
- Participate selectively in strategic pursuits where industry expertise materially improves qualification, executive access, differentiation, or solution quality.
- Serve as a trusted industry advisor while remaining independent of any single technology, service line, or solution.
- Market and Demand Development
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to translate Sikich industry IP into compelling campaigns, executive conversations, events, research, and pursuit strategies.
- Help sellers identify industry-specific business triggers, executive priorities, competitive pressures, and transformation opportunities.
- Influence qualified pipeline through advisory engagements, assessments, executive relationships, thought leadership, and market presence.
- Build relationships with industry associations, Microsoft, ecosystem partners, private equity firms, executive networks, and other relevant market influencers.
- Help Sikich enter client conversations based on industry expertise and business value rather than waiting for a defined technology opportunity.
- Contribute to account and pursuit strategy across markets without being constrained by traditional geographic or technology boundaries.
- Cross Sikich Leadership
- Connect Sikich capabilities around client business problems rather than individual service offerings.
- Collaborate across business advisory, finance, ERP and CRM, Data & AI, cloud, managed services, cybersecurity and risk, change management, and other Sikich practices.
- Develop common industry language, value propositions, frameworks, and transformation narratives that can be used consistently across the firm.
- Convene cross-functional teams based on client need and market opportunity.
- Identify and enable cross-practice opportunities while maintaining a business-first and product-agnostic perspective.
- Influence across a matrixed organization without relying on direct reporting authority.
- Continuous Industry Learning
- Establish a structured feedback loop from client engagements, pursuits, delivery teams, industry research, ecosystem partners, and market activity into Sikich’s industry knowledge base.
- Capture emerging client priorities, operating benchmarks, process variations, market signals, transformation patterns, and lessons learned.
- Measure the adoption and effectiveness of industry assets and advisory offerings.
- Continuously improve, refresh, consolidate, or retire industry IP based on market relevance, client value, and actual use.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of relevant industry, operating, consulting, advisory, or transformation leadership experience.
- Significant experience within Consumer Goods, Distribution and Retail, or closely related industrial sectors.
- Strong understanding of industry economics, operations, finance, supply chain, inventory, production, service, customer experience, organizational design, and transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and translate complex operating challenges into clear business priorities and transformation strategies.
- Experience developing reusable frameworks, methodologies, assessments, benchmarks, research, or advisory offerings.
- Strong commercial judgment and demonstrated ability to connect industry insight to executive relationships and business opportunities.
- Broad understanding of ERP, CRM, data, analytics, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services.
- Ability to remain technology and product agnostic while understanding how enterprise platforms, including Microsoft, can enable business outcomes.
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, writing, presentation, and public-speaking skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence, align, and lead across a matrixed organization.
Skills
- Senior operating leadership experience within manufacturing, retail, distribution, supply chain, finance, operations, or enterprise transformation.
- A combination of industry operating experience and consulting or advisory experience.
- Experience working with mid-market, private equity backed, acquisitive, or rapidly scaling organizations.
- Experience advising organizations through growth, integration, operating model change, technology modernization, or enterprise transformation.
- Experience developing industry research, benchmarks, maturity assessments, proprietary intellectual property, or executive advisory offerings.
- Experience working within the Microsoft ecosystem or another major enterprise technology ecosystem.
- Established industry relationships, speaking experience, published thought leadership, or participation in relevant industry associations.
- Industry Strategy and Market Leadership
- What Success Looks Like with nested ul. Let's do that. Now ensure no extra headings like About Sikich etc. We used About the role
- . That's acceptable.
- Then "Qualifications:" with bullet list of required qualifications. Then "Preferred Experience:" bullet list. Those could be under Requirements or Qualifications heading. The instruction says use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We have both Qualifications and Preferred Experience. Could combine under "Qualifications" heading (required) and maybe "Preferred Qualifications" but not in list. Since only allowed headings are those, we could put required qualifications under "Qualifications" and preferred under "Skills"? Or "Requirements". Better: Use "Qualifications" for required, and "Preferred Experience" could go under "Skills" maybe. But we need to follow instruction: Use headings for those categories only if content exists. We have qualifications content, so we can have