Talent Development & Staffing Manager (for Consultants)

Boston, MA, United States

Company Description

Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm with 3,000 colleagues working in 34 countries. We help our clients solve strategic problems across several industries and leverage the diversity of our teams in our daily work. We are recognized as a Great Place to work and are a market leader in benefits programs.

The success of Roland Berger is rooted firmly in our values: entrepreneurship, empathy, and excellence. We have built our reputation on the development of "creative strategies that work." Our consulting approach is based on our global network of industry, functional experts who provide our clients with creative and unique solutions, combined with a strong regional presence in the Americas.

Job Description

People are at the heart of everything we do at Roland Berger. The People and Human Resources function is key to achieving the firm's mission to attract, develop, and retain exceptional people. Talent Development & Staffing Managers act as holistic owners of the Consulting Team employment experience with a close focus on the business needs of Roland Berger and the professional development of our consulting colleagues. Talent Development & Staffing Managers drive overall objectives of the business (e.g. team balance and utilization), identify patterns across client teams to drive strategies and support individuals in their staffing, development, and career navigation.

Job Responsibilities:

Act as a thought partner and advisor to consultants and leaders throughout the Americas to guide consultants' growth, career opportunities, capability building, and development. Develop an in-depth understanding of the consultant's professional goals, experience, strengths, and development needs.

Build relationships with management team members and consultants across the region and develop a deep understanding of their work. Facilitate and foster effective communication between the consultants, management team, Client Team Leads, and the Talent Development Team.

Facilitate consultant on-boarding and integration. Develop and manage orientation and training.

Respond to staffing needs across client teams and recommend the best available team of consultants for each project, balancing team and individual development needs.

Monitor consultants' performance and development. Facilitate a culture of open, transparent, and real-time feedback by working with Project Managers and Management Team members to deliver ongoing feedback.

Work with the Talent Development Team to drive and facilitate the informal and formal evaluation process; surfacing themes and calibrating outcomes across levels.

Provide coaching and guidance to consultants on strategies for success, individual career development and training plans in alignment with increasing tenure. Maintain trusted relationships with consultants.

Monitor consultant morale, engagement, and retention.

Assist the Senior Manager of Talent Development with the administration of the mentor program. Assign advisors to new consultants and lateral hires, and solicit feedback from both mentors and mentees to ensure the program is meeting its goal of enhancing consultants' professional development.

Facilitate matters relating to departure of consultants, including transitioning projects and conducting exit interviews.

Work with the Recruiting team to identify and evaluate hiring needs.

Ensure all consultants have fair access to all opportunities; partner with diversity council and mentors to drive inclusion for individuals.

Qualifications

Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD etc.) and/or prior experience as a consultant preferred

Prior experience at a professional services firm

5+ years' total work experience

Key Competencies

Thrives in a fast-paced, global, intellectually intense, collaborative, and service-oriented environment

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written); strong influencing capabilities; active listener

Strong interest in professional development and coaching professionals

Maturity that engenders respect and trust from others; good judgement, professionalism, integrity, and the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality

Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages with empathy and addressing all people related issues

Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self-motivated; receptive to feedback; can-do attitude and creative solution seeker

Additional Information

Roland Berger provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, pregnancy (including childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, military and veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Roland Berger is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact your recruiter.

Current Company policy encourages that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and all new hires must certify to their vaccine status by the time they start employment. Based on vaccine status, employees may have different safety protocols at different times based on COVID-19 levels.

If applying within the US, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future

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