Senior Consultant – Enterprise Strategy & Transformation

About the role

UCSF Enterprise Strategy & Transformation (EST) seeks an exceptional professional to join their team providing internal consulting services to the institution. The Senior Consultant provides expert project management services for internal projects, especially large technology system implementations.

Responsibilities

• Independently uses and applies wide-ranging experience and proficiency in management consulting to deliver programs and projects in areas such as business process analysis, organizational change, and strategic planning.
• Uses advanced management consulting concepts to resolve complex initiatives and programs that drive management effectiveness.
• Regularly works on or leads highly complex, strategic engagements where analysis of circumstances and information requires an in-depth evaluation of factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for developing solutions and obtaining results.
• Applies advanced management consulting concepts to perform highly complex technical analyses to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and/or resource allocations.
• Affirms complex situations, identifies desired improvements, and works with client executive and senior leaders, along with internal partners, to address issues, develop recommendations, and implement solutions in alignment with strategic goals and objectives.
• Serves as the lead facilitator on projects.
• Applies advanced project management concepts with a full understanding of project management practices and procedures to manage complex projects.
• Has project management responsibility for small projects or pieces of large projects.
• Develops detailed project plans and monitors budget and resources.
• Interacts with senior internal and external personnel.
• Oversees projects from inception to delivery.
• Makes decisions and guides and advises less experienced management consultants.
• Establishes and manages project governance.
• Leads cross-functional teams to solve complex management-related issues.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of the management consulting field, theories, and models to assess, design, and implement customized, strategic organization interventions.
• Advanced knowledge of the consulting process to effectively lead engagements from inception to conclusion.
• Ability to conceptualize projects, write proposals, and draft project plans after consultation with supervisor.
• Demonstrated advanced analytical, problem-solving, project planning, and implementation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, theories, and concepts.
• Demonstrated skill consulting to managers and groups at all levels.
• Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize, and generalize based on information obtained.
• Sound judgment and ability to draw unbiased conclusions.
• Ability to coach, facilitate, and influence people at all levels of client teams.
• Ability to persuade through both logic and appeal to positive motivations.
• Strong consulting, relationship-building, strategic thinking, facilitation, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team with minimal input from supervisor.
• Ability to apply change management in implementing programs.
• Ability to establish and manage project governance groups.
• Ability to assess needs and design services/programs to meet those needs.
• Demonstrated capacity to anticipate obstacles and plan for contingencies; demonstrated ability to determine relevance and prioritize tasks.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience and track record of providing management consulting services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Change, Business Administration, or related area and/or equivalent experience/training.