Consulting Engagement Lead

Toffler Associates • Arlington, VA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Toffler Associates is a future-focused strategic advisory firm that works with both government and commercial clients. Our Future Proof® business consulting approach makes us unique in the industry, helping global leaders understand how future shifts impact current decisions and empowering them to take advantage of opportunities, manage risk, and create value. Our firm is seeking an Consulting Engagement Lead to join our growing team. This person will be working on strategic client projects, including those with federal government agencies. In this role, you will oversee project planning, resource management, stakeholder engagement and ensure the successful delivery of complex solutions. Additionally, you provide strategic insights which will contribute to business development initiatives, expanding client relationships and identifying new opportunities. With expertise in strategic analysis and risk planning, this person will manage project financials, budgeting, and forecasting, ensuring high-quality outputs that drive client success and organizational impact.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience working in cybersecurity equating to strong command of basic cyber policies, guidelines, and strategies.
• High level of practical AI fluency across both paid client work and internal process optimization (e.g., using LLMs, building agentic workflows, building automations, architecting advanced AI concepts).
• Competent in AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini) and able to use AI to accelerate analysis, workflows, prototypes, and deliverables.
• Must reside in and be willing to commute regularly within the Washington, DC metropolitan area; hybrid work environment anticipated, to include on-site and virtual locations.
• U.S. citizenship (the nature of our work with the federal government limits our hiring to U.S. citizens).
• Ability to obtain and maintain up to a top-secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Strong PPT and Excel skills.

Nice To Haves

• Strategic thinker with strong systems thinking and first principles reasoning.
• Able to translate strategy to execution and own execution (work cross-functionally and across seniority levels within a client space to drive change, keeping relationships and culture in mind).
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to bring structure to open-ended problems.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to command a room and engage senior clients.
• Confident facilitator able to guide discussions, manage conflict, and drive alignment.
• Strong storyteller capable of creating compelling narratives, insights, and recommendations.
• Relationship builder with strong client-service orientation.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Highly organized; able to manage multiple workstreams, deliverables, and internal/external expectations; can manage up.
• Experience with managing complex team structures and project budgets
• Knowledge of key consulting frameworks and concepts (Mento Pyramid, MECE, Choice Cascade, 7S, Growth Share)
• Experience serving Air Force clients or working in the Air Force context; and/or familiarity with the defense R&D/acquisition community.
• Experience conducting data analytics.
• Skilled in Microsoft Power Platform (e.g., PowerBI, Power Automate, SharePoint).
• Able to identify, frame, and scope problems across all consulting disciplines: strategy, operations, human capital, technology, and AI.
• Confident engaging new people and building relationships across all levels.
• Creative in identifying pathways into organizations, buyers, and influencers.
• Comfortable shaping solution options and articulating value drivers.
• Understanding of the full sales lifecycle and able to assist in developing proposals, estimates, and statements of work.

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic insights that will contribute to business development initiatives
• Expanding client relationships and identifying new opportunities
• An expertise in strategic analysis and risk planning
• Experience managing project financials, budgeting, and forecasting
• Ensuring high-quality outputs that drive client success and organizational impact

Benefits

• A flexible, agile, and employee-driven workplace that will enable you to thrive as a well-balanced professional
• A fundamentally collaborative team that places a premium on transparent leadership and diversity of experience and thought
• A community of lifelong learners dedicated to engaging in rewarding and meaningful work
• A culture committed to interpersonal connection that will encourage you to leverage your existing relationships and invest in new ones
• An environment that is unconditionally inclusive across the many characteristics that make us all unique
• Competitive compensation and outstanding benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level