Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.
Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:
Organizational Strategy
Assessment and Succession
Talent Acquisition
Leadership Development
Total Rewards
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OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE YOUR CAREER - It's about exceeding your potential.
Korn Ferry's CEO Impact Accelerator (CEOIA) guides CEOs and C-Suite Executives through a strategic process that will help them successfully navigate their evolving role, balancing the need to perform for today and transform for tomorrow. It enables CEOs to accelerate personal, enterprise and societal impact. This is done in real time during critical points in their career- helping CEOs define their personal brand, build high-performing cultures, transform organizations and strengthen relationships with stakeholders to deliver differentiated outcomes and sustainable success.
Given our breadth of capabilities in organizational strategy, talent assessment, acquisition, development and total rewards, Korn Ferry is uniquely qualified to help CEOs and C-Suite Executives navigate this journey. The CEOIA leverages the breadth of Korn Ferry's consulting capabilities in a bespoke and tailored solution designed to meet the specific needs of a client at a given point in time, by providing flexibility and agility in delivering advice and counsel across our suite of services.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
In partnership with Lead Project Manager and CEOIA team members, regularly interfaces with senior level (often C-Level) participants and board members, providing "white glove service" throughout project delivery. Provides onsite coordination and support where appropriate.
Coordinate internal project teams to ensure there is a common understanding of project purpose, scope, roles, timeline and expected deliverables; regularly communicate with project teams on ongoing activities and require actions.
Ensure client satisfaction through seamless delivery of solutions to clients. Assure professional client interactions, acting as brand champion.
Demonstrate and convey, through a consistent professional presence, demeanor, confidence, and reassurance to internal teams and to clients.
Serve as primary point of contact for client information, updates, delivery, issue resolution and data tracking.
Manage scope to ensure delivery against desired project outcomes, deadlines and budget, Monitor, mitigate, and surface issues and risks as needed.
Schedule and coordinate internal and external meetings that balance consensus building with decision-making; document and communicate outcomes/actions.
Launches tools and assessments and troubleshoot with team and clients as needed.
Manage end-to-end project lifecycle, including initiation and setup, input for SAP, entry of delivery data into internal systems, handoff of delivery data to other functions, execution to invoicing, financial tracking, and closing out when complete.
Monitor project forecasting and revenue margins, track and escalate issues, propose mitigation solutions, and manage revenue margin improvement plans.
Manage vendors and external contractors, including procurement and contract management.
Work effectively under direction while showing and taking initiative to advance the success of the team.
Balance action orientation, planning, and profitability on multiple competing timelines and priorities while building and maintaining strong, trusting relationships.
Use critical thinking and mental agility to identify critical issues with ease. Work quickly, cross-functionally, and collaboratively to resolve.
Exhibit professional maturity in presence, and in verbal and written communication.
Acquire and leverage knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
Balance client-centric solutions with operational efficiency, to maximize profit on projects.
Willingness to adhere to established processes; also pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing delivery, project management, and industry practices.
Ability to adjust delivery in response to client talent and business issues; manage relevant data, receive input from project teams and appropriately and accurately apply comments and feedback.
Comfortable giving and receiving feedback in a strong, 360-degree performance culture.
Ability to influence people and resources to ensure project teams deliver consistently high-quality services to our clients.
Business skills and aptitude to understand the components of and run a fiscally successful project.
Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with cross-functional, remote teams, and highly diverse teams at all levels of the organization, both internally and with clients.
High attention to detail and ability to understand the big picture.
Other duties as assigned.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
3-5 years' experience in people strategy and operations/transformation of a management consultancy OR internal HR role in HR operations/organizational development design/M&A integration
Skilled in several of the following areas: Change Management, People Strategy Development and Implementation, Culture Change, Organization Design, Organization Effectiveness Analytics and Diagnosis, Diversity and Inclusion Analytics, Diagnosis and Strategy
Able to operate independently to make custom adjustments to relatively standard offerings to meet client needs. Can lead core service line work activities. Maintains knowledge and expertise of an industry, current and future trends and challenges.
Developed expertise (depth and breadth) and consulting skills i.e., client relationships, commercial impact and business insights.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree required; Masters preferred
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Internal Mobility at Korn Ferry
If you currently work for Korn Ferry or one of our affiliates, you must be eligible to apply for a different position within Korn Ferry to use the Careers Site. If you accept such a position, your benefits programs and Human Resources policies may change. Please consult with your HR contact for the new position concerning application eligibility, including any immigration/visa needs, benefit programs, and HR policies applicable to that position.
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Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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