The Associate will be a direct contributor within our consulting business enabling delivery at the highest possible level for our partners and serving as a culture carrier both internally and externally in pursuit of our mission.
The Associate is integral in devising solutions to tackle the dynamic challenges of our clients and will be responsible for crafting highimpact deliverables under the guidance of project leadership. We empower our people to be leaders at every level and expect Associates to take ownership of their work adapt as the environment demands cultivate business acumen demonstrate professionalism and a willingness to innovate and leverage curiosity to drive personal and professional growth. At a daytoday level the Associate will employ analytical planning and tactical decisionmaking skills manage projects and personnel and support McChrystal Groups knowledge management efforts; they can expect a balance between executing on clientfacing teams and contributing to internal functional areas.
Our work is focused on leveraging datadriven insights leadership training and our Team of Teams methodology to transform the structure processes and behaviors of our partners to enable them to be more adaptable agile and effective in an evermoredemanding market climate. Put simply we enable our clients to outpace their environment their competitors and their next challenge.
Expect that you will be a part of a dynamic high performing team and have direct engagement with internal and client senior level leaders from Manager to Csuite at a regular cadence.
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Responsibilities:
Support McChrystal Groups consulting practice by energetically tackling challenges and completing deliverables under the guidance of their project leadership; experienced associates may manage personnel or lead implementation of certain deliverables
Manage client engagement teams utilization expenses and invoices as well asdeliverable completion
Create longterm project plans and define responsibilities across lines of effort with project lead support
Capably speak to McChrystal Group methodology products and services
Support the development and delivery of highquality client presentations and materials using analytical planning and tactical decisionmaking skills
Develop exceptional working relationships with the client where appropriate and help McChrystal Group be a seamless extension of the client team
Help coordinate events logistics and materials for client engagements
Develop business skills to supportImplementation including but not limited to proposal and SOW writing financial and utilization tracking
Effectively articulate the value of McChrystal Group and define client engagements to client and McChrystal Group leadership of all levels
Document processes to ensure McChrystal Group leadership and other MG client engagement teams leverage knowledge and success as well as suggest ways to continuously measure and improve effectiveness
Actively and positively contribute to McChrystal Group culture
Focus on personal and professional growth
Support Analysts in learning and development
Further the growth of McChrystal Group through recruiting activity work in the community and participation in industry events
Requirements:
Bachelors degree required
25yearswork experience required; private sector and consulting experience a plus
Superiorclientfocus and professionalism reflective of McChrystal Groupspremier brand
Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities in a fastpaced resultsoriented environment
Ability to work on and prioritize concurrent assignments and balance responsibilities across projects
Solid analytical research writing and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly and succinctly articulate ideas
Ability to think creatively with a focus on innovation
Selfmotivated team player with the ability to work on concurrent assignments and change roles quickly when necessary
Problem solver with the skills to adapt to changing priorities or multiple iterations of work
Excellent organizational and time management skills with a strong attention to detail
Advanced MS Office skills
Ability and desire to travel up to 75 of the time
Benefits:
Exceptional Access to Senior Leaders
Comprehensive Benefits Plan
Responsible PTO Policy
401(k) Plan with Company Match
Family Leave
Mentor Program
Focused Professional Development Programming
BiAnnual All Hands
Headquartered in Old Town Alexandria
Metroaccessible Free onsite Parking
McChrystal Group helps organizations drive the results that matter by unleashing the power of your teams. Thats why weve been helping organizations get their teams working better smarter and faster forover a decade.Forged in combat and proven across industries we use ourTeam of Teamsframework tohelp organizations get the most out of their teams turning theminto powerful engines of meaningful change.
McChrystal Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our goal is to embody and embrace a diverse workforce that is representative at all levels of the customers we serve. We are committed to cultivating an environment of mutual respect and all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need. We seek to recruit develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool and encourage applications of all backgrounds without regard to race religion color sex gender identity sexual orientation age nondisqualifying physical disability national origin veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
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