Manager, Strategy & Technology

Konrad•New York, NY

10d•$125,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Manager, you have a successful career in digital and have managed cross-functional teams of consultants, designers, and developers. In your career you have successfully led large, complex projects and programs from inception through to completion. As a Manager, you are primarily responsible for leading strategy and management consulting engagements as well as design and technology delivery engagements. Additionally, you will be managing client expectations and ensuring that delivery meets our client’s needs. You lead the team by example, being responsible for the full project lifecycle in collaboration with Konrad’s senior leadership. As a senior member of the team, you have previously worked with clients and projects of various size and complexity. You will leverage your past experience and Konrad’s Strategy and Design Thinking Process to solve complex business problems and help guide our clients through early brainstorming, the creation of impactful end-to-end customer experiences. The ideal candidate will bring to the table a demonstrable experience in leading medium and large teams and mentoring junior team members.

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience
Excellent experience in leading management consulting, strategy, design, and technology teams
Excellent relationship building skills with the ability to influence others
A clear understanding of complex management, business, and finance processes from a variety of verticals
Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills with strong problem-solving ability
Strong track record in liaising with and collaborating with clients from diverse industries
Proven history of leading multiple large and complex programs simultaneously
A deep understanding of existing and emerging design, project management processes, and technology
Experience in mentoring and growing other team members

Nice To Haves

Have you taken any courses at BrainStation? A lot of our design and development best practices and processes are taught during our courses - make sure to highlight this experience in your cover letter if you have!

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for engagement processes including, but not limited to, strategy and design thinking, project scope, timelines, organization, resourcing, implementation, and risk management
Manage cross-functional teams to ensure the team understands and meets the project and/or program vision
Be a day-to-day point of contact for clients, managing their expectations and implementing resolution of project and/or program level issues independently
Proactively and independently look to solve problems and identify opportunities for improvement
You will use your experience to strategize and create software solutions for a variety of clients and verticals
Lead user experience design thinking workshops with our clients
Identify opportunities for business development and growing our business with existing clients that you work with
Play a lead role in understanding and interpreting our clients business challenges and goals and working with our design and technology teams to deliver elegant user experiences
Be a design and technology thought leader on existing and emerging technology trends
Be a mentor to other members of the team