Director, Public Sector Solutions-Education Skills

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada KPMG-Canada Full time
Overview

We are seeking a seasoned professional to lead our Education and Government cluster at KPMG in Canada. As a Director, you will bring prior consulting experience with government and broader sector organizations, with a strong understanding of Canadian governments at the federal, provincial, and municipal level. This experience will enable you to shape an ambitious and practical path for clients to realize value.

As a leader in our Management Consulting team, you will be responsible for business development, team and project management, and practice development. You will cultivate relationships at management and executive levels, both internally and externally, to drive business development initiatives. You will also lead a team of high performers, maintain strong client relations, and shape the deliverable of outstanding work products.

Key responsibilities include:
Business development: identifying, marketing, and supporting the trust of clients resulting in sold work;Team and project management: leading a team of high performers, maintaining strong client relations, and shaping the deliverable of outstanding work products;Practice development: creating followership and supporting recruiting, marketing, and practice administration as required.
What you bring to the role

Education Sector / Management Consulting Experience:
A seasoned professional, with 12-15+ years of comparable experience in consulting;Hands-on Education and Government sector experience, with strong relationships with Director and/or Executive-level contacts, and with a solid understanding of key trends in the Education sector locally and nationally;Ability to operate effectively, be a self-starter / adaptive, and mature the practice amid ambiguity, changing market conditions, and rapid change.Education Specific Experience:
Experience with designing and delivering student experiences that authentically engage with each learner's abilities, aspirations, and circumstances while cognizant of the unique and changing world in which students and higher education institutions will operate;Experience with Strategy, Planning, Analytics, and Performance, including operational and strategic plan reporting, management information services, modeling, institutional research, and analysis;Experience in creating business cases / proposals for structural change, technology improvements, and business process re-engineering, including stakeholder engagement, customer journeys, identifying new opportunities for improvement, new ways of undertaking existing functions, such as admissions, and the development of costing and implementation timelines and schedules.Technical Skills / Experience:
Comfortable working at both the conceptual and the hands-on level with big picture thinking and growth-oriented leadership skills;Demonstrated experience working with data, inferring insights from data, and briefing senior leaders on insights and recommendations;Experience with financial analysis, data modeling, securing expense efficiencies, and/or process mapping / re-engineering;Demonstrated interest in working with and building relationships within the government and education sectors;Commitment to support proposals and/or lead efforts to secure new business / market opportunities;Excellent skills and experience in project execution, including leading day-to-day delivery, team management, client relationship management, and managing project schedule, risks, and timelines;University degree in business, management, operations, engineering, MBA, or equivalent from an accredited university.Leadership, Relationship Building, and Communication Skills:
Ability to cultivate relationships at management and executive levels, both internally and externally, including to drive business development initiatives;Ability to succeed in both team-based and independent environments;Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, including ability to lead a dedicated team and collaborating with complementary teams (such as technology and technology vendor alliance teams) towards achieving common goals;Ability to navigate a multi-stakeholder environment and senior levels with the ability to build and foster long-term relationships with our clients.Providing you with the support you need to be at your best

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Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

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Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

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