U.S. Director of Digital Center of Excellence

Job title: U.S. Director of Digital Center of Excellence

Location: Boston or Chicago

The Director of our Digital Center of Excellence role focuses on creating value for our clients in developing strategies for selling and delivering digital strategy projects in conjunction with ecosystem partners (e.g., technology firms, development firms, ad agencies). The Director will work closely with the Digital leadership team in developing offerings, establishing go-to-market strategies, and scaling L.E.K. digital capabilities.

The Digital Center of Excellence develops broad digital fluency across all levels at L.E.K., defining and maintaining IP related to digital projects, building and managing relationships across the digital ecosystem, and build external recognition of our capabilities. The Director will provide leadership across all areas for the Digital Center of Excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key member of the L.E.K. Digital leadership team in a start up like setting within the confines of a larger established business
• Collaborate across the L.E.K. Digital leadership team to develop go-to-market strategies for L.E.K.’s existing and maturing digital strategy offerings
• Support in the establishment of L.E.K. as the preeminent source of digital strategy support and insights, being a destination for top talent and clients we choose to serve
• Participate in sales and delivery efforts for digital strategy projects
• Prospect, establish, and nurture a trusted advisor relationship with clients, L.E.K. partners, and digital ecosystem partners
• Provide and maintain evolving digital expertise and technology fluency (e.g., value of cloud, role of AI, major vendors) to support practice-building and sales efforts
• Identify, prioritize, and establish a set of IP for L.E.K. to deploy in the sales and delivery process for projects
• Develop the case and identify the need for enhanced capabilities required to deliver value to our clients
• Identify, build and manage relationships with digital ecosystem partners (e.g., technology firms, development firms, ad agencies) to establish external recognition and combined go-to-market strategies
• Partner across L.E.K. Digital leadership team to improve upon L.E.K. Digital strategy offerings and go-to-market strategies
• Maintain and support develop of fluency in market trends and competitive landscape for relevant topics across the L.E.K. Digital team

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience working within a technology firm, professional services firm, or other strategy function, including involvement in setting, and developing digital strategies for clients or business development
• Technical architecture background to support strong digital fluency in topics across the digital spectrum such as: digital commerce, digital marketing, the industrial technology stack, IoT, AI, blockchain, cloud, design thinking, etc.
• Agile leader able to pivot between competing responsibilities to deliver outcomes
• Experience and desire networking with broad set of stakeholders across L.E.K. and other organizations
• Interest in the evolving digital ecosystem and supporting organizations evolve
• Desire to be a “doer leader” in a rapidly growing practice
• Strong executive presence: able to engage at varying levels within the global L.E.K. leadership and client executives
• Strong project management skills including work planning, presentation development, and quality control
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written and the ability to influence others
• Bright, conceptual and a quick learner, able to quickly assess a situation and generate new insights and actionable ideas

For more information and to apply, go to https://www.lek.com/join-lek/apply/apply-now

• Candidates responding to this posting must currently possess eligibility to work in the United States
• L.E.K. Consulting offers a competitive compensation and benefits package
• L.E.K. Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• L.E.K. Consulting has a vaccine mandate in place for our U.S. offices which requires our employees to be fully vaccinated (including booster if eligible) for COVID-19
• L.E.K. Consulting has a hybrid work model in place for our U.S. offices

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