.Job DescriptionAs a Principal at Kearney, you will be a key contributor to the growth and development of our Digital and Analytics (D&A) practice as we offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients.Working alongside a dedicated and diverse team, you will advise our D&A clients to define and implement strategies that will deliver results in this ever-changing market environment.Through unique hands-on experiences, you will broaden your knowledge across a breadth of topics while developing relationships with clients and colleagues across the firm.With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, you can put your purpose into action and help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere as a Kearney Original.Key ResponsibilitiesPartner with clients across industries to understand executive and board-level issues and translate into how / why we should apply Advanced Analytics / Optimization.Drive and deliver large-scale transformation programs, leveraging SC design platforms and / or other optimization tools.Maintain long-term relationships with previous clients and proactively develop new relationships through external networking.Lead business development efforts with new clients, with a visible role in client meetings and presentations.Develop marketable points of view on business challenges, including the creation of intellectual capital, and proactively share and disseminate with demonstrated applicability to clients.Mentor and apprentice junior colleagues, helping them hone and develop their professional skills and experience.Lead and develop strategy for at least one firm-building activity, e.G. recruiting, training, and mentoring.Actively manage the firm's financials, business, and staff utilization, as well as determine pricing and negotiate complex contracts for long-term profitability.Who You AreAfter nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people.That's why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who don't accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.We Want to Hear From You If You Are:Analytically inclined and enjoy solving problemsAble to prioritize and are a doer by natureExperienced in leading large teams and mentoring colleaguesExperienced as a Principal (or equivalent) in the consulting industryFluent in EnglishFluent in at least one scripting language (ex. Python, R)Experienced with:Supply chain design platforms (ex. Coupa SC Guru, AIMMS SC Navigator) and / or other optimization tools (ex. Gurobi)Simulation tools (ex. Anylogic, ARENA, PlantSimulation)Statistical tools (ex. SPSS, MATLAB, SAS, JMP, R) as well as with the underlying stochastic and statistical methodsSelf-service data & analytics platforms (ex. Alteryx, KNIME)Visualization platforms (ex