About Modern Executive Solutions

Modern Executive Solutions is a fully integrated talent management consultancy with a specific focus on developing diverse, modern leadership teams. We provide services that include talent and organization strategy, culture and change management, leadership assessment and development and executive search.  Everything we do is forward-looking and focused on creating modern organizations, leadership team and leaders.  We are headquartered out of Atlanta, Georgia but work on a remote-first basis with employees across the United States and a team also in the United Kingdom.  As a part of our embedded purpose to change lives for the better we donate 10% of our annual profits to charities that support youth and education in order to develop the diverse talent of tomorrow. 

About the role

Modern’s mission is to partner with the world's leading organizations to reimagine and implement a modern approach to leadership and talent. Our unique ability to integrate who runs the place (people, talent), how the place is run (structure, operating model, roles), with future leadership needed to deliver the change, delivers outsized value for our clients. 

Executive assessment, coaching, and leadership consulting is a critical enabler to our integrated value. The clarity and relevance of our assessment insight, combined with our high touch, developmental approach, ensures we de-risk hiring decisions and accelerate developmental impact of leaders and leadership teams.  

What you'll do

As an MD in Executive Assessment, Coaching and Leadership Consulting, you will play a fundamental role in shaping high impact solutions for our clients. Your role will consist of three key areas: 

1. Execution: You will deliver world-class executive assessment and coaching solutions to executives in iconic organizations. Your impact will create trust, traction, and broaden Modern’s impact through brilliant execution. 
2. Quality: You will support aligned executive search teams to embed latest assessment and coaching solutions to clients. You will bring quality, rigor, and consistency to our work.     
3. Growth: You will provide expertise to shape impactful solutions for new and existing clients, in partnership with Modern’s diverse team of industry, functional and practice experts.  

The ideal candidate will thrive in a pacey, ambitious, entrepreneurial environment. They will be relentless in client-focus: delivering premium solutions and experiences that drive Modern’s ambition and commercial goals.  They will be a target-driven team player who is responsive, flexible and with a sharp eye for quality. Organized, efficient, and with a ‘roll the sleeves up’ mentality, the ideal candidate will build as they deliver, in partnership across Modern’s fast-growing team. They will shape Modern’s culture in their approach, demonstrating purpose, connection, care, transparency, and accountability.   

Education  

Required:  

• Masters-degree level in relevant academic field: e.g. I/O Psychology; Clinical Psych 
• Qualifications in relevant areas of impact: e.g. ICF accredited for coaching; assessment tools/psychometrics 

Competencies: 

Attributes:  

• Insightful: into their own and others’ behaviors, dynamics, impact, and how to adapt for maximum effectiveness.  
• Assured: to share their perspectives, challenge thinking, and shape optimal outcomes. 
• Courage: to challenge held assumptions; be the voice of difference; to uphold ethical standards of practice.  
• Curiosity: seeks to understand deeply, broadly, through active listening and questions that unlock new insights. 
• Pace and flexibility: is comfortable working efficiently and with flexibility – appreciating progress is often   
• Compassion: shows care towards the people they work with and the lives they impact.  
• Collaboration: seeks to partner at every opportunity across a broad range of colleagues.  

Skills:  

• Client management: ability to manage complexity while leading clients towards successful outcomes 
• Interviewing: Behavioral event (BEI) and competency-based interviewing 
• Feedback & Coaching: Feedback delivery and coaching to various leadership audiences  
• Assessment Expertise: Ability to interpret complex assessment data & translate into digestible insights for various audiences through verbal and written communication; active listening. 

Experience: 

• Working in high-growth consulting and/or professional services environments 
• Assessment and coaching of mid-senior executive leaders 
• Account/client management: leading the successful implementation of programs 
• Supporting the continuous improvement of tools/products/services 
• Leading or supporting direct revenue-generating activity / business development 
• Client relationship management: Building and maintaining strong client relationships with senior executives/C-suite 
• Working cross-industry: experience across a minimum of two industries 

Knowledge: 

• Understanding of principles and theories relevant from a measurement background (e.g., industrial-organizational psychology), such as assessment, selection, leadership development, executive coaching, leadership styles, and team dynamics. 
• Familiarity with variety of psychometric instruments 
• Commercial awareness