Are you passionate about making an impact on the education sector? Interested in working with companies, non-profits, institutions, investors, and foundations across the PreK-12, postsecondary, and professional learning markets?
Director Opportunity
A core driver of Tyton Partners’ success is the Director, who plays a critical leadership role within the organization by driving and creating value across, client delivery and relationship management, sales, and broader Firm growth initiatives.
A Director serves as the project/delivery lead on multiple client engagements simultaneously and drives sales efforts through the expansion of new relationships and leveraging existing client relationships through repeat engagements. The ideal candidate should have a track record of leading engagements that delight clients in consulting settings and, ideally, demonstrated experience as an operating leader. A successful Director will have a proven aptitude or clear potential for building new relationships for Tyton Partners across the various segments it serves.
This is an ideal position for an experienced professional who is passionate about the education sector and the broader learning ecosystem. They should be willing to roll up their sleeves to contribute to a growing organization with ambitious goals and high standards.
Primary responsibilities of a Director include:
- Simultaneously manage multiple projects from kick-off through delivery of final client deliverables while driving team to fact-based and analytically rigorous answers and insightful recommendations to our clients
- Expand existing client relationships through repeat engagements and building ongoing advisor-of-choice relationships with senior leaders
- Drive new client acquisition by leveraging past relationships, building new relationships, and developing thought leadership in specific segments of the education sector based on interest and firm needs
- Develop the Firm by leveraging internal and external networks, building deep knowledge of sector trends, supporting talent development, and developing best practices
- Manage, develop, and mentor junior team members
Desired Skills
- Strong client delivery and business development experience in a professional services environment
- Values a team-based environment and embraces collaboration to achieve both Firm and individual goals
- Brings growth mindset and solution orientation to interactions with all team members and external clients/ partners
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
- Outstanding interpersonal and team-building skills; able to manage up, down, and across an organization
- Strong project management and organizational skills, with an ability to work independently to manage multiple, competing priorities
- Self-starter who is comfortable working in dynamic and evolving environments
- Willingness and ability to travel up to ~30%
Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree. MBA, PhD, EdD, or other relevant advanced degree preferred
- Strategy consulting and other relevant client service experience required
- Demonstrated experience advising other leaders strongly preferred
- Operating leadership experience in an education-focused company, non-profit organization, or institution is strongly preferred
- Experience sourcing and closing consulting engagements in the Education sector strongly preferred
- Passion for and demonstrated interest in the Education sector
About Tyton Partners
Tyton Partners is a mission-oriented strategy consulting and investment banking firm focused exclusively on the market of education. Tyton Partners works at the intersection of market and mission, helping a diverse group of organizations achieve their growth, strategy, and investment objectives. We are positioned to create impact at scale in the education sector as a result of working with an unparalleled diversity of clients; for example, major foundations, institutions, operating nonprofits, EdTech companies and investors. Tyton strives to be the advisor of choice for leaders throughout the education sector and professional learning markets, enabling them to achieve transformative outcomes and drive systemic change.
Tyton offers a unique opportunity for professionals through our entrepreneurial environment, flat structure, and collaborative spirit. While there is no single kind of person at Tyton, we all share something in common: a mindset for impact, a way of responding to challenges with openness and tenacity, and a commitment to learning. Our work necessitates a diverse team reflective of the diversity of the broader education system.
Learn more about Tyton Partners at https://tytonpartners.com/culture-careers/