Location: Shanghai, China
Experience: Middle - Senior
Reporting line: Head of Consulting Services
Role and Responsibilities:
Leading Client Projects:
- Direct and oversee strategic client projects within the Research & Insights team and the Transformation team (Digital Transformation, AI-Transformation, ESG Transformation).
- Manage and execute strategic projects for clients, including exploration of weak signals, addressing vision challenges, defining and prioritizing strategic initiatives, creating roadmaps, designing new products/services, and developing new KPIs.
- Coordinate internal (employees) and external resources to ensure the delivery of high-quality projects, enhancing client satisfaction and creating up-sell/cross-sell opportunities.
- Maintain and nurture relationships with key clients, identifying and developing new business opportunities.
Driving New Business Growth:
- Facilitate new business growth by fostering collaboration with internal teams, existing networks, and third-party partners.
- Extend current offerings to broader industries and develop new business offers.
- Build team capabilities through upskilling existing members, recruiting new members, and establishing partnerships.
Positioning the Company as a Thought Leader:
- Maintain expert knowledge of market trends and client business industries.
- Position the company as a thought leader in innovation by identifying market weak signals, proposing new topics and frameworks, leading white papers and thought leadership pieces, and presenting these to clients and ecosystems.
- Represent the company and its expertise at client meetings, partner discussions, media engagements, and industry events.
Ideal Profile:
- Experience: Minimum of 6 years in professional services (consulting, market research, training and development, etc.).
- Language Skills: Native Chinese speaker with fluency in English (both written and spoken); fluency in French is a strong plus.
- Project Management: Strong working knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
- Leadership Skills: Proven leadership experience in leading teams and aligning different stakeholders.
- Market Knowledge: Deep understanding of the digital ecosystem and innovation in China, including market dynamics, environments, key players, emerging trends, and best practices.
- Innovative Mindset: Curiosity for innovation and exploring new concepts, ideas, and models across various industries.
- Proactivity: Ability to take on new tasks proactively and handle ambiguous situations effectively.
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.