Program Manager – Chicago, IL
Alexander Group: Decades of experience growing revenue for global companies.
Alexander Group provides management consulting services to the world’s leading organizations. When clients need to grow revenue, they look to Alexander Group for data-driven insights, actionable recommendations, and most importantly, results.
Founded in 1985, we’ve served more than 3,000 companies around the world, across all industries. This experience gives us not only a highly sophisticated set of best practices to grow revenue — we also have a rich repository of industry data that informs all of our recommendations.
Our dedication to revenue growth and sales strategy has led to:
- More than 70% of our clients being Fortune 500 corporations
- Project work in more than 25 countries
- Extensive industry experience in B2B markets
The Program Manager is responsible for engaging client contacts and nurturing relationships. The role actively reaches out and schedules meetings with contacts by leveraging our intellectual property and leadership community (e.g., knowledge sharing events, roundtables and benchmarking surveys). This role works with our industry leaders to create openings, position the firm, and nurture relationships.
Success requires creativity and diligence in building new relationships, understanding client needs, articulating Alexander Group solutions, maintaining a robust relationship development pipeline, and being hungry to help close opportunities.
Alexander Group Program Managers can expect:
- Winning team with sustained double-digit growth over the last 10+ years
- Leadership of the client development process
- Engagement with senior clients on issues that drive real change
- Rapid ramp-up in a learning culture, with regular coaching and a defined career path
- Collaborative environment where your ideas matter
- Highly competitive pay based on team and individual performance
- Professional growth onto the industry leadership team
Responsibilities:
- Generating interaction and engagement (quality conversations with senior executives) through customized outreach and marketing campaigns featuring Alexander Group consulting services, research studies, and leadership events
- Connecting and coordinating communication between senior executives and our industry practice leaders
- Relationship building and nurturing
- Collaborating and strategizing with internal practice leaders
- Achieving individual performance metrics including generating a consistent volume of quality conversations with target senior executives
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Five years of experience and a proven track record in business development, sales, or account management in business-to-business markets
- High EQ, strong listening skills, and professional maturity
- Experience in logistics, events or hospitality, a plus
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to establish relationships with senior executives
EEO Employer. Required Work Eligibility: Must be eligible to work in the U.S. at the time of application with no current or future restrictions or sponsorship necessary. TN visa accepted.
