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Senior Manager, Strategy Consulting
Senior Manager, Strategy ConsultingStax • Chicago, IL, United States
Senior Manager, Strategy Consulting

Senior Manager, Strategy Consulting

Stax • Chicago, IL, United States
30+ days ago
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  • Full-time
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Overview

Celebrating 30 years in 2024, Stax is experiencing significant growth following a 2022 private equity platform investment. This includes geographic and product expansion, providing opportunities for our global team and delivering even greater value to our clients.

Overview

Celebrating 30 years in 2024, Stax is experiencing significant growth following a 2022 private equity platform investment. This includes geographic and product expansion, providing opportunities for our global team and delivering even greater value to our clients.

To support this growth, we’re expanding our team of project managers—professionals with a passion for learning and tackling complex business challenges. Senior Managers play a key role at Stax, working on high-impact, short-term engagements (4–12 weeks) with our private equity, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banking clients across industries including software / technology, healthcare, business services, consumer, industrials, and the events ecosystem.

At Stax, you’ll work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, gaining hands-on experience and direct client exposure from day one. With a strong focus on career progression, our entrepreneurial approach and diverse client base provide endless opportunities to develop professionally while solving our clients’ toughest challenges.

We value a work environment that empowers employees while supporting work-life balance. Unlike many firms, our minimal travel model allows you to focus on meaningful work, build strong team connections, and grow personally and professionally.

Recognized as a top workplace, Stax has been named to the 2024 Vault Consulting 50 Best Firms , Management Consulted’s Top Ranked Consulting Firms 2024 , and Consulting Magazine’s 2024 Best Firms to Work For .

WHY STAX

  • High-profile engagements with Fortune 500s and half of the largest 20 LBO firms globally.
  • Solve real-world problems quickly, using data and insights to create actionable recommendations within 4−12 weeks.
  • Unparalleled immersive learning opportunities in a fast pace environment.
  • Direct client engagement with unrivaled exposure to different methodologies, perspectives and situations stemming from an array of project types across sectors.
  • Team-based, collaborative philosophy creates opportunities for all to contribute and have direct impacts on the client’s success as well as the firm’s.
  • Unmatched opportunities for personal growth and career development based on the merits of your work.
  • Smarter, more strategic approach to generating higher value outcomes in shorter time periods.
  • Good people who genuinely care about the firm’s success and are consistently exploring ways to improve and build upon its accomplishments.

Competitive compensation that rewards strong performance and solid career development through mentorship and coaching opportunities. In addition, we offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, 401(k) savings plan with company matching, open vacation policy, life and disability insurance, generous parental leave, pre-tax transit benefits, mobile phone stipend, wellness reimbursement, charitable gift matching, and more.

Responsibilities

Senior Managers play a critical leadership role at Stax in developing and motivating team members, expanding our capabilities and leading firm initiatives to support our growth. You will assist in scoping projects and framing issues for clients, write proposals, on-board teams and manage day-to-day workings of engagements. You will facilitate and participate in analyses, quality control, and developing insights with the team, including directors. Senior Managers are accountable for preparing and delivering presentation of findings and conclusions to clients.

At Stax, you will be exposed to diverse client engagements, allowing you to gain experience in a broad range of industries. Your work is highly visible to client’s management team through significant client interaction and impact. You will have the opportunity to own projects at the same time working alongside with a senior leadership team that is accessible and consistently offers opportunities for team member to learn and grow. You are encouraged to partner with directors to develop and grow client relationships.

Compensation consists of salary and incentive program that is competitive with leading strategy consulting firms. Travel is minimal (around 10%).

Qualifications

  • Candidates must have 7+ years of experience with a strategy consulting, strategic planning / corporate strategy group, or private equity / venture capital firm required.
  • MBA degree strongly preferred, but equivalent work experience will be considered.
  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically with proven research and analytic abilities, and working knowledge of consulting frameworks.
  • Demonstrated experience in performing various types of analysis including qualitative and quantitative research, secondary research, web surveys, market sizing, forecasting growth, and regression.
  • Knowledge of macro trends in climate transition and sustainability, and their integration with ESG-related business practices to enhance strategy, operational capabilities, risk management, and value creation across industries.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage consulting projects from nuts to bolts including planning and managing multiple and differing work streams within tight timelines.
  • Proven ability to manage, coach, and develop consultants and associates, or similar positions.
  • Proven written, verbal and presentation skills that demonstrate the ability to frame ideas that capture the appropriate level of detail, while conveying the “big picture” message and structuring of output logically.
  • Proven knowledge of full suite of analytical skills needed to execute project work and demonstrated proficiency in advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint, SPSS and survey tools.
  • Proven ability to liaise closely with and manage global project teams a plus.
  • Have a high degree of initiative; roll-up your sleeves-type person who thrives in an entrepreneurial environment.
  • Detail oriented, self-starter with an intellectual curiosity and teamwork capabilities.
  • Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
  • The salary range for this position is between $210,000 and $240,000, plus discretionary bonus. Salaries are allocated based on individual experience

    Stax, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability (except where the disability is a bona fide occupational disqualification), sexual orientation, genetic makeup, predisposition or carrier status, familial or marital status, military or veteran status or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

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