Consulting Engagement Lead -- Air Force

Toffler Associates • Denver, CO

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About The Position

Toffler Associates is hiring a Consulting Engagement Lead to own delivery of complex client work supporting the Air Force. The role is accountable for work quality, engagement health, team performance, and client relationships. Engagement Leads take work from kickoff through close, establish clear outcomes and workplans, turn ambiguous questions and incomplete information into actionable analysis and decisions, lead and coach teams, and manage client relationships and day-to-day delivery. They also monitor scope, schedule, staffing, burn, profitability, risks, and forecasts, addressing issues early and escalating when needed.

The position calls for a practitioner who can translate strategy into practical work, lead multiple workstreams, and work across functions and organizational levels. The successful candidate brings management consulting and Air Force industry experience, process improvement capability, and the judgment and communication skills to produce executive-ready deliverables from quantitative and qualitative data. The role also requires working proficiency with modern AI tools and U.S. citizenship. Candidates must reside in the Denver, Colorado area.

Toffler Associates describes its culture as collaborative, candid, and low-ego, emphasizing team success, reliability, humility, sound judgment, and stewardship. The firm works with clients on consequential, complex problems spanning strategy, technology, organizations, operations, and people, and seeks people who strengthen their clients, teammates, and the firm.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of management consulting experience, including executive-level client engagement and leadership of teams.
• Air Force industry experience.
• Business development experience related to on-contract or follow-on growth.
• Process improvement experience.
• Ability to turn strategy into a practical workplan and move work across organizational functions and levels.
• Strong systems thinking, analytical judgment, facilitation, executive communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience leading multiple workstreams and teams while managing scope, budget, schedule, quality, and client expectations.
• Ability to work effectively with quantitative and qualitative data to create executive-ready deliverables.
• Working proficiency with modern AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
• Bachelor's degree.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Residence in the Denver, Colorado area.

Nice To Haves

• Federal recompete support experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex engagements from kickoff through close, establishing clear outcomes, a strong workplan, high-quality deliverables, and predictable client communication.
• Turn ambiguous questions and incomplete information into clear problem statements, hypotheses, analysis, decisions, and next steps.
• Set team direction, assign ownership, coach practitioners, review work, address performance issues, and create conditions for team members to succeed.
• Build trusted client relationships, lead day-to-day client interactions, run effective meetings, facilitate difficult conversations, and manage expectations.
• Manage engagement scope, schedule, staffing, burn, profitability, risks, and forecasts; address problems early and escalate as needed.
• Build relationships beyond the immediate project, identify unmet client needs, and develop follow-on work.
• Use quantitative and qualitative data to produce clear, executive-ready deliverables.

What This Job Offers

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