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About This Role:

Join a high-growth team consulting with technology companies on the value of their solutions. The Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) team publishes studies on the financial value of technology, digital, CX, and EX investments and strategies. Senior Consultants own the end-to-end delivery of multiple studies across technology areas. This position is ideal for an experienced consultant who enjoys a challenging career with limited travel. It requires intellectual curiosity, a knack for understanding multiple technologies, and a love for qualitative and quantitative analysis. If you have an analytical mind; know financial analysis; and have excellent customer communication, writing, and project management skills, then this is the position for you.

Working with internal and client teams to deliver Total Economic Impact consulting engagements for IT, digital business, and customer experience clients, the Senior Consultant primarily: 1) leads workstreams and/or produces high-quality client project deliverables (cloud costing estimates, digital strategy, industry analyses, e-commerce plans, digital experience development efforts, and CX/digital transformation programs); 2) develops repeatable consulting methods and tools; and 3) supports internal initiatives aimed at building Forrester’s consulting capabilities and overall business.

This client-facing senior consulting role requires strong core management consulting skills and background in cloud costing, FinOps, customer experience, digital strategy, e-commerce, digital experience, and/or digital marketing to understand digital technology’s impact on customers and business strategy and help clients make financially informed decisions.

Job Description:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of Total Economic Impact consulting projects based on primary research, survey work, financial analysis, and Excel modeling.
• Conduct executive-level interviews with government agencies, retailers, financial services companies, insurance and healthcare organizations, technology vendors, and in the energy sector.
• Analyze client and industry data and apply Forrester’s Total Economic framework and other financial analysis to synthesize insights and develop results for clients.
• Develop high-quality, well-structured, and user-friendly PowerPoint and Excel client deliverables. Convert qualitative, quantitative, and financial data into a compelling story.
• Present findings in-person or via audioconference to executive-level audiences.
• Identify opportunities for new research streams based on feedback from clients and trends in our engagements with customer experience and digital business clients.
• Provide presales support, working with Forrester’s sales teams to assist in the scoping and selling of projects.

Job Requirements:

• A BA/BS is required; an advanced degree, preferably an MBA, is preferred.
• Five plus years of management consulting and/or industry practitioner experience, including FP&A or business intelligence experience and exposure to IT, cloud technologies, FinOps, digital strategy, CX strategy, marketing strategy, eBusiness/channel strategy, and business technology practices and principles.
• Analytical experience, with the ability to build complex financial models in Microsoft Excel, including but not limited to DCF models, benefits/cost models, dashboards, and performance metrics.
• Project management experience or training.
• Proven experience in working as part of a delivery team.
• History of working with subject-matter experts, having deep content knowledge.
• Success in engaging senior-level business executives and instilling confidence in clients.
• Expertise in and knowledge of business case development and financial management.
• Expertise in creating, preparing, owning, and delivering client-facing deliverables and finished product.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — can use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Excellent presentation and client-facing skills.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Attention to detail.
• The ability to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Self-motivated and works to drive projects forward and knows how to get things done quickly without getting lost in details.
• Comfortable working in whitespace, navigating ambiguity, and charting a path forward to help clients solve their challenges.
• The ability to travel 1-2 times per quarter.

Please note that the base salary range indicated here is inclusive of all applicable US geographies listed in this requisition. This salary range is based upon the position as described in the job listing. The offered compensation may vary within this range and is dependent upon the successful candidate’s primary work location, experience, training, education, and credentials.

Base salary range: $105,033 – $171,370

For employees based in Washington State, the percentage listed here is an estimated incentive bonus target as a percentage of base salary, in accordance with the Forrester Consulting Variable Compensation Plan. Individual and company performance, as well as other eligibility criteria, will determine the actual incentive amount.

Bonus target: 15%

Applicants in Colorado: please refer to the annual base salary range and estimated bonus target indicated below. Base salary is dependent on an employee’s experience and skills compared to the requirements of the role.

Annual Base Salary Range: $105,033 – $171,370

The following percentage is an estimated variable target as a percentage of base salary, in accordance with the Forrester Consulting Variable Compensation Plan. Individual and company performance and other factors as set forth in the applicable plan will determine the actual incentive amount earned.

Bonus target: 15%

The application deadline is July 31, 2024. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended.

The application deadline is July 31, 2024. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended.

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