Director - Work, Rewards & Careers Consulting

WTW•Chicago, IL

13d

About The Position

As a Director in our Work, Rewards, & Careers (WRC) practice, you will be primarily responsible for leading and/or partnering with Senior Directors to sell and deliver client engagements in your areas of subject matter expertise. You will manage consulting projects (either directly or through project managers) while operating as a thought partner to senior colleagues in the design of solutions for our clients’ needs. In this capacity, you will act as a coach and mentor for consultants and analysts. Our projects range in scope from specific solutions to broad cross-line of business engagements, such as support for M&A transactions, and total rewards strategy and optimization. We support clients across a range of WRC disciplines, including: Rewards: Rewards strategy Competitive compensation analyses Base salary program design Annual and sales incentive program design Job levelling and architecture Pay equity and pay fairness assessments Careers and Work Competency and skills frameworks Performance management Workforce analytics and planning Functional/organization structure design Career philosophy/strategy You will also participate in and contribute to activities that support continued revenue growth of the Work & Rewards line of business and WTW overall. These activities may include supporting local, regional and/or national marketing events, performing industry/topical research and developing intellectual capital, and participating in our firm’s industry and/or topical teams.

Responsibilities

Serving as the lead Consultant on client projects and/or as the “second” for most complex clients/engagements, developing appropriate reward strategies which align with the overall human capital strategy and support the client’s business goals.
Managing multiple and complex project engagements in a way that ensures profitable revenue for WTW, associate engagement and development and high client satisfaction.
Leading or co-leading the generation of new business by facilitating discovery discussions with prospects and developing / delivering proposals.
Establishing collaborative relationships with clients to understand their business and issues to better inform our consulting and to expand WTW’s relationship into new service areas.
Thinking strategically in partnering with clients to pioneer unique approaches to solving their business problems.
Providing high quality consulting advice, accurate technical content and engaging deliverables to senior leaders in client companies.
Using highly effective written and spoken communications to deliver detailed findings, analyses and recommendations to senior leaders of client organizations.
Leveraging to and managing the work of junior staff, providing coaching and on-going feedback.
Demonstrating leadership ability by effectively mentoring consultants and analysts.
Serving as a positive role model of WTW values and contribute to building an employer of choice culture of top performing associates committed to client satisfaction, teamwork and excellence in all that is done.
Contributing to the development of new tools and approaches.
Contributing to the external visibility of WTW’s brand through intellectual capital generation, drafting articles, and attending and speaking at relevant conferences.