Description
As an Associate Director in our Work, Rewards and Careers practice, you will collaborate with some of the industry’s top consultants while you develop deep and cutting-edge technical knowledge and skills. You will manage consulting projects while providing input to senior colleagues and overseeing and quality-reviewing junior staff’s work. You may also serve as project lead on projects of smaller scope.
Our Projects Range in scope from specific solutions to broad cross-LOB engagements, such as support for M&A transactions, total rewards strategy and optimization. In addition to broad-based compensation consulting, we support clients across a range of work and career-focused disciplines, including
- Competency and skills frameworks
- Performance management
- Career philosophy/strategy
- Career frameworks and job leveling
- Job architecture and knowledge architecture
- Workforce analytics and planning
- Functional/organization structure design
You will also participate in and contribute to activities that support continued revenue growth of the Work & Rewards line of business and WTW overall. These activities may include supporting local, regional and/or national marketing events, performing industry/topical research and developing intellectual capital, and participating in our firm’s industry and/or topical teams.
While every day and assignment are somewhat different, some of your main responsibilities will include:
- Delivering effective, consistent project management for multiple, marquee clients.
- Drafting statements of work, project plans and budgets involving multiple workflow streams and client teams.
- Serving as the day-to-day project lead, ensuring progress of the team against established objectives, budget, timeline, deliverables and quality standards.
- Leveraging to and managing the work of junior staff, providing coaching and on-going feedback.
- Operating as the key contact to clients on delivery of services; managing client expectations and raise appropriate issues to Senior Consultants.
- Collaborating and contributing to the development, design and implementation of compensation and related programs.
- Contributing to the development of new tools and approaches.
- Supporting the generation of new business as part of the broader team by:
- Assisting with new business development activities.
- Participating in discovery discussions with prospects and developing / delivering proposals.
- Establishing collaborative relationships with clients to understand their business and issues to better inform our consulting and to expand WTW’s relationship into new service areas.
- Contributing to the external visibility of WTW’s brand through intellectual capital generation, drafting articles, and attending and speaking at relevant conferences.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 7 years of design-orientated broad-based rewards experience in consulting or highly consultative corporate environments, and a genuine interest in this field.
- Significant knowledge and understanding of rewards programs and processes.
- Creative, analytical and results-driven orientation, demonstrated through the ability to draw conclusions, themes, and trends from data analysis and communicate results effectively.
- Proven experience successfully managing multiple, multi-faceted projects and producing quality deliverables on time and within budget.
- An executive presence with polished and well-developed communication skills, including experience making presentations and “sell” ideas to colleagues and management.
- Self-starter attitude and ability to work within ambiguity.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills and clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
