About the Role
As a Consultant, you'll partner with clients to develop and implement impactful strategies that drive value across people, processes, and technology. You’ll work directly with clients to design solutions, create roadmaps, and deliver high-quality results, building deep relationships and positioning yourself as a trusted advisor. While this role primarily focuses on people and change, our consultants may also contribute to a diverse range of projects, harnessing unique expertise to elevate every project.
Responsibilities
- Lead change management initiatives to ensure smooth transitions during organizational shifts, helping teams adapt and align with new goals and processes.
- Design effective organizational structures that enhance collaboration, drive efficiency, and support the company’s strategic vision and growth.
- Develop and implement talent strategies that attract, retain, and develop top talent, building a workforce aligned with current and future business needs.
- Develop realistic, actionable strategies including roadmaps, governance, and prioritization plans for smooth execution.
- Manage end-to-end project execution, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Collaborate closely with project teams to define adoption strategies and rollout plans, ensuring change management approaches effectively support team and stakeholder buy-in.
- Identify and implement process improvement opportunities within projects to increase efficiency, reduce redundancies, and enhance overall project outcomes.
- Create clear, impactful deliverables that resonate across various audiences and foster alignment on project goals.
- Build and nurture strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders, establishing trust and credibility.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, proactively address concerns, and ensure client satisfaction through high-touch engagement.
- Leverage stakeholder engagement to spot emerging needs and areas where Propeller can add value, fostering potential for future projects.
Requirements
- 12+ years of project management, business analysis, and/or change management, including at least 3 years of experience at a management consulting firm
- Proven track record of guiding teams through transformative change, demonstrating the ability align organizational processes with evolving business objectives
- Experience in organizational design with a track record of creating structures that enhance collaboration, operational efficiency, and strategic alignment
- Career history that demonstrates progressive responsibilities and accountability
- Strong presentation, communication, and facilitation skills
- Experience with waterfall and/or agile project management techniques in complex technology environments
- Bachelor’s degree
- Ability to travel based on client need (up to 25%)
- Ability to demonstrate a legal right to work in the U.S.
Skills
- Project management
- Business analysis
- Change management
- Organizational design
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Facilitation skills
- Waterfall project management
- Agile project management
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 12+ years of project management, business analysis, and/or change management
- 3+ years of experience at a management consulting firm
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Master’s degree
- Certified project management professional and/or relevant certifications/education
Salary/Compensations
- $151,500 – $172,500 base
- $151,500 to $183,500
- Bonus targeted between 5-10% of base salary
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
About the Company
- Propeller is a people-focused management consulting firm that helps organizations accelerate transformation and move forward faster.
- We work with clients to solve complex problems, clear hurdles, and bring transformation to life—building the momentum needed to make change stick with solutions that are right-sized, scalable, and built to last.
- Our teams bring a mix of strategic thinking and practical know-how across strategy, enterprise technology, and organizational effectiveness.
- We collaborate closely with clients, adapt quickly to their needs, and show up ready to do the work together.
- Our clients are typically large and mid-sized organizations in the retail, technology, public sector, and energy and utility industries.
- We have offices in Portland, San Francisco, and Denver, and work with clients across the country.
- Propeller may be the place for you if you're energized by solving hard problems, guiding leaders and teams through change, and making progress that sticks.
- You're curious, collaborative, and resilient—with the grit to keep moving forward, even when the path is ambiguous, and the answers aren’t clear.
Equal Opportunity
- Propeller is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing the most talented individuals regardless of their race, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability status or any other dimension of diversity.
- Propeller is committed to meeting our applicant’s accessibility needs throughout the hiring process. If you need any accommodation during the process, such as accessibility accommodations to assist with email, phone, or video communications, or other accommodation matters, please do not hesitate to email hiring@propeller.com.
