JOB TITLE: Engagement Manager

Who You Are:

You are an experienced hire approaching the phase in your career where you are ready for the responsibility of
helping to lead a consulting team. You want to execute the ODI methodology to help solve the most challenging
innovation and strategy problems for Strategyn’s Fortune 500 client base.
Your previous experience in business or professional service (corporate strategy, management consulting, finance,
marketing/advertising, design, research, etc.) roles, and/or a recent degree covering many of those same concepts,
has helped you hone your analytical skills and your ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, especially
through primary qualitative and quantitative research.
Every day, you want to put all these skills together for yourself and others in a collaborative, fast-paced
environment surrounded by team members that are also passionate about innovation, strategy, and client service.
You want to be a member of a team where you can display leadership abilities in thought, execution, and
delegation.
You thrive in team environments yet are independently productive and self-motivated. You seek to achieve a level
of excellence personally, and from other members on your team by creating opportunities for them.
You interact with a high level of professionalism with internal colleagues as well as clients, displaying strong ethics
and confidentiality. You are also resourceful: you strive and want to learn and master new research methods,
especially ODI, and apply other methodologies to assist in solving client’s questions and delivering value.

What You’ll Do:

As an Engagement Manager, you will master ODI concepts quickly, giving you the ability to help lead delivery
teams in applying ODI results and recommendations to Strategyn’s clients. The engagement manager works on
many projects at once across sectors, and with varying client objectives. The engagements you would lead help
clients select which markets to target, better understand their customers' needs, identify areas of opportunity,
formulate market and product strategies. You would also help support and facilitate ideation workshops.
Key responsibilities you share or execute on your own include:
• Leading the project team which can include Tony Ulwick, a client development manager, another senior
manager, associates, and analysts
• Ensuring projects stay on schedule, within budget and scope
• Supporting all aspects of projects from scoping to the delivery of recommendations, budget, and client
management
• Recruiting knowledge experts by creating research screeners
• Conducting qualitative research in-person and over the phone according to Strategyn’s proprietary
methodology
• Creating bespoke surveys to generate unique quantitative data for solving innovation and strategy
questions
• Executing statistical analyses, e.g., segmentation analysis, correlation analysis, etc.
• Conducting market and competitive analyses
• Collaborating/problem-solving with other engagement team members
• Creating presentation/deliverable materials
• Prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery
• Sharing insights and results in an easily understandable manner in both written and presentation format
• Demonstrating initiative and effectively managing individual and client delivery schedules
• Executing job assignments with minimal supervision
• Assisting junior members on engagement teams with the above duties based on project roles
You’ll Bring:
• A bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of related experience (corporate strategy, management consulting,
finance, marketing/advertising, design, research, etc.) Advanced degree or MBA is preferred but not
required
• Record of high performance and achievement
• Knowledge and appreciation of business, economics, and organizational concepts
• Professional characteristics and strong presentation skills
• Prior management or project management experience
• Superior problem-solving, analytical, and quantitative skills
• Ability to grasp complex analytical concepts quickly and thoroughly
• Working understanding of market segmentation theories and the analytics behind them
• Working understanding of market research concepts and techniques
• Effective communication skills with an ability to synthesize and present knowledge visually
• Client management soft skills such as relationship management and project scoping
• Strong work ethic and personal drive for client service and team leadership
• Expert in Microsoft Office suite (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word) and other communication/documentation
technologies/platforms
• Ability to work effectively in a Mac computing environment
• Relevant certifications/licenses are a plus

Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Reports To: Tony Ulwick, CEO and Managing Member along with the Delivery Team
Location: Denver, CO or others as agreed
Expected Travel: 25-50% (note amount of travel expected)

Who We Are:
Who we are: Strategyn is an innovation consulting firm that delivers product, marketing, and business model
strategies that accelerate growth. We identify new market opportunities and help our customers create
groundbreaking products using Outcome-Driven Innovation (ODI), our patented strategy and innovation process
that transforms Jobs-to-be-Done theory into practice. Since 1991, we have helped the world’s leading companies
launch some of the fastest-growing products in history across a wide variety of industries. Our company is
committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for
employment on any legally recognized basis “protected class” including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniform
service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, physical or
mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law. We consider all
qualified applicants in accordance with any Employee Opportunity Acts.

Job Type: Full-time