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Director

Role

We are seeking a candidate to simultaneously manage the delivery of 3-4 complex projects/Analysis or Programs across a number of clients in order to ensure successful delivery in accordance with client expectations and identifying additional business opportunities within existing clients.

The role requires substantial travelling in Europe and beyond.

  • Location

Client Site - Europe

Responsibilities

Taking full responsibility for successful analysis and/or project/program implementation is a key aspect of the role. This involves supporting business development executives in client meetings to ensure accurate mutual expectations and to encourage innovative thinking. Additionally, monitoring and supervising several projects/programs is essential to secure delivery, quality, and profitability. Supporting and coaching managers in their roles is also a crucial part of the job.

Managing the development of client relationships involves understanding the clients’ strategic challenges, important problems, issues, concerns, and decision-making processes. It is important to ensure that the work constantly adapts to and matches the clients’ state of business. Effective management of communication with the client, both formal and informal, is vital. Identifying and exploring opportunities for additional business is also part of the responsibilities, as well as influencing and shaping clients’ views of Accelerant throughout the project. Identifying opportunities to apply Accelerant’s capabilities to add further value to the client and expanding the business with existing accounts are critical tasks.

Building strong teams is another important aspect, which includes ensuring goal setting, appraisal of team members, and conducting feedback meetings. Transferring skills and knowledge through informal and formal training is necessary for developing people within the operations community. Supporting the building of operations capability by interviewing and assessing potential candidates is also part of the role.

Skills profile

Abilities or techniques that have been acquired or developed through training:

  • Bachelor or Masters degree
  • Fluent in local language and English plus one other European language
  • A highly regarded reputation within a key Accelerant industry sector based on a solid track record of delivering business process improvements and an intimate understanding of the industry
  • Expertise in one and strong awareness of all Accelerant capabilities and how they can add value to clients
  • Strong track-record in Change Management and Operational Excellence
  • Analysis – Can identify key trends, patterns, connections and discrepancies within data, ideas, events, or behaviours; can condense complex data and communicate them in a useful format; can address complex strategic issues and translate them into a series of activities that will deliver the strategic goals; can pay attention to important detail
  • Digitisation – a solid understanding of the possibilities to facilitate data and process flows through digital solutions, enabling a transition from data collection to insights and actions.
  • Interpersonal Skills – Can identify key decision makers, build trusting relationships with staff on all organisational levels, and thereby create a network of contacts that will assist in achieving business goals
  • Commercial acumen (financial, operational, and strategic)
  • Experienced user of MS Office (especially Powerpoint / Excel / Word)

Competence profile

Qualities that facilitates performance and achievement, usually developed through experience or innate ability:

  • Client Focus – starts with the needs of the client rather than our own service offering; works with the long-term objective of solving clients’ problems and adding value; expresses positive expectations about clients and approaches new challenges with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude; is honest with clients about mistakes and builds ‘togetherness’ in solving them
  • Leadership – Exceptional project and people management capability; can inspire, motivate and drive project teams as well as focus them on client needs; can coach a senior client (C-Level) on a personal basis; provides specific and constructive feedback
  • Results Focus – Manages to outcome by starting with the end point and then constructing activities to get there; focuses effort on activities that have the greatest bottom-line impact and is both persistent and flexible in achieving it; stays focused in unpredictable or stressful situations; and finishes tasks on time in full without ‘loose ends’
  • Development Focus – Is driven to develop himself / herself, project team, as well as client task force and performance
  • Communication – Can communicate clearly with clients about mutual expectations; can set and clearly communicate standards for performance; can subtly adapt influencing
  • Objectivity – Can see value in contributions from different viewpoints
  • Pro-activeness – Is a self-starter who takes the initiative to deal decisively with situations as they arise
  • Promotes Accelerant values and seen as a role model

Your benefits

Be part of our value-driven team
Building on our deep experience, we understand what works and what doesn’t while we work with our clients. Instead of dictating solutions, we “close-work” with our clients to develop actionable, sustainable results.

Build on our Opex competence and implementation track record
We master a process that swiftly identifies core issues and, through the involvement of our clients’ teams, drives significant and lasting change. Our Accelerant approach is the backbone of our exceptional reputation for delivering enduring transformations.

Connect with our clients
We serve a diverse range of industries and business processes, with many of our clients being globally recognized leaders. These clients are typically seasoned users of consulting services, seeking more reliable and impactful internal change initiatives.

Personal growth during our joint journey
At Accelerant, a clear and rewarding career path awaits you. From Consultant to Operations Manager, your promotions are based on your performance in core and operational competencies, as well as your consistent achievement of role-specific deliverables. Our performance driven environment offers fast-track opportunities for high achievers.
We value individual skills and aspirations, providing tailored career development opportunities. Whether you want to advance within operations or explore roles in business development, analysis or implementation : we support your growth.

Is This the Right Job for You?

Do you thrive on continuous learning, extensive travel, and working under pressure? Do you seek early responsibility, variety, and the chance to achieve tangible results? If you enjoy challenging yourself, working as part of a team, and experiencing different industries and countries, then Accelerant is the place for you.

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1118 BG Schiphol, Amsterdam
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