Engagement Lead - Consulting Director

The role

The Engagement Lead serves as a senior leader for complex Department of War client engagements. This person will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, manage consulting delivery, and drive account growth.

What you will do

• Co-lead the engagement with a government mission leader
• Serve as a senior day-to-day interface with client leadership
• Frame ambiguous problems and provide strategic recommendations
• Design and lead executive meetings and decision forums
• Own the engagement from problem definition through implementation
• Develop and refine PowerPoint presentations and Excel analyses
• Maintain program management including budget, staffing, and risk
• Coach contributors through direction and quality review
• Negotiate work-lane scope and roles with partners and subcontractors
• Identify and shape follow-on opportunities and account growth

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in management consulting, strategy consulting, transformation consulting, or a comparable client-services environment
• 5+ years leading consulting engagements or major workstreams
• DoW Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret / SCI (SAP Access)
• Demonstrated record of navigating complex client environments and advising senior executives
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Exceptional verbal communication and executive presence
• Strong program management and attention to detail
• Experience identifying, shaping, and advancing follow-on work
• Experience negotiating roles and work scope with partners or subcontractors
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to obtain and maintain the clearance and client-site access required
• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites three to four days per week

Nice to have

• Experience with Department of War or other federal clients in acquisition, industrial base, logistics, readiness, organizational transformation, workforce, technology, or related mission areas
• Experience in a top-tier strategy or management consulting firm
• Experience building a new account, capability, offering, or market area
• Master’s degree or other relevant advanced degree
• Familiarity with AI/ML, RPA, intelligent automation, or digital transformation programs in a federal context

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package

Before you apply

• DoW Secret Clearance required
• Ability to obtain Top Secret / SCI (SAP Access) required
• Ability to obtain and maintain client-site access required

About the company

ASI Government provides government leaders with expertise to navigate acquisition and organizational challenges. For over 30 years, ASI has impacted over 70 government agencies across the civilian, defense, and intelligence communities.