Manager of Consulting Engagement
About The Position
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm with over 500 professionals and 350+ business professionals. The Firm is known for its quality and commitment to clients, utilizing a groundbreaking approach that combines legal services, advocacy, and business strategy. This position supports project staffing and resource management strategies for large-scale consulting engagements and reports to the Firm’s Director of Consulting Engagement in the Talent team. It is an opportunity for an experienced client services professional with demonstrated success in consulting or resource management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 7+ years of experience managing projects within a consulting firm and/or in a similar role at a professional services organization
- Proficient in resource / project management
- Effective communicator with the ability to interface with project leadership
- Proficient in Microsoft suite, including Excel, Teams, Planner, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive and SharePoint
- Experience working in a team environment
- Experience in setting up new operations, internal policies and procedures
- Enjoy setting up new processes and problem-solving
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Workday and its Projects module preferred
Responsibilities
- Manage staffing requests and collaborate with project leads and team members to define current and future project needs.
- Ensure matters are appropriately staffed in an efficient and timely manner by monitoring current and anticipated consultant utilization and assessing individual capacity.
- Facilitate consultant and project forecasting and evaluate forecasts compared to actual project time to ensure consultant time is aligned with project needs.
- Maintain a system for tracking and reporting on consultant experiences, qualifications, and interests.
- Oversee the daily management of the firm’s resource management system.
- Work collaboratively with the firm’s Strategic Growth and Talent teams to ensure consultant headcount and skills align with the firm’s current and future staffing needs.
- Develop reports that enhance the effectiveness of the Consulting Engagement team’s operations.
Benefits
- A full range of medical, financial and/or other benefits dependent on the position will also be offered.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
