Managing Director, Executive Compensation and Board Advisory

Summary

As a Managing Director in the Executive Compensation and Board Advisory practice, you will be primarily responsible for selling, leading and delivering large client engagements and serving as a strategic advisor to clients in your areas of subject matter expertise. You’ll also contribute your thought leadership to the overall development of the Executive Compensation practice and act as a coach and mentor for fellow colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Executive Compensation Consultant on client projects, supporting management and/or the compensation committee, developing appropriate reward strategies which align with the overall human capital strategy and support the client’s business goals while adhering to Willis Towers Watson quality standards
• Develop and maintain selected key accounts and trusted client relationships at a senior level in a way that results in building long-term client relationships across multiple practices
• Manage multiple and complex Executive Compensation project engagements in a way that ensures profitable revenue for Willis Towers Watson, associate engagement and development and high client satisfaction
• Think strategically in partnering with clients to pioneer unique approaches to solving their business problems, connecting clients to other WTW colleagues where appropriate
• Provide high quality consulting advice, accurate technical content and engaging deliverables to senior leaders in client companies
• Use highly effective written and spoken communications to deliver detailed findings, analyses and recommendations to senior leaders of client organizations

Qualifications

• Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience in an executive compensation consulting organization, or in a senior compensation role in a large, complex organization
• Excellent academic credentials (e.g., MBA, law, accounting, or actuarial science degrees, certification such as CCP or equivalent)
• Proven compensation consulting success in areas including executive compensation benchmarking, annual incentive design, design of equity compensation programs, and analysis of complex pay issues on implementation of compensation changes
• Excellent analytical skills both in terms of logic of reasoning and analysis of numerical and financial data
• An executive presence with excellent and persuasive oral and written communication skills in an executive setting
• Strong client relationship skills: the ability to influence senior management and the ability to work across all levels of an organization
• Demonstrated capacity to propose and win profitable new business
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams of high performing consulting professionals
• Mentoring/coaching skills
• Self-driven achiever with ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations
• Flexibility and proven ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues
• Demonstrated value for diversity, excellence and integrity in all that is done
• Working knowledge of Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred
• Ability to travel