Senior Consultant, Leadership Development/Assessment

Korn Ferry

About The Position

Korn Ferry is seeking a Sr. Consultant to join the Assessment, Succession and Leadership Development Solution Area of its Advisory Practice. Senior Consultants will work on project teams with more seasoned practitioners and sales colleagues to deliver custom solutions that meet and exceed client expectations. Individuals at this level exercise judgment in understanding client issues and customizing solutions to fit. They have developed a level of presence and maturity that means they take the lead on defined aspects of a project or business development activity. Senior Consultants are expected to be autonomous in working up and proposing a solution or project plan internally and then implementing it once it has been signed off. Business development is still not a major accountability but there is an expectation that role holders will identify opportunities to extend or enhance a project and lead in those discussions.

Requirements

5+ years of experience relevant work experience (e.g., in a professional services or consulting firm or within a human resources or organization design department, delivering human capital-related services).
Relevant bachelor’s degree required; higher degree preferred – IO Psychology/OD preferred
Has established credentials in own ‘major’ discipline and is able to operate independently to make custom adjustments to relatively standard offerings to meet client needs.
Is able to lead core service line work activities.
Maintain knowledge and expertise of an industry, current and future trends and challenges.
Develop expertise (depth and breadth) and consulting skills i.e., client relationships, commercial impact and business insights.
Someone who is confident building slide decks/client presentations and can look at ways Ai and technology shape work and make process improvements.
Proven record of influencing senior executives and delivering insights that shape talent and business decisions.
Understand the leadership and organizational issues faced by business leaders, with ability to engage as a peer, act as a trusted advisor and place proposed services in their business situation or context
Knowledgeable about talent management, leadership development and assessment trends and best practices for designing high impact solutions.

Responsibilities

Deliver high quality work that meets expectations for timeliness, accuracy and completeness.
Manage large projects or a significant work-stream of a more complex program and/or support relationship development as part of an account. Typical projects are of several months duration.
Estimates complete resource planning for projects, recognizing Consulting Senior Consultant when additional resources and/or expertise is needed and managing their involvement in the project (e.g., project onboarding and briefing).
Support the design or development of solutions for our clients by working as part of a client or opportunity team and leveraging the insights gained through research and analytics.
May be the lead consultant/account manager for smaller clients and manage client expectations and satisfaction.
May interact with executives of the client in the context of projects.
Support senior colleagues on larger, more complex projects potentially leading some client facing aspects of the project in an area of expertise.
Where time permits, contribute to winning profitable business by conducting background research, proposal writing, shaping opportunities, pitch preparation and opportunity spotting in clients.
Participate in client planning.
Participate in parts of sales calls/presentations in own expertise area(s) and lead related proposal writing.
Work with and coordinate activities with colleagues across teams.
Manage peers and more junior resources on projects.
Provide guidance and coaching to more junior colleagues.
Continue to develop a strong internal brand with a network of Korn Ferry Advisory colleagues to receive guidance, leverage resources, identify additional sources of project work, etc.
Begin to broaden network across the KF enterprise.
Proactively developing internal relationships outside of team/office including other knowledge experts.
Capable of identifying opportunities for other Korn Ferry Advisory practices and provide a high-level descriptions of these services to clients.