The Role
The Engagement Manager oversees consulting engagements focusing on strategy and analytics in the telecommunications, media, and technology sectors, managing teams and delivering client solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
About Cartesian
Cartesian is a specialist consulting firm with over 35 years of experience serving the global telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) sectors. We partner with clients worldwide to design and implement practical strategies, data-driven transformations, and technology solutions that drive growth and operational efficiency. Our expertise spans analytics, strategy, technical services, content security, and management consulting.
Our Strategy & Analytics team partners with companies and investors in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector to uncover opportunities and drive performance. We combine strategic thinking, deep data insights, and technical expertise to tackle critical challenges across our clients’ organizations. Our work spans branding and marketing strategy, sales optimization, operational efficiency, policy and regulatory analysis, financial modeling, data science, and more. We’re a team of smart, curious, and collaborative individuals from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared passion for solving complex, ambiguous problems in an ever-evolving world.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Manager to join our talented team. As a Manager at Cartesian, you will be responsible for leading engagements that drive value and growth for our clients. We’re looking for candidates who are highly motivated, entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. You will lead end-to-end engagements with team of 2-5 consultants, and you will be responsible for client management, workstream definition and oversight, analysis structuring, research planning/execution, strategy definition, as well as creating deliverables for internal and external clients – All in a in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
What You’ll Bring
- 5-8 years of relevant consulting experience, with at least 1-2 years successfully overseeing impactful engagements with deep strategy/analytics themes
- A strong interest or deep experience in the communications, media, and technology sectors
- A proven track record of navigating complex/ambiguous problems to develop thoughtful/innovative solutions that are aligned with client objectives
- A passion for working with large datasets to inform recommendations
- An ability to break down complicated ideas, processes, and data into intuitive visual frameworks
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, and a natural ability to build and tell compelling executive narratives, while maintaining a strong command of the underlying detail
- A self-starter drive to proactively set priorities and execute them in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
- Demonstrated success managing and mentoring consultants/analysts
- Experience overseeing teams that use a range of data tools/languages to conduct/automate analysis and derive insights (e.g., Alteryx, SQL, QGIS, Python, R, Tableau, Qlik, etc.)
- MBA preferred, but not required
Additional Skills We Value
- Corporate strategy development
- Business case development and financial analysis
- Market/competitive analysis and opportunity prioritization
- Sales and marketing optimization
- Product and customer analytics
- Qualitative/quantitative primary market research
- Machine learning, predictive modeling, and geospatial analytics
- Communications networks, including technology, design, and engineering
- Data process design and automation
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation and performance-based bonuses
- Learning & development programs and mentorship
- Exposure to high-impact projects
- Learning & development programs and mentorship
- Exposure to high-impact projects
- Volunteer events that support giving back to our local communities
- Weekly company-sponsored team social
- Annual summer party, holiday party, and other fun events
About
Cartesian is a specialist consulting firm of industry experts focused on the global telecommunications, media, and technology industries. For over 35 years, we have helped clients worldwide build and execute strategies that transform the products, services, and organizations that shape the industries in which they operate.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of relevant consulting experience
- At least 1-2 years overseeing impactful engagements
- Strong experience with data tools and languages
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The Company
What We Do
Cartesian is a specialist consulting firm focused on the global telecommunications, media, and technology (TMT) industries, providing consulting services and technology solutions to clients in these sectors.
