Principal, Assessment & Succession, UK London, England
Job description
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Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people.
Our 10,000 colleagues serve clients in more than 50 countries. We offer five core solutions:
- Organizational Strategy
- Assessment and Succession
- Talent Acquisition
- Leadership Development
- Total Rewards
Principal - Engagement Manager / Key Client Programme Lead, UK
Organisations often don’t have the right talent in the right roles at the right time, this impacts their ability to achieve their strategic and commercial objectives.
Research also shows that too many organisations don’t have the leadership they need, resulting in missed goals and unrealised opportunities.
Here at Korn Ferry, our Assessment & Succession solution helps clients understand the talent they have, the talent they need and how to close the gap on talent needed in the future aligned to the business strategy.
We are currently looking for an Engagement Manager / Key Client Programme Lead to join our UK team and support 3 key accounts. You can be based anywhere in the UK but must be willing to travel when required.
This pivotal role will lead delivery and the day-to-day management of the programme / engagement ensuring any risks or issues are minimised in addition to tracking all financial planning. You’ll be the key point of contact whilst overseeing all project deliverables. You will be able to demonstrate strong client service, acute attention to detail with expert organisational skills with an ability to multitask and remain calm under pressure.
You will have the opportunity to matrix manage a team which will typically be a combination of project managers, project co-ordinators, coaches and consultants.
If you enjoy being creative, we’ll also have opportunities for you to be involved with helping to design solutions for your clients too prior to implementation.
You must be able to demonstrate a solid background in a client facing role and an ability to operate at both pace an scale when needed.
You must be able to build effective working relationships with key client stakeholders in addition to a variety of teams within Korn Ferry.
If this is the new opportunity you have been looking for, we’d be keen to chat more. Please apply and we’ll be in touch.
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