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By joining our rapidly growing Risk Advisory practice you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You'll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that help our clients solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success.

As a Director at CrossCountry Consulting you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery, business development, leading teams and developing junior team members, as well as serving as a member of CrossCountry's leadership team. In this role you will drive delivery and growth across a range of technology risk areas: IT controls; IT governance, risk, and compliance; cybersecurity; cloud; and emerging technologies.

• Client Delivery:
• Supervise and provide an extensive array of services in IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC), IT Controls Optimization, Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Emerging Technology to both new and existing clients.
• Provide senior account and project-level leadership that ensures exceptional delivery quality, exceeds client expectations, nurtures client relationships, and creates expansion opportunities.
• Deliver high-quality consulting services by taking personal ownership of client engagements, ensuring that deliverables are practical and impactful.
• Share technical expertise by authoring thought leadership materials such as case studies, white papers, and learning materials, and represent CrossCountry at industry events.

• Practice Leadership:
• Manage client engagements, maintaining strong relationships with senior client personnel and ensuring high-quality deliverables and client satisfaction.
• Mentor team members by coaching colleagues, providing regular ongoing feedback and annual performance reviews, and helping project teams resolve multi-faceted issues.
• Actively contribute to talent acquisition and retention efforts, participating in attracting, interviewing, and hiring top talent who embody our core values.
• Support the practice's strategic direction by proactively monitoring industry trends, identifying emerging opportunities, and evaluating potential impacts.

• Business Development (~35%):
• Identify and lead business development opportunities to win new clients and expand services at existing clients. Market a full range of services to prospective clients including using your existing relationships to generate new opportunities.
• Support market opportunities identified by business developers or other leaders within CrossCountry with client delivery or sector specific expertise.
• Foster a culture of growth and business development, serving as a thought leader in the market.

• 15+ years advising public companies on one or more of the following: IT strategy and governance, IT risk assessment, IT audit, cybersecurity, cloud computing, privacy and data protection, systems pre- and post-implementation reviews, third-party risk management, systems development life cycle controls assessment, data analytics, disaster recovery, IT regulatory compliance, and/or IT project risk management.
• Professional services experience in a client-facing role at an accounting or consulting firm.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior team members and helping project teams resolve multi-faceted issues.
• Proven record of building and developing strong client relationships with C-level executives.

• Willingness to travel domestically up to 20%-30% (varies by client).
• Availability to work on client site or in office 3 days a week, with 2 days remote (hybrid environment).

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Accounting, Business, Finance, Information Systems, or other technical disciplines; Master's degree or post graduate degree from a college or university is preferred.

Compensation: $178,000 - $356,000 a year. For applicants located in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA, CrossCountry Consulting is required to include an estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, education, licenses, certifications, business needs, and internal equity. An estimate of the current range is $178,000 - $356,000 per year + annual bonus + additional benefits.