Altman Solon Manager

Altman Solon is a strategy consulting group that focuses exclusively on the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) related sectors. As the largest global TMT strategy firm, we assist clients in fast, high-impact, confident decision making. We enable clients to seize new opportunities, improve performance, and increase shareholder value within complex and converging industries.

Trusted Leader with Industry Expertise and Innovative Approaches

• As the leading pure play communications and media strategy consulting group globally, we assist operating companies and financial groups in fast, high-impact, confident decision making
• Deep industry knowledge and advanced analytics allow us to develop more actionable insights and recommendations, delivering better advice, more quickly – we succeed in building long-term client relationships because of the results we deliver
• Altman Solon’s industry focus and shorter average project duration allows employees to quickly gain exposure to a breadth of projects and develop an expertise in TMT along with a sophisticated consulting toolkit

Growing Firm with an Entrepreneurial Spirit & Inclusive Culture

• The size of our organization allows our Managers to constantly experience new challenges and growth opportunities while building relationships with clients and senior Altman Solon team members who are recognized as experts in their field
• Managers play a key role in shaping the future of our firm and culture – from serving as role-models for more junior staff to building lasting relationships with clients
• We realize work/life fit is important to our Managers. Our default schedule is a low-travel model, accelerating our Managers‘ professional growth and helping them build meaningful relationships with peers and mentors. Eligible employees can design their own or choose from an array of flexible work programs, such as reduced work year, sabbaticals, internal rotations, and extended parental leave.

Flat Teams, Collaborative Philosophy, Personalized Support

• We offer Managers strategic projects, client interaction, and personalized support that enable each person to advance quickly and develop a well-rounded career based on their own strengths
• Our small size, collaborative culture, and tailored approach to learning and development results in faster role advancement and professional growth throughout your career with us

The Manager role is a senior-level role and is open to professionals with an M.B.A. or equivalent work experience and some managerial experience. As a Manager at Altman Solon, you will play a critical role in leading teams through project analyses, formulating and delivering recommendations, and building relationships clients. Responsibilities include:

• Planning and overseeing day-to-day activities of all project workstreams, managing teams of analysts and consultants across a variety of activities, including:

• • Market sizing, business model development, and other quantitative analyses
  • Primary and secondary research, including survey design and analysis and interviews with subject matter experts
  • Development of original frameworks and strategies including customer segmentation, go-to-market strategies, churn reduction initiatives, etc.

• Managing execution of entire project, including guiding and coaching junior staff and synthesizing quantitative and qualitative findings into meaningful insights
• Assuming a key role with clients as primary point of contact, ensuring we are providing innovative and actionable solutions to their most critical problems
• Leading deck development and presentation of key findings and recommendations to our clients
• Developing content-specific knowledge while supporting business development efforts and client relationships
• Supporting ongoing internal firm-building initiatives including recruiting, mentoring junior staff, diversity and inclusion initiatives, community service, and other special projects

We are looking for a Manager who can:

Plan, manage, execute, and synthesize a variety of research and analysis tasks. This includes:

• Leveraging problem solving skills to generate original frameworks to structure the client’s business problem into logical manageable components that will guide their growth strategy
• Leading junior staff in designing financial and operational models and conducting secondary and primary research gathering activities, including surveys and expert interviews
• Identifying, analyzing, and evaluating go-to-market strategies, marketplace issues and opportunities, and competitive environment to reach actionable insights
• Remaining flexible and adaptable when goals or deadlines shift, and being able to scale a workstream to meet the client’s needs

Develop and present findings to clients while building key relationships. This includes:

• Creating and confidently communicating complex ideas via verbal, written, and visual means

• Formulating the full storyline of the project, and distilling the key information from detailed analysis into an executive narrative
• Establishing a viewpoint on what key questions should be prioritized beyond what’s articulated in the explicit agreement and developing hypotheses that address those questions
• Developing content mastery, drawing on industry and functional experience to frame key issues and help influence executives and stakeholders
• Serving as key point of contact with the client on overall project deliverables, providing status updates and preliminary findings, answering questions, and identifying follow-up opportunities

Manage execution of entire project while coaching junior staff. This includes:

• Providing oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning to delivery by managing resources, relationships, and staff to achieve project objectives and meet timelines
• Identifying workstreams and delegating work effectively, balancing project needs and task complexity with the team’s experience and development needs
• Taking time to teach best practices and provide ample positive and constructive feedback empathetically, guiding the professional development of junior staff and ensuring a positive project experience

Enthusiastically contribute to firm growth and culture. A great Manager:

• Enjoys working with teams and is able to effectively lead and mentor junior staff
• Is dedicated to producing high-quality output with integrity and exceptional attention to detail
• Supports business development efforts by honing content expertise and broadening client awareness of capabilities
• Enjoys contributing to internal firm life and culture, including recruiting, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and special projects

Compensation: $220,000 + performance bonus

Benefits include, among other things: paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, long term disability, short term disability, and 401(k) with company match

We believe that equal employment opportunity is a key principle for the successful operation of any business, and especially ours. We are committed to ensuring that all employees, at all levels, feel supported, feel a sense of belonging, and are equally invested in the success of our shared work. This starts with ensuring that we draw the most talented people from all backgrounds. If your access to educational or extracurricular opportunities has been impacted by factors you would like to make us aware of, please include this information in your cover letter if you choose to submit one.

Altman Solon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify user. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected status.

Please note, we are unable to provide sponsorship for employment visa status for this role. Please see below for additional information regarding sponsorship:

• If your responses regarding your work authorization and/or sponsorship needs are inconsistent between your application and the information you provide us at any point thereafter, Altman Solon reserves the right to discontinue consideration for employment. (E.g. if you note in your application that you do not require sponsorship, but upon receiving an offer you inform the firm that you will require sponsorship at any point, the firm reserves the right to discontinue consideration for employment.)
• Please note: both H1-B and TN are visas that require employer sponsorship

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