Solutions Director – Acceleration & Succession

Spencer Stuart • Chicago, IL

9d • $185,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

THE ROLE As a Solution Director in our Solutions Team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Firm’s strategic positioning at a global level by jointly shaping our portfolio of solutions, contributing to our broarder innovation agenda and ensuring the quality and commercial success of two specific solutions: CEO Acceleration and Succession Planning. You’ll report to the Global Leader, Excellence and Innovation. Combining outcome-orientation and strong collaboration skills, you’ll partner closely with Regional Solution Leaders to ensure our practitioners are equipped to promote and deliver these solutions to the highest standards. You’ll also orchestrate functional support to ensure a seamless internal experience for client teams and collaborate with other Solutions Hub colleagues to optimise current and future performance across the portfolio. Having experience in or an affinity for leadership advisory work will be key to your success, as will an intellectual curiosity and/or experience in product development.

Requirements

• Collaboration and stakeholder management: ability to engage and lead through influence geographically dispersed stakeholder groups and to build close partnerships with senior practitioners
• Outcome-orientation and prioritisation: self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment. Expertise in managing multiple workstreams, setting clear priorities and ensuring alignment with business outcomes across various groups
• Communication and consensus building: Strong oral and written communication skills, capable of presenting complex ideas to experienced stakeholders and working with them to shape a way forward
• Analytical and problem-solving skills: ability to analyze complex data to identify opportunities and to develop creative and efficient solutions
• Adaptability in ambiguous environments: Capacity to effectively navigate change and complexity, making informed decisions, even in the absence of complete information or clarity

Nice To Haves

• 10 years in Leadership Advisory and/or core Product Management in a services industry
• Proficiency in approaches to user research
• Experience and ability to work with geographically dispersed and diverse teams will be a decided plus
• Experience engaging and partnering with very senior executives (C-, SVP, VP)
• Excellent command of written and spoken English

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Regional Solution Leaders to define an annual commercial and excellence plan for individual solutions.
• Orchestrate activities across the Solutions Hub and the Firm (e.g. marketing, L&D, finance) to ensure the successful delivery of these plans and the optimal use of Firm’s resources
• For new solutions, lead the process of defining and codifying the four key elements of a solution: (1) a point of view, (2) a GTM approach, (3) a delivery toolkit, and (4) a community of practitioners, working closely with colleagues across the Firm.
• Remain abreast of market trends competitive conditions, through external research and client team engagement, and ensure that they inform robust continuous improvement activities
• Enable the work of client teams by maintaining user-friendly and current reference documents, encouraging knowledge sharing and acting as a point of reference in the practitioners’ community.
• Identify potential roadblocks and address them pro-actively.
• Collaborate with other Solutions Hub leaders to establish the Hub as a key strategic lever for the Firm, coordinating communication, change management, regular reviews and other support activities across the entire portfolio.
• Provide active input into our methodologies and innovation work and ensure that our methods/tools are leveraged in individual solutions.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan with discretionary profit sharing contribution and employer match
• PTO (minimum 15 days per year, increases with tenure), paid sick time (10 days per year), company holidays (12 days per year), and paid leaves of absence when applicable
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, and healthcare flexible spending account
• Life Insurance, and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Wellness benefits, including an employee assistance program, virtual mental health program, and mindfulness program
• Voluntary benefit options, including supplemental life insurance, identity theft protection, and whole life insurance with long-term care and critical illness coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed