Senior Consultant

Public Consulting Group LLC (PCG) is a leading public sector solutions implementation and operations improvement firm that partners with health, education, and human services agencies to improve lives. Founded in 1986, PCG employs approximately 2,000 professionals throughout the U.S.—all committed to delivering solutions that change lives for the better. The firm is a member of a family of companies with experience in all 50 states, and clients in three Canadian provinces and Europe. PCG offers clients a multidisciplinary approach to meet challenges, pursue opportunities, and serve constituents across the public sector. To learn more, visit www.publicconsultinggroup.com.

Collaborating with our Technology Consulting team, you will help organizations streamline operations and achieve strategic goals to serve the public better. We provide the full spectrum of technology consulting services to help state and local agencies meet operational and program needs that enhance the lives of their user base.

Services:

• Strategy, Architecture, Planning, and Procurement

• Business Enablement

• Business Solutions

• Project Assurance

Duties and Responsibilities

Client Delivery

• Serves as project manager with a strong understanding of client needs related to project program area and/or technical best practices and industry standards for project delivery in one or more of the following areas
  • Project Management,
  • Quality Assurance and Testing
  • Software Development Lifecycle and System Configuration
  • Security and Privacy
  • Business Process Redesign
  • Independent Verification and Validation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Procurement Planning and Execution
• Understands complex state and federal regulations and requirements; analyzes and interprets federal and state law and regulation.
• Reviews business operations for service and efficiency improvements.
• Independently manages complex projects, staff, and tasks with limited supervision while meeting and exceeding performance expectations.
• Manages daily project functions and client interaction.
• Develops communication plans with clients, executes highly effective written and verbal communication both internal and external
• Identifies and elicits requirements from key stakeholders in each engagement.
• Facilitates client discussions.
• Identifies gaps and shortcomings and determines necessary workarounds.
• Plans and monitors ongoing project tasks, delegates tasks and responsibilities to team members.
• Assesses best practices and compliance errors and provides technical assistance to clients.
• May have responsibility to manage direct reports in this position

Business Development

• Conducts market analysis and develops growth strategies, identifying priority service offerings, coordinating outreach, and translating market intelligence into actionable pursuit plans.
• Identifies, researches, and qualifies new sales opportunities; maintains accurate opportunity information in the customer relationship management system; coordinates analysis; and follows leads through pursuit, proposal, award, or closeout.
• Supports complex proposal efforts and may lead teams to develop proposal sections

Required Skills

• Prioritizes initiatives and maintains progress in multiple efforts concurrently
• Ability to research, analyze and interpret policy, legal briefs, and regulations.
• Translate ideas into actions with a strong commitment to demonstrating outcomes
• Able to work independently and consistently achieve excellent results
• Able to work effectively with all members of project teams.
• Outstanding oral and written presentation skills
• Demonstrated initiative and the ability to successfully identify new business opportunities and up-sell to existing customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or 10 years’ experience required, graduate degree preferred
• 5-10 years’ relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience

• • Previous experience working for state government or consulting with state government clients
  • Experience with Child Support, Child Welfare, Medicaid, Workforce, or other state government programs that receive federal funding.
  • Previous experience developing proposals in response to Request for Proposals
  • Active Project Management Professional certification
  • Located in Jefferson City, MO; Topeka, KS; Lincoln, NE; Pierre, SD; Des Moines, IA; Bismarck, ND; St. Paul, MN; or Madison, WI.
  • Graduate Degree in relevant field

Working Conditions

This position is hybrid with travel/onsite requirements. To be successful at PCG, you must:

• • be available during your set working hours
  • have a safe, private, and distraction-free environment in which to complete your work, and
  • be able to give your full attention to the completion of your PCG job duties

Some travel to the office or elsewhere may be required for team meetings, client meetings, etc. We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis until filled. 

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The above is intended to describe the general contents and requirements of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive statement of all duties, responsibilities or skills of personnel so classified.

Compensation:

Compensation for roles at Public Consulting Group varies depending on a wide array of factors including, but not limited to, the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.  As required by applicable law, PCG provides a reasonable range of compensation for this role. In addition, PCG provides a range of benefits for this role, including medical and dental care benefits, 401k, PTO, parental leave, bereavement leave

Range: $88,000 - $140,000

PCG does not sponsor newly hired foreign national workers for work authorization, including H-1B sponsorship.

EEO Statement:

Public Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to celebrating diversity and intentionally creating a culture of inclusion. We believe that we work best when our employees feel empowered and accepted, and that starts by honoring each of our unique life experiences. At PCG, all aspects of employment regarding recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoff, company-sponsored training, education, and social and recreational programs are based on merit, business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, gender identity and/or expression, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, citizenship status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. PCG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. PCG believes in health, equality, and prosperity for everyone so we can succeed in changing the ways the public sector, including health, education, technology and human services industries, work.