Cloud Practice Director
Oxford Global Resources

Job Info

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Position Summary

The Practice Director's is responsible for ensuring the success and growth of practice area(s) by partnering with internal Sales, Consulting Services, and Delivery/Recruiting teams. Growth in practice area(s) is achieved through assisting in sales and project management to saturate existing and penetrate new accounts. The individual should have a deep understanding and expertise in skillsets within practice area(s) and be able to leverage their experience in a corporate environment. The Practice Director should provide guidance and training both internally and in the marketplace at large and transition existing and hiring of new consultants. This individual acts as a SME in the areas of emerging technology trends, market rates, and candidate supply/demand dynamics as they impact technology talent sourcing; as well as being an integral part of the management team to provide leadership in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

Strategy. In collaboration with leadership:

• Assist in setting and driving strategic direction.
• Take a lead role in the definition of standard solution offerings.

Sales. In collaboration with strategic sales and account management teams:

• Lead the development of new approaches and opportunities for expanding our customer base.
• Identify sales leads through established networks.
• Participate in client presentations.
• Respond to service opportunities, such as:

• Responding to RFPs
• Conducting scoping calls
• Developing statements of work and translate technical requirements into functional documents.

• Assist the Strategic Sales and Account Management teams to manage and grow the customer base and make recommendations regarding market rates, trends and estimated time to fill.
• Create and implement recruiting best practices including sourcing strategies, user group involvement, and networking/relationship building.

Additional Responsibilities

Project Management. In collaboration with consulting services, recruiting, and sales teams:

• Manage projects and resources for consulting projects.
• Attract experienced consultants to the project teams and partner with Learning & Development team to develop content and processes for training
• Assist Recruiters with monitoring employee job performance through direct observation, coaching, counseling, motivation, technical direction and diagnostic expertise.
• Develop a quality assurance role on engagements to support a consistently high level of delivery of consulting services.

• Manage client expectations and resolve customer escalation issues.
• Maintain customer reference-ability.
• Coordinate relationships with vendors.

Skills

• 10+ years of Industry or skillset expertise with 4 yrs of Consulting Services project and service line management to grow the base
• Self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication
• Experienced in developing and maintaining relationships at an executive level
• Ability to travel ( 25-50% )
• Team player who is easy to work with and will drive deliverables through completion
• Solid analytical and problem solving skills
• Proven knowledge of MS office products

Education

Bachelor's Level Degree

Experience

Competencies

Supervision

Supervision Exercised: none

Supervision Received: Industry or Discipline Leadership

Oxford is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oxford will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. Oxford is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please email oxfordbenefits@oxfordcorp.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Nearest Major Market: Chicago
Job Segment: Recruiting, Human Resources

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