Leads Great Lakes resiliency, climate planning, and partnership initiatives; develops data-driven strategic recommendations; collaborates with multidisciplinary teams; presents client reports and visualizations; facilitates workshops; builds client relationships; and supports consulting practice growth. Requires extensive strategic consulting or organizational leadership experience, team leadership, coalition building, climate and resiliency planning expertise, and strong client presentation skills.
If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead or co-lead the Great Lakes initiatives related to resiliency, climate planning, and partnerships with other organizations leading or participating in this space.
- Develop data-driven recommendations to drive actionable strategic plans related to the Great Lakes initiatives and other projects as assigned
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams—including architects, operational planners, and analytics groups—to co-create user-centered solutions that align with organizational goals for consulting, CannonDesign, and our clients
- Prepare and present clear, compelling reports and visualizations for clients, illustrating how strategic planning initiatives and capital investments will impact performance and long-term organizational value
- Foster strong relationships with clients through consistent communication, integrity, and by delivering reliable, high-quality strategic consulting services that support both immediate and future needs
- Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and advancements in to ensure strategic recommendations remain relevant and forward-looking
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions to align diverse perspectives, validate assumptions, and build consensus around strategic initiatives
- Identify, establish and nurture meaningful, long-term relationships with clients and internal partners through excellence, integrity, and reliability and in a way that grows the consulting practice and elevates the brand, while making measurable, living-centered impact
- Deeply embed our approach to problem solving in human-centered strategies that reflect community impact, social impact, operational needs and financial parameters
- Significant travel may be required, as necessitated by clients and your role
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Master’s degree preferred, bachelor's degree required
- Additional credential preferred, including additional graduate degrees
- 10+ years of strategic consulting experience or organizational leadership in the education, consulting, or corporate environment
- 10+ years of experience leading teams and managing internal initiatives
- Deep expertise in building strategic coalitions, organizing and facilitating think tanks, especially related to climate and resiliency planning, city and government planning
- Extensive experience presenting to clients, industry conferences, and internal leadership
- Strategic and analytical thinking to tackle complex challenges
The salary range for this position is $159,500 to $199,400 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time schedules, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
ABOUT OUR FIRM
As part of CannonDesign’s industry-leading consulting family, our Blue Cottage team works with organizational leaders to define their ideal future and plan processes, organizational strategies, equipment and facilities to create an ideal future, and our projects are anchored by any of the following services: strategic transformation, design thinking, space and functional programming, operational planning, change management, and transition and activation planning.
ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We are a start-up culture in an established firm: nimble, energetic, innovative and fun.
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives.
- We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.
Please note that candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. It's not uncommon for scammers to create positions that look legitimate on other sites; never enter your information or apply for CannonDesign positions on any platform. Should an issue arise that you feel we should be aware of, please contact us. Please provide your resume and portfolio when applying.
As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.
CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.
CannonDesign Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
225 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, United States, 60601
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