DIRECTOR OF CONSULTING SERVICES SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Nov 21, 2024 - The Director of Consulting Services with a strong track record in delivering IT solutions and managing medium to large teams of IT professionals. Skilled in budgeting, forecasting, planning, and contract management, with a focus on results-driven outcomes. This position demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities, superb communication, and advanced digital literacy, thriving in dynamic environments while maintaining strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Director of Consulting Services Resume
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Business Analysis
- Financial Management
- Data Analytics
- Risk Management
- Performance Metrics
- Process Improvement
- Change Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Emotional Intelligence
- Team Building
- Decision-Making
- Adaptability
- Conflict Resolution
- Time Management
- Client Relationship Management
Summary of Director of Consulting Services Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Business Administration with 8 years of Experience
- Experience in leading medium to large teams of IT professionals
- Experience defining, selling and delivering business and information technology solutions to the financial services sector.
- Experience managing a PandL within a consulting organization (or a significant management role within a practice) with a focus on both sales and delivery.
- Demonstrated track record of converting client intimacy and trust into consulting and systems integration sales, high-quality project delivery, and satisfied clients
- Demonstrated success in building and leading executive (C-Suite) relationships within Australian-based organizations.
- Ability to drive proposal, pricing, and contracting for multifaceted client initiatives.
- Experience with New Technologies, i.e., Agile, DevOps, Cloud, RPA etc.
- Be independent, self-starting, and be able to stay calm under the pressures of multiple deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
2. BS in Management Consulting with 5 years of Experience
- Demonstrated ability to deliver business and information technology solutions.
- Experience in leading medium to large teams of IT professionals
- Results-oriented business leader with a solid grasp of budgets, forecasting, planning, and contracts management.
- A keen, flexible and solution-oriented thoughtfulness, outstanding conceptual thinking as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Superb communication skills.
- Effective time management and organization skills and can work well independently or in a team environment.
- Strong planning skills to prioritize activities in order of importance.
- Superb communication and interpersonal and consultative skills (verbal and written) to work with vendors, clients, peers, and IT management and staff.
- Advanced digital literacy including Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Creative Cloud and/or other design and prototyping software (i.e. Figma, Sketch, etc.).
- Ability to work in a very dynamic and constantly growing environment.
3. BA in Organizational Leadership with 6 years of Experience
- Strong ambition to grow in the organization and hunger to grow the handful of accounts
- Skilled at leadership skills involving software development management in a large-scale environment, including integration, deployment, and maintenance support
- Demonstrated coaching or consulting skills, especially at the senior or executive management level
- In-depth understanding of the full lifecycle of software development projects, including managing the planning, executing, tracking, and managing costs, schedule, and scope
- Experience in distributed managing teams across geographies (delivery team in India/ and different time zones/ understanding of offshore delivery model)
- Strong client management/relationship skills with an ability to understand the client's business, organization, and culture
- Able to interact and work effectively with a variety of people, including executive business clients, senior client technology managers, technologists, analysts, etc.
- Excellent verbal and written skills, especially with regard to presenting findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
- High-level background in modern application development and management technologies
4. BS in Strategic Management with 5 years of Experience
- Ability to interact with C-Level decision-makers.
- Strong team-building skills.
- A keen, flexible and aggressive intellect, superior conceptual thinking as well as analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Be independent, self-starting, and be able to stay calm under the pressures of multiple deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
- Proven record of creating and maintaining business partnerships and relationships
- Deep understanding and knowledge of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Sector.
- Experience managing transformational projects in large multinational clients, ideally in the space of environmental services
- Experience managing very large PandL’s and ensuring the delivery of an excellent service
- Strong leadership skills are critical and the ability to engage with different expert stakeholders, internally and externally
- Ability to drive large teams of Consultants with different expertise towards a common goal, bringing on board delivery excellence