Our Management Consulting practice is seeking a Director for our Education practice to strengthen our Management Consulting practice. We are looking for talented professionals with a proven record for motivating teams and delivering exceptional, meaningful work.
Ideally based in the Greater Vancouver Area, you will be a critical part of our growing and successful National Education practice, in leading one of the practice’s key initiatives, which is in supporting higher education institutions in their journey of reimagining their student experience enabled by technology transformation and modernization of legacy platforms.
Requirements :
A seasoned professional, with 12-15+ years of comparable experience in management consulting and the Education sector.
Hands on Education sector experience, with strong relationships with Director and/or Executive-level contacts, and with a solid understanding of key trends in the Education sector locally and nationally.
Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, including ability to lead a dedicated team and collaborating with complementary teams (such as technology and technology vendor alliance teams) towards achieving common goals.
Ability to navigate a multi-stakeholder environment and senior levels with the ability to build and foster long-term relationships with our clients.
Experience with designing and delivering student experiences that authentically engage with each learner's abilities, aspirations and circumstances while cognizant of the unique and changing world in which students and higher education institutions will operate.
Experience with Strategy, Planning, Analytics and Performance, including operational and strategic plan reporting, management information services, data warehouse and business intelligence systems management, modelling, institutional research and analysis.
Experience in creating business cases/ proposals for structural change, technology improvements and business process re-engineering, including stakeholder engagement, customer journeys, identifying new opportunities for improvement, new ways of undertaking existing functions, such as admissions and the development of costing and implementation timelines and schedules.
Superb skills and experience in project execution, including leading day-to-day delivery, team management, client relationship management, and managing project schedule, risks, and timelines.
University degree in business, management, operations, engineering, MBA or equivalent from an accredited university.
Familiarity with the technology architecture across the institution with an ability to articulate the future technology needs of the institution and liaise between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to cultivate relationships at management and executive levels, both internally and externally, including to drive business development initiatives
Ability to succeed in both team-based and independent environments