Director or Senior Director, US Advisory

Penta Group is a global company providing data-driven solutions to help clients achieve their objectives in an increasingly complex stakeholder environment. We provide cutting-edge intelligence products to help clients understand what their stakeholders think, see, and hear, and then leverage that intelligence to develop and execute effective, measurable strategies. 
Our global team brings decades of experience in business, government, communications, research, data science, and media. Our clients include companies across a variety of industries, including technology, financial services, energy, healthcare, and more. Penta has offices in New York, London, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Dublin, London, Brussels, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
U.S. Advisory:Penta’s U.S. Advisory team works with clients across a wide range of sectors and issues, helping them navigate complex policy and political landscapes and communicate effectively with all of their stakeholders. Our typical support for clients may include assessing how changes in the political environment impact a client's priority issues; developing and testing effective messages; and executing strategies to reach and influence target audiences, leveraging earned media, owned content, and other tactics.
Role Summary:Penta is seeking a director or senior director to join our dynamic team of public affairs professionals. Directors at Penta lead multiple client teams and internal projects and work in a fun, fast-paced, and challenging environment. Directors are responsible for all components of client and internal project management: strategy setting, daily client interactions, organizing teamwork internally, and guiding and mentoring associates. The successful candidate has five to ten years of relevant experience, is intellectually curious, eager to learn and contribute, and has an interest in public policy.
The Director or Senior Director, US Advisory is expected to serve the business in the following categories:
- Project Management: Lead the day-to-day work across multiple client teams, including client engagement, team management, and deliverable planning, execution, and delivery. This includes managing internal team assignments, setting deadlines, reviewing and providing substantive feedback on deliverables, regularly engaging management, and developing and implementing processes to ensure quality, effective, and efficient client service. - Client Service: Ensure the highest quality of client service by leveraging prior experience and strengthening individual and team issue expertise on clients’ business and issues. This includes serving as the primary lead for all client communications to ensure clear, timely responses; proactive, thoughtful idea generation; and quality deliverables.- Staff Development: Ensure the internal team has the necessary skills and substantive client/issue expertise to develop high quality products. This includes providing clear, constructive feedback on deliverables and day-to-day direct coaching and mentorship, as well as developing, implementing, and enforcing appropriate norms and processes for teams. - Policy & Business Expertise: Develop, maintain, and strengthen understanding of the core business, industry, and policy issues of clients, which is essential to translating complex policy issues to target audiences.  - Public Affairs Expertise: Develop and execute bespoke public affairs strategies for clients that may include stakeholder mapping and engagement, media relations, event planning, message development, collateral development, and more. This also includes building and maintaining relationships with key reporters, producers, think tanks, academics, etc.- Client Acquisition: Participate in proposal writing process and pitch preparation and coordination, contributing to potential clients’ understanding the value proposition of Penta.
The ideal candidate will have:- Bachelor's degree in economics, political science/government, business, journalism, public policy, or related field - 5-10 years of professional experience in communications or policy roles in a related field: political campaign, Hill, Administration, consultancy, nonprofit or corporate enterprise; experience working in a client service environment preferred- Demonstrated experience leading, managing, mentoring, and motivating multiple talented, high-achieving teams at once, empowering different types of personalities with a team-first mentality- Expertise and interest in conducting research and/or working in a relevant policy field (ideally technology, financial services, tran