U.S. Consultant, Digital Practice - 2024
Location: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Job Description
L.E.K.'s Digital practice supports our clients solve their most pressing challenges with digital strategies and solutions. Given the vast opportunity provided by the confluence of disruptive technologies, the evolving needs of consumers and talent, and the emergence of new business models, companies face new decisions that will determine the future of their businesses. We define and design the digital strategies and solutions that help our clients meet these challenges and shape their businesses to seize opportunity in their markets.
If you are a bright, motivated leader interested in tackling some of the toughest and most interesting business problems, consider joining L.E.K.'s Digital practice as a Consultant. L.E.K.'s Digital team develops strategies and solutions to help clients across a wide range of strategic digital issues, including:
- Assessing Digital Potential
- Advancing Digital Maturity
- Building a Digital Culture
- Delivering Impactful Experiences
- Launching and Amplifying Disruptive Products & Business Models
- Unlocking the Power of AI
The Digital Consultant role is at the core of our project team structure. Using their passion for digital innovation and their creative problem-solving and managerial skills, Consultants at L.E.K. lead our digital project teams to provide clients insights with impact. You will make a difference by driving our teams to deliver actionable advice, strategies, and digital solutions to help our clients win. Consultants at L.E.K. manage a team of Associates and/or Associate Consultants right from the start, and are on point to ensure the team is addressing client problems and delivering an answer.
Responsibilities typically include:
- Breaking down and outlining the client's key strategic, operational, technology, experience, and organizational issues
- Directly executing critical analysis
- Designing and supervising the team's core tasks and analyses day-to-day
- Developing presentation and other deliverable structures
- Engaging with external ecosystem partners (e.g., contractors, technology vendors, development partners) to collaborate on a shared vision to achieve client success
- Providing guidance and support to client working teams
- Understanding the critical issues affecting the client and communicating key insights and recommendations based upon the project team's research and analysis
- Participating in the communication of project conclusions to client senior management
- Providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to more junior staff
Qualifications & Experience
- Fluency in multiple topics core to digital strategy including agile, systems architecture, experience design, process automation, cloud technologies, AI, mobile, etc.
- Curiosity to explore the evolving landscape of digital
- Experience in a range of digital strategy topics including digital commerce, disruptive business strategies, technology design, architecture, experience design, AI, etc.
- Superior analytical skills combined with demonstrated expertise in consulting approaches
- Strong "bedside manner" with clients: able to engage at varying levels within a client's organization
- Strong project management skills including work planning, presentation development, quality control, and client management
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written and the ability to influence others
- Bright, conceptual and a quick learner, able to quickly assess a situation and generate new insights and actionable ideas
WHY L.E.K.?
The Consultant role at L.E.K. is differentiated from other firms in several key ways:
- Immediate management responsibility: Consultants have the opportunity to manage the case process and Associate team from day 1 (L.E.K. hires two undergraduates for every new Consultant).
- Breadth of experiences: While our projects span most industries and services, our focus is strategy and M&A. Consultants typically work on 6-10 projects a year, providing greater exposure across clients and strategic issues, as well as faster development of business acumen.
- Fun, stimulating work environment: L.E.K. teams spend substantially more time in their home office relative to teams at peer firms, and we pride ourselves on a vibrant social culture, including case team events, office parties, non-profit involvement, and much more.
- International exposure: Approximately one-third of L.E.K. projects involve an international component, which allows Consultants to work on international case teams or, if they choose, to relocate to international offices on either a temporary or a full-time basis.
- Upward mobility: L.E.K. is a meritocracy with an entrepreneurial culture and frequent feedback. We rapidly progress responsibility to accelerate our team's development.
The base salary for the Consultant position is $185,000 (USD). L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience as well as a performance bonus, profit sharing, and other benefits.
International candidates will be considered. L.E.K. Consulting will assist you as necessary in accordance with our policy of obtaining employment authorization; however, we cannot guarantee that work authorization will be granted.
L.E.K Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer.