Practice Director of Organizational Effectiveness

We’re not like others, and neither are you. Unify Consulting is a collective of genuine, curious, seasoned consultants who unlock potential and deliver with purpose and excellence. We unify daring leaders to better the world and are always seeking co‑creators, community‑builders and truth‑tellers who strive to multiply our positive impact. The Practice Director is a pivotal member of our leadership team, responsible for providing strategicdirection, driving profitable growth, ensuring delivery excellence, and cultivating an environmentwhere consultants thrive. This role combines the responsibilities of both the Practice Director and Solutions Director, focusing on optimizing profitability, building great teams, and ensuring clientand consultant success. The Practice Director reports directly to a Managing Director and takesguidance on account growth and delivery activities from a General Manager for the primary Account and Practice Growth Support and contribute to account growth strategies by identifying targetclients, business needs, and opportunities that align with Unify’s capabilities. Develop solution sales strategies and targets with account General Managersand drive activity to achieve those targets. Participate directly in client conversations, proposal content, and sales collateral to help sell consulting services. Develop and curate solutions offering content that helps advance solution salesgrowth companywide. Practice Strategy Build and apply knowledge of the market and trends impacting our clients'businesses to provide value and grow Unify’s business. Develop strategies for supplying talent for consulting opportunities and deliverywith input from Solution Managing Directors. Define and up-level the practice's capabilities, innovating and elevating thefirm's consulting and solution delivery capabilities. Build and implement a consultant talent development roadmap and foster a high-performing and diverse practice leadership team. Consultant Success Lead a Community of Practice that encourages consultant engagement anddevelopment through learning, skill enhancement, and collaborative activities. Provide guidance and leadership to Practice Managers on Community ofPractice-building and consultant engagement activities. Define and implement strategies to improve consultant performance,engagement, career development, success, and retention. Coach and mentor consultants in expertise related to the Practice’s capabilitieand consulting excellence. Practice Operations Proactively communicate the practice’s consultant’s availability for projects through supply/demand alignment. Support consultant to engagement matchmaking activities to ensure profitabletalent alignment occurs across the practice. Support practice-wide engagement renewals, extensions, and expansion efforts. Set Talent Acquisition priorities and inspire recruits to join the practice. Community of Practice Lead and grow a community of practice that engages consultants with Unify andenhances consultant skillsets in practice capabilities. Assess consultant development needs and create and implement a roadmap oftraining requirements and continuous learning. Foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, curiosity, quality, and radical accountability. Support cultivating practice stories, case studies, credentials, and communicationsas collateral for use with clients. Engagement Leadership & Delivery Excellence Apply subject matter expertise as a client advisor and consulting leader for engagements across our core capabilities. Lead from the front through excellent delivery as a billable leader (100% utilized) with a combination of both delivery and delivery lead responsibilities. Engage in account meetings and strategy sessions to share intel among leaders and consultants for account growth and expansion. Explore and create new solution opportunities, look for every opportunity to level upour current SIC work and create value added solutions out of the work we are doingtoday. Lead the end-to-end sale and delivery of a portfolio of consulting engagements, including project approach, scope, schedule, risk and issue mitigation, and statuscommunication, utilizing Unify’ s Project Delivery Framework as needed. Ensure each team member contributes to the team's success by creating high quality deliverables and meeting established milestones. Provide quality assurance of deliverables and coaching/mentoring, as needed. Create a positive team enviornment where each member is heard, respected and valued. Share delivery feedback with consultants and their Account Leadership to helpensure seamless transitions as consultants onboard or offboard from the team. Contribute to delivery best practices, templates, customer reference stories andinternal knowledge sharing, training, and education. Qualifications Ability to lead, partner, and work effectively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment, despite ambiguity and no formal authority. Demonstrated subject matter expertise in the relevant practice area. Experienced in polished business writing and presentation skills. Excellent listening skills and ability to communicate effectively with executives anddiverse audiences. Ability to conduct business with transparency and integrity. Business acumen and understanding of industries, domains, and use cases to informand direct the practice-specific work. Proven track record of delivering, managing, and growing consulting services orrelated business unit/function. Must have excellent client-facing skills including communication, presentation, andrelationship management capabilities. Proven people leader with experience managing and mentoring a team to reach its full potential. 10+ years of experience in management consulting with a focus on providing businessvalue. 10+ years leading concurrent projects and managing senior client relationships. Bachelor’s degree (preferred). Unify Consulting, LCC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Unify considers applicants regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, genetics, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, gender, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr Unifyconsulting