Senior Manager - Consulting

Do you want to lead a team working on complex problems? Are you an analytical thinker, with a mind for continual improvement? Do you excel in relationship management? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
In this position, you will drive the ANZ market by leading client UniForum engagements and bringing new data-led solutions to the market. Consult with university clients directly to help them maximise value from their investment in NousCubane solutions and lead best practice roundtables along with contributing to the facilitation of key client events in ANZ. Play an active role the generation of new business and leading key client relationships across the region.
As a Senior Manager, you will also play an active role in coaching and developing team members and providing input to help inform NousCubane's business strategy.
About NousCubane
NousCubane is a world-leading provider of benchmarking services to universities. We are a small firm of about 50 people across offices in Sydney, London, and Toronto. We work with some of the most prestigious universities in the world as members of our collaborative benchmarking and insights programme, known as UniForum.
Cubane is part of Nous Group, an international management consultancy with more than 700 people working in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, and Canada. Nous is regularly acknowledged as a great place to work as part of competitive workplace reviews. In 2023 Nous was again named one of Australia's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work, and was recognised as one of LinkedIn's best places to grow a career, as a LinkedIn Top Company (Australia), and have previously been named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review.
As a Senior Manager, you will:

• Coach and develop team members to enable performance excellence, identify team goals and track progress
• Design, deliver and oversee analysis supporting NousCubane activities for ANZ clients
• Lead the development of analysis and generate insight
• Lead and monitor development of client reports including university executive briefings, regional reviews, best practice roundtables and steering committees
• Lead the delivery and facilitation of client presentations, workshops and events
• Lead the development of best practice case studies
• Support the development of new applications of UniForum data that generate insight for clients
• Identify opportunities for the continuous improvement of the NousCubane business
• Develop specialist expertise within areas of NousCubane IP and business processes and contribute to the development of new knowledge that supports the regional and global business
• Manage individual client relationships by building productive relationships, including with Program Managers, Functional Owners and Academic Stakeholders
• Actively support the development of new business

A bit about you:

• Strong academic background, with a Bachelor's degree or higher. Preferably in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Science, Economics, Finance or similar
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Relationship builder, with proven experience developing teams, and contributing to new and/or existing client development opportunities. Delivering outstanding service
• Experience in corporate services transformations, service improvement programs, back-office process and operating model redesign
• Proficient with using business intelligence tools and data analysis to test hypotheses and identify data quality issues and unexpected changes
• Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and experience in project management
• Experience with complex data collections (preferred)

We would be interested to hear of any experience you have in Higher Education (not a pre-requisite).
Benefits of working with us

• Belong to a small, supportive team that cares about your professional development
• Opportunities to grow with us as we expand into new products and sectors
• Flexible working arrangements, including WFH options

Finally, some important details
NousCubane is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and First Nations people.
If you are interested in working on complex problems and want to be part of a dynamic team that puts people at the centre of everything, then we'd love to hear from you! Please click apply below.
We would love to know why you are interested in an opportunity at NousCubane, and would love to read this in your application.
Equity, diversity and inclusion is important to Nous. As part of our commitment to building a diverse workforce, we are measuring and evaluating our recruitment practices and outcomes. We invite you to complete the following questions to support our organisation's commitment to attracting a diverse talent pool. These questions are voluntary. If you do not wish to respond, you can select "
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