EY-Parthenon - Digital Infrastructure - Director

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US Strategy and Transactions, EY-Parthenon Strategy – Director – Digital Infrastructure

 

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. Digital infrastructure, including data centers, fiber, towers, and small cells, are an increasingly critical component of our economy. Companies and investors need help allocating capital to attractive areas, defining profitable business models, and responding to today’s competitive and dynamic business environment. As a Director within EY-Parthenon you will help make that happen. You will play a key role in our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high impact projects.. EY-Parthenon Strategy is a leading advisory organization focused on strategy consulting.

 

The opportunity

EY-Parthenon Strategy has an ideal balance of strengths – deep and concentrated skills with broad executional capabilities, intimate client relationships with large networks of support, and proven processes along with a progressive spirit to unlock opportunity for our clients. You have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning.

 

Your key responsibilities

As a Director you will act as the primary client contact on EY-Parthenon Strategy teams and be responsible for translating client needs into project tasks and deliverables. You will manage day-to-day problem-solving and team analytical activities and serve as the key liaison between consulting team members, EY-Parthenon partners, and our clients. You are also responsible for mentoring, inspiring and developing our incredibly talented and ambitious junior resources. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to support the growth of the business by working alongside partners on new opportunities with potential clients, including preparing for and participating in pitch meetings, creating proposals and working on the sales process.

 

Our teams work on a variety of client issues including, but not limited to, developing long-term strategies for organizations, evaluating potential business acquisitions, developing new marketing channel strategies, reducing operating costs, and evaluating new business ventures.

 

Skills and attributes for success

· Play a leadership role in helping grow the EY-Parthenon Strategy business

· Define the objective and scope of strategy engagements and client deliverables in consultation with the partner

· Lead teams in the execution of both commercial due diligence and strategy engagements

· Develop business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, macroeconomic forecasting, and portfolio optimization

· Drive business development activities within the TMT and Digital Infrastructure sectors and internally across the broader EY and Strategy & Transactions organization

· Manage, develop, and mentor junior team members at the Associate, Senior Associate, and Consultant levels

· Develop, foster, and maintain relationships with clients

 

To qualify for the role, you must have

· A bachelor's degree with outstanding academic performance and 6 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience

· Experience managing business strategy projects in complex environments

· Management consulting experience

· A minimum of 3 years’ experience working with telecommunications and/or digital infrastructure businesses in a leadership role, either as a strategy/management consultant or as an employee, with knowledge and experience across the relevant value chain

· Demonstrated ability to