Job Description
Manager - Job Description Overview Grant Thornton Stax is a strategy consulting firm built for high-impact work with private equity and growth-focused clients. Following our acquisition by Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, we're expanding rapidly combining agility and culture of a boutique with scale, reach, and platform of Grant Thornton. Recognized as a top workplace, Grant Thornton Stax has been named to the 2026 Vault Consulting 50 Best Firms, Management Consulted's Top Ranked Consulting Firms 2025, and Consulting Magazine's 2025 Best Firms to Work For. Managers play a pivotal role in delivering the work, developing our people, and building the firm. The Work As a Manager, you will lead fast-paced, high-stakes engagements for private equity firms and PE-backed portfolio companies. You'll work across sectors including software/technology, healthcare, business services, consumer, industrials, education, and the events ecosystem. Our teams operate with high ownership, direct client access, and real responsibility, without the heavy travel model common in consulting. What You'll Do Managers at Grant Thornton Stax are hands-on leaders who drive both client outcomes and team development. You will 5-7 years of experience at a strategy consulting firm, with a proven track record leading commercial due diligence and/or PE-backed strategy engagements Develop and motivate team members, expand firm capabilities, and lead initiatives that support Grant Thornton Stax's growth Assist in scoping projects and framing client issues, including proposal writing and team onboarding Manage the day-to-day execution of engagements, ensuring momentum, alignment, and delivery against timelines Own workstreams end-to-end by driving the project plan, coordinating team workflows, and overseeing primary re