Senior Manager, Outsourcing Advisory Services

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West Monroe is currently seeking a Senior Manager to join our Operations Excellence practice within our Enterprise Strategy & Execution (ES&E) discipline.

This person will bring expertise supporting clients with Outsourcing Advisory Services – this includes, but is not limited to outsourcing assessments, outsourcing RFx development, evaluation, and selection, contract negotiations, outsourcing transition, vendor governance and management, and service delivery optimization.

ES&E consultants deliver comprehensive solutions that transform operations through strategic sourcing, effective transformation management, and optimizing people, process, and technology. Candidates should also have experience in helping to develop and/or enhance supporting methodologies and tools, as well as integrating these with other consulting solutions (e.g., technology and vertical practices).

What you'll do: 

• Define and advise on outsourcing strategies and vendor relationships, including IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing.
• Serve as a delivery leader on engagements of moderate-to-high complexity and scale, communicating with client sponsors directly without oversight, and exemplifying engagement management, client relationship, client satisfaction, risk management, and delivery team management skills. 
• Work with clients to develop detailed technical / operational requirements, service level agreements, pricing strategies and approaches, and writing RFP documents.
• Evaluate vendor proposals from a technical, operational, pricing / financial, and contractual perspective.
• Support clients through the contract negotiation process by participating in contract negotiation sessions.
• Oversee engagement scope, budget, deliverables, profitability, work management and reporting, change management, vendor management, and team development. 
• Achieve business development goals primarily through building networks with internal partners, educating channel partners on ES&E offerings, farming opportunities, and scoping projects/proposals. 
• Originate and create methodologies, project assets and tools, and ensure maintenance of those assets. Support direction and strategy for functional, industry, or technology methodologies, quality assurance, and toolsets used within the practice. 
• Manage and mentor a team of consultants, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Provide quality assurance review on junior team members' approaches and deliverables.
• Actively engage in recruiting, interviewing, and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants. 

 What you'll bring: 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. 
• 8+ years of relevant outsourcing advisory experience and at least 2-3 years in a business consulting environment.
• Expert program manager with extensive experience managing outsourcing advisory engagements including developing work plans, project scopes, pricing estimates, budget management, issue and risk management, and presenting deliverables.  
• People management experience, and a passion for developing and coaching more junior team members.
• Business development experience including farming leads and assisting in managing the sales process – pursuit strategy, client development cycle and tools, proposal development, fee and profitability planning, and contract management.  
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create impactful and concise executive stakeholder-ready deliverables, and polished client-facing oral communication skills. 
• Strong data visualization and analysis skills; comfortable using tools like Excel to analyze data and present key insights in a compelling way. 
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word). 
• Demonstrated success within one or more of West Monroe's core industries including Consumer & Industrial Products, Healthcare (payer/provider), Life Sciences, High Tech & Software, Utilities, Insurance, Banking, and/or Private Equity. 
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives. 
• Ability to travel up to 50% 

West Monroe's Operations Excellence practice is focused on driving value from strategy through execution—not merely pointing to best practices and standards.  We enable clients to realize the enduring benefits of IT, business, process, and organizational optimization by delivering real, sustainable adoption.  Our solutions focus on value creation through the lenses of people, process, and technology across functional transformation and related platforms, productivity, and transformation enablement. Each consultant within our Operations Excellence practice is aligned to one of four focus areas including Enterprise Strategy & Execution, Financial Management, Market Research & Insights, and Productivity.

Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.

Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date. 

Seattle or Washington, D.C. $194,100—$228,400 USD Los Angeles $203,400—$239,300 USD New York City or San Francisco $212,600—$250,100 USD A location not listed above $184,900—$217,500 USD Other consultancies talk at you.
At West Monroe, we work with you.

We're a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.

The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We're fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what's next.

You'll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We're right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn't a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

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