Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams in disaggregating problems and providing solutions to address them
• Develop innovative strategies and solutions for our clients
• Manage work streams and provide direction
• Coach, manage and support junior team members
• Oversee the quality of client deliverables

Dalberg is a platform for change. Our staff is empowered to start new programs, institute best practices, and develop traditions that will define the Dalberg experience for years to come.

Innovation and entrepreneurship are not only valued at Dalberg; they are essential to our firm’s success. In addition to providing training, management-level advising, and mentoring, we empower consultants to learn by doing, engaging them as core members of project teams from day one.

What We Offer :

• A highly collaborative, flat, and entrepreneurial organization that provides the platform to make an impact on day one
• Engagement with complex and stimulating projects across various content areas, geographies, and types of clients
• A uniquely talented, highly diverse, passionate and fun team
• Hands-on mentorship
• Robust knowledge base and client networks to explore and engage as you build your platform
• Reduced travel schedule compared to typical management consulting positions and a culture supportive of employee work / life balance
• A deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism in our culture, beliefs, systems, and processes
• Competitive benefits and career development opportunities

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS

Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed.

We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers who supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day.

We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Gates Foundation, corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone, multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP, and government agencies such as the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency, Colombia Ministry, and the City of San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, and non-profits such as Sesame Workshop and Pro Mujer.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunities are in Bogotá, Mexico City, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC.

Your application should be submitted via our Dalberg website career portal and should include a resume and cover letter, both written in English.

Candidate applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Candidates selected will be invited for a number of interviews to test analytical and conceptual thinking skills through consulting case questions, and to discuss interests and experience.

A candidate’s specific title and level of entry will be assessed during the interview process.

You are expected to work near one of our offices and work 2-3 days / week in the office.

Employment in Dalberg’s US offices are contingent on the candidate having the requisite authorization to live and work in the US as well as possessing fluency in English.

Employment in Dalberg’s Colombia and Mexico offices are contingent on the candidate having the requisite authorization to live and work in Mexico and Colombia as well as possessing fluency in English and Spanish.

Dalberg values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion, background, or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.

We have also pledged to three commitments for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across the firm :

• COMMITMENT 1 : We commit to publishing internal Dalberg DEI reports annually, to hold ourselves accountable, report on progress and share lessons from our regional DEI plans.
• COMMITMENT 2 : We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.
• COMMITMENT 3 : We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm.

Owing to the large number of applications we receive; unfortunately, only successful candidates will be contacted.