Organisation:
The company is a leading European Business Consulting firm, specialised in Management and Technology services. Serving clients in the public, commercial and financial industry, the company focuses on offering its clients tangible and measurable results through profound business and technology expertise. A European-based company with a global reach, it employs passionate, experienced and hands-on professionals focused on their clients’ needs and success.
Building on steady growth (12-15% year to year) and the strong positioning of the public sector practice within the firm (around 100mln€ in business value across Europe), the ambition is now to significantly strengthen the EU Account team in Brussels and across Europe with a series of hires across seniority levels.
Position offered:
EU is a strategic account for the GPS (Government and Public Sector) segment and is managed by a dedicated team, based in Brussels, focusing on business development, framework contracts management, and projects delivery. This team works also in collaboration with local GPS teams in the countries where the firm is present (key markets: Germany, France, Ireland), in particular to mobilize expertise and when delivering projects in these respective countries.
The company’s EU account team provides consultancy to EU Institutions and Agencies, and – in some cases – to national authorities (upon approval of the EU Institutions). The team supports its EU clients in developing and nurturing continuous improvement in their structures, processes, people and technologies.
The company is currently in the process of strengthening its EU account team in order to drive the ambitious plans to further grow the impact and scope of the work it delivers to the EU institutions and agencies.
To realise its ambitious plans, the EU account team is looking for a Senior Manager with experience in the area of Health / Transport / Transformation of Public Organisations / Data. The Senior Manager will play a key role in strengthening the offering to the EU institutions and ensuring the highest quality of service delivery.
Scope of the role:
The Senior Manager will work closely with the EU Account Partner and other colleagues and consultants (in Brussels and across Europe) serving the EU institutions and Agencies to strengthen the firm’s positioning vis-à-vis the institutional clients. They will do so by contributing to the development of competitive proposals and by taking advantage of the company’s positioning on several framework contracts with the EU institutions and agencies.
The Senior Manager will work as key expert on Health / Transport / Transformation of Public Organisations / Data and will work hand-in-hand with other colleagues to ensure the highest quality of service is delivered to clients.
Key responsibilities:
- Contribute to the growth and development of the EU account with technical knowledge and experience in public sector consulting;
- Strengthen and maintain close relationships with key institutional stakeholders;
- Leverage the existing network of contacts to collect intelligence on new business opportunities;
- Contribute to high-quality and timely delivery of client projects by taking ownership and efficiently leading teamwork and coordinating internal stakeholders;
Key skills required:
- A relevant degree in Political Sciences, European Studies, Business Administration or comparable;
- Proven professional experience in delivering successful projects (policy assessment, strategic advisory, impact studies, workshop design and facilitation, etc.) to public sector clients within the area of Health / Transport / Tranformation of Public Organisations / Data;
- Sound understanding of the EU institutions’ functioning, main stakes and the EU policy-making processes;
- Sound interest in and demonstrated experience in policies elaboration and evaluation, dealing with strategy, organisation, processes, people and technology;
- Excellent command of English (spoken and written) is mandatory. Proficiency in several other EU languages is a differentiating asset;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and clients at all levels;
- Entrepreneurial mindset;
Hands-on and result-oriented, with a can-do mentality;
