Director, Public Policy Advisory

Director, Public Policy Advisory

Management Consulting

Toronto, ON, HYBRID

Salary up to $200,000 + bonus and other perks

Options Consulting Solutions Executive Recruitment is currently conducting an executive search on behalf of their client for a Director of Policy Advisory Services. Our client has been a trusted advisor to government, community and industry leaders for over 10 years tackling complex public policy challenges to improve the outcomes for people across Canada. The firm focuses on policy in the areas of housing, community safety and justice, human services, employment rights, and income security policy and programming with the goal of furthering the discourse and maturation of these fields. They are looking for experienced policy leaders with management consulting firm experience to play a critical role in organizational development and hands-on project delivery to public sector and nonprofit clients. This is a challenging role that leverages both your thought leadership and practice development experience coupled with technical policy expertise shaping public policy rooted in community engagement and empowerment.

Responsibilities

• Sector strategy and thought leadership: Bring deep policy and system expertise to shape our client's strategy in key sectors. Produce insights, publications, and frameworks that build brand awareness and advance understanding of emerging challenges and promising approaches.
• Client account management: Proactively lead a portfolio of client accounts nurturing strong relationships that create a high value, trusted advisor relationship, identifying opportunities for ongoing engagement and ensuring high quality execution of client deliverables.
• Engagement delivery: Lead interdisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality advisory engagements that span policy analysis, strategic program review, service design, implementation support, performance measurement, and evaluation. Ensure projects are rigorous, responsive to client needs, and focused on outcomes.
• Delivery excellence: Provide leadership and quality oversight across client engagements ensuring delivery excellence and outcomes are achieved.
• Network building: Build and nurture an extensive network of client and sector relationships to broaden understanding of sector trends and identify business intelligence and client insights.
• Business development: Lead and manage the full life cycle of business development, from opportunity identification, proposal development, and project / engagement delivery and oversight.
• Team leadership: Build and mentor high-performing, cross-functional teams. Support professional growth, foster a collaborative culture, and ensure the team is set up for success.

Position Qualifications

• 10 to 15+ years’ work experience which must include leadership roles in a management consulting firm environment. Early career experience as a Policy Analyst or similar is a major asset
• A completed Masters Degree or PhD in Public Policy or Political Science
• Experience working with the public sector in one or more public policy areas: employment and training, income security, housing, community safety and justice, or human services
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of growing relationships and opportunities and winning engagements
• Strong analytical and strategic skills, with a data-driven approach to problem solving, decision-making and solutions design
• Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management abilities, with experience leading cross-functional teams
• Highly developed client relationship management skills and network building capabilities

How to Apply

Qualified executives are asked to apply with attention to Reference #13728.

Current position vacancy: Yes

We appreciate all expressed interest in this position. However, only the candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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