Director - Client Activation
Apply NowCompany: McKinsey & Company
Location: Atlanta, GA 30349
Description:
Your Growth
In your role as Director of Client Activation, you will be a core member of the passionate, energized TMT client activation and broader practice team, and will report into our Global Director of Client Activation for TMT. You will work closely with our North America TMT leader and Global CTM leader as well as the broader North American TMT leadership team to help shape the future of the practice.
Your Impact
You will drive the agenda for both the North America Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) practice as well as the Global Consumer, Media & Technology (CMT) practice on client and priority client themes, linked to our distinctive capabilities.
In this role, you will identify and radiate client priorities by understanding the client landscape, surfacing client needs and understanding client feedback & wins/losses.
You'll activate client development by driving white & grey space identification and leading priority campaigns and initiatives; from supporting client convening to targeted white space campaigns.
You'll bring the best of client development platforms and programs to every interaction, connecting experts, matching distinctive capabilities, and more.
You'll be responsible for execution of the activation plan, partnering with other functions to drive action and results with rigorous performance management.
You'll ensure that the TMT Practice has strong processes and infrastructure in place for client activation, including enabling easy access to a portfolio of client development resources, collateral and enduring assets (e.g., codification, case references, qualifications).
You'll help bring together the NA TMT and global CTM community of colleagues passionate about client activation in TMT/CTM.
Your qualifications and skills
In your role as Director of Client Activation, you will be a core member of the passionate, energized TMT client activation and broader practice team, and will report into our Global Director of Client Activation for TMT. You will work closely with our North America TMT leader and Global CTM leader as well as the broader North American TMT leadership team to help shape the future of the practice.
Your Impact
You will drive the agenda for both the North America Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) practice as well as the Global Consumer, Media & Technology (CMT) practice on client and priority client themes, linked to our distinctive capabilities.
In this role, you will identify and radiate client priorities by understanding the client landscape, surfacing client needs and understanding client feedback & wins/losses.
You'll activate client development by driving white & grey space identification and leading priority campaigns and initiatives; from supporting client convening to targeted white space campaigns.
You'll bring the best of client development platforms and programs to every interaction, connecting experts, matching distinctive capabilities, and more.
You'll be responsible for execution of the activation plan, partnering with other functions to drive action and results with rigorous performance management.
You'll ensure that the TMT Practice has strong processes and infrastructure in place for client activation, including enabling easy access to a portfolio of client development resources, collateral and enduring assets (e.g., codification, case references, qualifications).
You'll help bring together the NA TMT and global CTM community of colleagues passionate about client activation in TMT/CTM.
Your qualifications and skills
- Undergraduate degree required, MBA or other graduate degree beneficial
- Proven leadership record in serving as a thought partner to senior leaders
- A true self-starter with excellent project management skills and an appetite for creativity and innovation
- Strong integrity, maturity and fairness in dealing with people and confidential information
- Industry knowledge of the TMT industry preferred
- Exceptional organizational skills; ability to work independently in a low structure environment, direct others and manage multiple people and projects simultaneously
- Proven strong analytical, problem-solving skills - working on complex, sensitive, time-critical issues, quickly getting up to speed on unfamiliar topics
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A great team player