● Lead multiple complex, high-visibility strategic facilitation projects by engaging senior leadership and a wide range of stakeholders who span multiple central departments and disparate department and academic units.
● Design and facilitate engaging and effective strategic planning processes, cross-team retreats and workshops, focus groups, and co-design workshops
● Organize functional integration across our group’s services to support client needs.
● Effectively manage stakeholders, difficult conversations, and team dynamics.
● Provide coaching and advising to client teams and leaders on organizational strategy and stakeholder engagement.
● Interpret insights and conclusions from qualitative/quantitative discovery research, synthesize findings, develop recommendations, and communicate results to senior level client teams.
● Assist client teams in developing implementation and action plans based on strategies developed in projects.
● Engage prospective clients who have expressed interest in the team’s services, identifying needs, and tailoring approaches to tackle a broad range of business challenges
● Ensure team operations processes and reporting expectations are met, including: business development, portfolio management, time tracking, billing, and other operational tasks as part of our in-house consulting business.
● Stay abreast of new methodologies and frameworks, and continue to develop our team’s playbook for strategic planning and facilitation. Provide thought leadership and innovation within projects and practice areas.
● Coach and mentor junior team members.
● Expert facilitation skills: Skilled at building trust, managing a room, guiding the conversation, creating safe spaces for constructive conversation, resolving conflict and mediating in group settings, navigating cross-cultural dynamics and a variety of stakeholders, remaining neutral, actively listening and reflecting back, guiding the group toward alignment and resolution
● Adaptability and mastery: Creatively design engaging meeting agendas and planning process. Comfort with a wide variety of strategic planning, design thinking, and/or other innovation frameworks; skilled in creatively adapting approaches and agendas in the moment to achieve client goals
● Comfort with complexity and ambiguity: Able to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, manage up and influence, see the big picture and recognize critical details, deal with ambiguity, managing changing dynamics with a growth mindset, apply unstructured, creative problem solving skills
● Excellent communication skills: Skilled at distilling complex information in a clear and simple manner, outstanding interpersonal communication, creating high quality and visually engaging presentations, presenting to senior-level leadership
● Excellent attention to detail and effective time management
● Organizational astuteness, enterprise-wide vision, and comfort advising at senior leadership level
● Bachelor's degree in business, design, psychology, behavioral science, management science, or other relevant field
● 5+ years of demonstrable and relevant facilitation experience, including working with executives, managers, analysts, and front-line teams
● 5+ years of consulting experience in a strategy consulting firm or equivalent corporate role
● At least 2 years experience leading complex projects
● Experience working with or in higher education industry a plus
● IAF CertifiedTM Professional Facilitator (CPF) designation and/or equivalent completion of a recognized facilitators program and/or accredited qualification in a pertinent stream (desired but not required)
● Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks, seated work and use light/ fine grasping.
● Occasionally use a telephone, stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat, write by hand, sort, and file paperwork or parts.
● Lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
* Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
● Local hybrid considered — must be local within commuting distance to Stanford University main campus (Palo Alto, CA) and Stanford Redwood City Campus (Redwood City, CA) to accommodate client requests for onsite activity facilitation semi-regularly as well as team all-hands onsite events (monthly/quarterly)
● May have occasional extended or weekend work hours during peak business cycles
● Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
● Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
● Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enrich the world. Supporting this mission is our diverse and dedicated 17,000 staff. We seek talent driven to impact the future of our legacy. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:
● Freedom to grow. We offer career development programs, tuition reimbursement, audit a course. Join a TedTalk, film screening, or listen to a renowned author or global leader speak.
● A caring culture. We provide superb retirement plans, generous time-off, and family care resources.
● A healthier you. Climb our rock wall or choose from hundreds of health or fitness classes at our world-class exercise facilities. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
● Discovery and fun. Stroll through historic sculptures, trails, and museums.
● Enviable resources. Enjoy free commuter programs, ridesharing incentives, discounts, and more!
The expected pay range for this position is $112,000 to $147,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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