State and Local Government - Managing Consultant
Apply Job ID 33466 Date posted 10/27/2025Job Family:
Management Consulting
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
Guidehouse is seeking a Managing Consultant to take an active role in engagement execution and advisory projects. Managing Consultants help our clients transform their business processes, improve efficiency and operations, transform their organizational design, apply change management, adopt best practice in customer experience, develop and implement strategies, manage grant funds, and comply with Federal, State, and Local government laws and regulations.
As a Managing Consultant, you will have responsibility for client management, solution implementation, and overall delivery within your assigned workstream. You will be relied upon for project workstreams and interact with clients to ensure engagement success. This includes supporting day-to-day operational meetings with clients and consulting leaders. Managing Consultants must prepare and communicate well-organized communications and presentations to clients and internal executives. Additionally, Managing Consultants will support business development efforts in the form of collecting proposal materials, drafting proposal content, and helping to prepare proposal presentations.
We encourage career development and hiring for the long term. As a Managing Consultant, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to deepen your consulting skills. A successful Managing Consultant is self-motivated, outcomes-oriented, capable, and willing to develop solutions independently or collaboratively as part of a team of highly skilled professionals. Consultants are provided the opportunity to interact with our clients and to enhance skills across technical competency, business development, and client service.
As a Managing Consultant, you will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting experience, helping our public sector clients solve complex issues from strategy to execution.
What You Will Need:
A minimum of FIVE (5+) years of overall work experience.
Experience working with State and Local Government and a strong general consulting background.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management
Experience in stakeholder engagement, project and program management, business development, working with cross functional teams, and strategy planning.
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university.
Experience managing projects and junior to mid-level staff.
Must be willing to travel.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
MBA, MPA or other Master’s degree in public policy, Government, Political/Social Science, Information Systems, Operational Research, Management, International Development, Economics, Urban Science and/or related fields.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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