Company Description

ABOUT JMAN:

JMAN Group is a growing technology-enabled management consultancy that empowers organizations to create value through data.

Founded in 2010, we are a team of 100+ consultants based in London, UK, and a team of 300+ engineers in Chennai, India. Our US team is currently 10+ people having delivered multiple projects in the US based clients.

We approach business problems with the mindset of a management consultancy and the capabilities of a tech company. We work across all sectors, and have in depth experience in private equity, pharmaceuticals, government departments and high-street chains.

Our team is as cutting edge as our work. We take pride for ourselves on being great to work with – no jargon or corporate-speak, flexible to change and receptive of feedback.

We have a huge focus on investing in the training and professional development of our team, to ensure they can deliver high quality work and shape our journey to becoming a globally recognised brand. The business has grown quickly in the last 3 years with no signs of slowing down.

Why work at JMAN?

Our vision is to ensure JMAN Group is the passport to our team’s future. We want our team to go on a fast-paced, high-growth journey with us – when our people want to do something else, the skills, training, exposure, and values that JMAN has instilled in them should open doors all over the world.

Current Benefits:

− Competitive annual bonus

− Market-leading private health insurance

− Regular company socials

− Annual company away days

− Extensive training opportunities

Position

Your key responsibilities

As one of our Resourcing Managers, you will play a critical role in supporting the success of our consulting team, our clients, and our business. Specifically, you will partner with senior leaders and the global resourcing team to staff a wide range of client projects, lead the project allocations of our India-based consulting team, support the professional development of our consultants, and contribute to further developing JMAN’s resourcing strategy & operations.

Key responsibilities for the Resourcing Manager include:

Resourcing projects: Own & drive the resourcing of a wide range of client projects, in partnership with senior leaders in the business. Requires rapidly understanding the specific needs of each project, identifying & agreeing the right global team to deliver the project, & ensuring allocations are completed swiftly. At times, it requires complex problem-solving between multiple projects’ needs & resource availability.

Allocation of individuals to projects: Manage the project allocations of individuals in the UK-based consulting team, across a range of seniority grades.

Understanding of consulting team: Build a trusted relationship with, and detailed understanding of, each individual in our India-based consulting team (e.g. their professional experience, capabilities, development objectives, and more). Swiftly match this nuanced understanding of individuals to project requirements in a fast-paced environment.

Professional development: Support the ongoing professional development of all individuals in the India-based consulting team, in close partnership with the People team.

Availability: Maintain a clear, detailed, up-to-date understanding of individual and cohort availability within our India-based consulting population, within a swiftly evolving context.

Processes & metrics: Execute other key resourcing processes to support the above (e.g. resourcing of new joiners). Understand, monitor and drive key metrics related to resourcing.

Data and systems: Manage all India resourcing data, ensuring it is kept accurate & up to date in our system.

Resourcing operations: Contribute to the development of JMAN’s resourcing operations and capability, in the context of an exciting, scaling organisation. This will include leading a series of change initiatives within resourcing (with support), from initial design through implementation. Opportunity to contribute expertise to future resourcing strategy, working closely with senior leadership.

Resourcing team: Operate as a core member of JMAN’s global resourcing team, including coaching and supporting others.

Collaboration: All of the above will require effective collaboration with client-facing consulting colleagues at all levels, as well as with all members of our global resourcing team.

Requirements

Desired Experience & Skills

• 7 to 10 Yrs. Experience in Resource Management.
• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment with a focus on teamwork.
• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities in English and capable of effectively presenting ideas and engaging in social interactions in the required language.
• Truly aligned to JMAN values, with outstanding judgement.
• Experience in resourcing/ staffing in a professional services firm or similar.
• Positive, collaborative team member, with a ‘team-first’ attitude.
• Thrives amidst ambiguity and operates effectively within a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to build strong, trusted relationships with a wide range of senior and junior colleagues.
• Strengths in prioritisation, problem-solving and decision-making, within the context of resourcing.
• Proactive mindset, with enthusiasm and ability to take ownership while welcoming feedback/ input.
• Appetite for, and comfort with, simple data and analytics (e.g. % of resource pool available per week) would be valuable but not essential.
• Interest or experience related to any area of consulting, data, and/ or technology would be valuable but not essential.

If you feel that you would be a strong addition to our team, but you do not fully meet all the requirements above, we would like to encourage you to please apply anyway. As we expand, we are looking for individuals across all levels and we will discuss a suitable alternative with you during the interview process.

JMAN is committed to equal employment opportunities. We are a diverse, high performing team and base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.