Project manager/consultant management job description

**The Opportunity**

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

You'll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

**Position Summary**

The multi-faceted role you've been looking for... Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing partnerships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team-where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement.

Our environment inspires and rewards growth... As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your "career vision". Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth-but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization-and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you: It's intense... it's analytically rigorous... it's practical... it's entrepreneurial... it's intellectually stimulating-and most definitely-it's career-defining... It's the Huron Way.

Let's get to work - together.

**FLEXIBLE LOCATIONS**

**Qualifications**

Required:

U.S. work authorization required

- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university

- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in procurement operational strategy and transformation.

- Past experience as a strategic partner and spend management expert, helping clients with major transformation efforts, optimize business processes and/or configure their spend management

- Depth in strategic sourcing, business strategy, procurement, operational assessment, contract management, and/or supply chain management

- A minimum of 2 years of relevant managerial experience leading and developing teams.

- Management Consulting experience

- Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to architect business processes across disparate organizations and systems

- Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%. Huron has a Targeted Travel model focused on meeting the expectations of our clients and prioritizing a nimbler and more inclusive environment for our employees. Please discuss your preferences with your recruiter.

Preferred:

- Higher Education experience

- Working knowledge of JAGGAER or other packaged procurement and payable application (e.g. SAP Ariba, Coupa, ESM)

**Posting Category**

Education

**Opportunity Type**

Regular

**Country**

United States of America

Residents of the state of Colorado may receive salary range information for this job through this link .

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.

At Perficient you'll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you'll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world's biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.

We're proud to be publicly recognized as a "Top Workplace" year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.
Management Consulting - Project Manager

Job Location(s)

+ US-MO-St. Louis

+ US-MI-Livonia

+ US-TX-Houston

+ US-TX-Dallas

+ US-GA-Atlanta

+ US-OH-Cincinnati

+ US-OH-Columbus

+ US-MN-Minneapolis

*Travel required in addition to being near one of the above markets*

Our Management Consultant Business Unit and "How" we best serve our clients

Our talented team is comprised of professionals with diverse industry experience and expertise. We share the same commitment for deep investment and creative engagement in our client's long-term success.

The expertise and backgrounds of our team enables us to take on any level of project - from forming the initial strategy, identifying key business barriers, developing creative solutions, and deploying initiatives. Our clients' vision is our focus. We understand the key risks to their vision and help unlock opportunities by leveraging their strengths and capabilities. We employ an enterprise-wide approach by interfacing with all levels of an organization to thoroughly understand circumstances and identify creative solutions.

Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Project Manager

Responsibilities of the Project Manager

The key to success is one's willingness to collaborate, engage as team players and closely partner with our clients. We take pride in sharing our clients' visions and "side by side" approach while driving value and strategizing around their business obstacles or towards their goals. Our culture thrives on those who believe in internal and external engagement, relationship management, thought leadership, quality, and accountability. With few layers of management and a team-oriented culture, we collaborate as one, engage as one and win as one!

We hire all levels with all types of backgrounds and experience. We prioritize the development of our people through access and experience across various industries and functional practices. We build our teams around your strengths, allowing you the confidence to provide your expertise while continuing to develop and learn other skills. The diverse nature of our work creates exciting, challenging and extremely rewarding experiences. The "boutique feel" of our consulting business unit is something to be desired. Our consultants make their own opportunities and never feel stagnant.

Project Manager client delivery responsibilities include:

+ Serve as the accountable delivery lead for engagements (Management Consulting and multi-business unit engagements)

+ Develop an understanding of overall client strategy and how your role contributes to that strategy

+ Develop tools and frameworks to support alignment and decision making with the client

+ Develop/architect project approaches and solutions to achieve a client's desired outcome based on expertise

+ Demonstrate understanding of client's business and technical environment that are a part of the project implementation

+ Facilitate client discussions to drive clarity and resolution. (e.g., requirement sessions, design reviews, etc.)

+ Documents and understands client processes and requirements, identifies gaps, and contributes to deliverables

+ Actively engage in client sessions/discussions to capture key information and insights

+ Execute business analysis to comprehensively capture client's business priorities and challenges to identify opportunities

+ Analyze client information to comprehensively capture client's business priorities and challenges, identify opportunities, and develop insights and deliverables (process map, gap assessment, requirements, prioritization matrix)

+ Develop future state business models to support project initiatives that drive business value

+ Communicate concisely and clearly to clients ensuring opportunities and challenges are addressed in a timely manner

+ Translate client's business needs into business requirements, use cases, and systems interaction diagrams

+ Demonstrate project implementation competency using project management tools and resources

+ Utilize best practices to design and deploy future state business models and initiatives that drive business value

+ Utilize collaboration tools such as SharePoint, Teams, Confluence, JIRA, etc.

+ Anticipate client needs to provide client what they need when they need it

Project Manager solution development and sales support responsibilities include:

+ Build client relationships and opportunities through proactive account management and effective project delivery

+ Participate in internal knowledge capital and/or offerings development

+ Ensure a good understanding of the sales cycle and participation in proposals to expand / identify new work

+ Utilize area of expertise to identify and support opportunities (Pre-Sales / Sales Support - Proposal and RFP Response)

+ Develop relationship plans to grow current and targeted accounts

+ Develop/architect project approaches and solutions to achieve a client's desired outcome using functional and/or industry expertise

+ Ability to manage large, cross-functional, and complex project engagements

+ Executive presence and facilitation

+ Demonstrated business process architecture expertise, thought leadership, and delivery

+ Demonstrated leader with a positive attitude and learning mindset

+ Desire to continue to develop functional and/or industry areas of interest (e.g., operations, IT finance/accounting, HR, PMO)

+ Ability to create and deliver business strategies and drive solutions for client's opportunities and challenges

+ Confidence and conviction when presenting to executive sponsors, internal stakeholders, and the project team

+ Desire to participate in internal business unit optimization efforts

+ Experience mentoring consultants and establishing career growth plans

+ Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

+ Great organizational, planning and prioritization skills

+ Flexibility to travel to client or Perficient locations

Education / Experience

+ Bachelor's Degree required

+ MBA preferred

+ Minimum of 10 years consulting or business operations experience required

+ Scrum, SAFe, PMP, Six Sigma Certifications preferred

Variable Compensation

+ All billable and leadership roles are eligible for one or more bonus and incentive plans.

+ All sales roles qualify for certain commission plans.

Benefits

US Full-Time Employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

+ Medical, dental and vision

+ Health Savings Account with Company Contribution

+ Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

+ Life, Accident, Disability insurance

+ 401(k) Plan with Company Match

+ Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays

+ Discounts, Perks

+ ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

More About Perficient

Perficient is the leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. With unparalleled information technology, management consulting and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency deliver vision, execution and value with outstanding digital experience, business optimization and industry solutions.

Our work enables clients to improve productivity and competitiveness; grow and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and reduce costs. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index.

Perficient is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.

ID: 2022-15653

External Company Name: Perficient, Inc

External Company URL: www.perficient.com

Street: 1360 Peachtree St. NE, Suite 1200