Engagement Manager

The Role

Engagement managers are the backbones of our firm and hold our project teams together. They lead partners, senior associates, associates and specialists, ensuring that everyone is working together towards the same goal. They collaborate with our clients, helping them achieve success in their roles while bringing ideas to life. Our engagement managers are both analytical and creative in their approach to solving complex problems and identifying the right solutions.

Your Day to Day

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop hypotheses, conduct and manage research and analysis, and formulate insightful and actionable recommendations for clients

Drive the problem-solving process with a broad team of consultants and specialists, using both analytical and creative techniques to get compelling results.

Gain a deeper understanding of the client’s customers through leading interviews, focus groups as well as qualitative and quantitative research methods

Create and bring to life client experiences, such as physical or digital Safaris, Hackathons and workshops to achieve impact and demonstrate Prophet’s signature and collaborative way of working

Manage day-to-day aspects of senior-level client relationships as a strong representative of Prophet

Manage internal teams to drive superior results and insightful recommendations

Monitor project scope and profitability

Present findings and recommendations to clients and lead large team discussions

Manage, coach and teach more junior consultants around marketing and brand strategy, growth strategy, digital strategy, innovation, research and analytical techniques, etc.

Identify and close new business leads

Contribute to, and take a leadership role in, internal initiatives within the firm including IP development, marketing, training and ongoing educational sessions

Help drive Prophet culture at the local office level by leading class gatherings, office-wide social outings and holiday celebrations

What We Look For

Relevant Experience: work experience, ideally with a leading business, digital, or strategy consulting firm

Horsepower & Intellectual Curiosity : the desire to move quickly, not be afraid of failure and be inspired by challenges; be a learner by nature and seek new information and inspiration to drive progress, collaboration and remarkable outcomes

Meticulous Execution : embracing work, knowing its importance and ensuring the highest standards through iterative collaboration across teams

Collaborative Involvement : proactively engaging diverse perspectives to solve problems and optimistically tackling challenges

Confusion Tolerance : comfort with ambiguity and the ability to adapt, flex and change directions given client, project and team circumstances understanding the ever-changing business world

Well-developed research and analytic capabilities, superior problem-solving skills and creative thinking

Knowledge of and passion for brand, marketing and digital strategy and how they impact business outcomes

Superior communication skills–both verbal and written– along with the ability to influence, persuade and ask the tough questions

Ability to develop a strategy as well as execute the tactical implementation of that strategy

Prior experience leading teams and enhancing team success through guidance, leadership and active participation in internal and external project teams

Ability to cultivate existing and new client relationships resulting in the sale or project work

Understanding of agile or other test-and-learn or design-thinking methodologies to co-create with audiences and quickly develop testable materials

Experience with digital analytics tools – both native and third party: Google, Adobe, social (Brandwatch, Sprinklr, Facebook, etc.)

A curious mind with an unrelenting commitment to getting to the answer, testing new approaches, learning new skills and pushing others’ assumptions

A team player who is adept at enhancing team success through active participation in internal and external client project teams

Must be based in either Munich or Berlin office and be a bilingual German/Englishspeaker

Prophet is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment, promotion, and evaluation decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.