Project Manager
Contribute to development and implementation of firm's corporate markets strategy. Engage senior executives on major initiatives, facilitate seamless stakeholder communications, and align firms worldwide with corporate markets strategy. Manage ~$2M annual budget. Lead team of two direct reports, six dotted line reports, and several outside contractors, as well as three-person research team in India.Notable Accomplishments:Launched three new global sectors that are now recruiting talent and building business worldwide after partnering with senior leadership team to develop and lead execution of industry facing strategy.Spearheaded project to redefine senior client practitioner role as trusted client advisor. Engaged partners and member firms in changing staff recruitment, training, and management methodologies.Enabled firm to effectively support 1,000+ member consultants by project managing design, development, and implementation of internal knowledge sharing platform for practitioners worldwide.Established new model for cooperation between member firms and Grant Thornton by partnering with 12 largest member firms to realign businesses with global strategy without compromising individual business plans and local customer needs.Differentiated firm to customers by developing and leading 20+ thought leadership initiatives that have become key value proposition. Initiatives include authoring 15 explanatory models and white papers that articulate market-facing strategy and leading teams of subject matter experts (SMEs) to generate publications. Played key role in major primary member firms adopting corporate market strategy by planning, orchestrating, and facilitating annual three-day practitioner workshops/conferences with SME guest speakers to share best practices and promote client advisory services.