Consulting

Engagement Manager

Job ID: 93955
  • Athens
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Are you driven by the opportunity to tackle complex challenges and work alongside top leaders? Do you want to be part of a team that delivers outcomes that others simply can’t? If so, you’ve come to the right place.

Who You'll Work With

You will typically lead a team of 3 – 5 consultants and will help our clients in the private, public, and social sectors solve some of their most pressing problems. You will work with a range of experts in the firm, from data scientists to researchers to software and app designers.

Your impact within our firm

As a team, you will help our clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals by identifying, and oftentimes implementing, potential solutions for a specific challenge.  
You will contribute to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
You will guide and develop individual team members and ensure they have the support they need to learn and grow.
When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm that will invest in your professional development. As an Engagement Manager, you will receive training and coaching on how to better:
  • Manage all aspects of a client project, including relationships with various stakeholders
  • Lead high-performing teams in an inclusive, empathetic way
  • Coach and sponsor others
  • Structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them by focusing on the most important challenges
  • Communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner
McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and all colleagues receive frequent mentoring and coaching. You will have a senior colleague from your office or practice who will help you grow and achieve your career goals. Additionally, you will have a professional development manager who manages staffing to help you choose projects based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.
In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.

Your qualifications and skills

  • Advanced graduate degree
  • MBA, PhD., etc preferred, but not mandatory; equivalent work experience may also be accepted
  • Prior experience as a consultant in a professional services firm or international corporate preferred
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
  • Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
  • Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and Italian
Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues.
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