CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS

• Leadership Acumen and Team Orientation: The Operations Senior Director will be a highly energetic, proactive individual. He/she must be able to quickly win the confidence and respect of senior leadership, fellow employees and clients. This individual must be a self-starter, but comfortable working in and helping to create a decidedly collaborative environment. Must be highly assertive, personable, innovative, and results oriented.

• Critical Thinking/Analytical Rigor: The Operations Senior Director will demonstrate clear critical thinking in the development and execution of business strategies using critical data to make or influence decisions. They must have the ability to create and generate business plans, strategies and initiatives leading to increased market shares through value propositions, while combining critical thinking to determine what will best serve Jensen Hughes.

• Talent Management and Coaching Skills: This leader will be charged with maintaining a high level of talent within the Vancouver operation. Critical to this aim is effectively attracting, retaining and developing technical experts and top-notch consultants. Through the continual professional development of existing staff, and hiring, this individual will foster a culture of accountability and results. With this in mind, the company requires a hands-on, team-oriented executive who has broad-based credibility, and is capable of consistently motivating people to act and perform beyond the expected. This individual will be a strong leader who possesses a comfortable coaching style and uses it strategically to improve team performance.

• Results-Oriented: The new Operations Senior Director must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will be resourceful, action-oriented, and possess the ability to produce results in a timely fashion. They will be comfortable working in a lean organization and rolling up their sleeves to build and develop the structure and systems to enable the execution of the growth strategy.

• Communication and Change Management: This individual should possess very strong communication and influencing skills. He or she should be comfortable, articulate, and dynamic in front of both internal and external audiences including clients, employees, and senior leadership. She/he will be direct, candid and authentic. Effective change management skills are also critical in an entrepreneurial, aggressively growing business environment where the organization must empower the many to attack important issues and opportunities by giving teams freedom to create extraordinary client delivery.