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Summer Principal, Strategy Consulting Practice

Tyton Partners

Summer Principal, Strategy Consulting Practice

Boston, MA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE EDUCATION SECTOR? INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH COMPANIES, NON-PROFITS, INSTITUTIONS, AND INVESTORS ACROSS THE K-12, POSTSECONDARY, AND CORPORATE LEARNING MARKETS?

    With an exclusive focus on the education sector, Tyton Partners works at the intersection of market and mission, helping a diverse group of organizations achieve their growth, strategy, and investment objectives. Selected recent client engagements include:

    • Developing an organizational strategy for a national non-profit to increase access to postsecondary education for students of color, first-generation students, and poverty-affected students
    • Building a go-to-market strategy for an innovative digital curriculum provider serving K-12 districts and postsecondary faculty and institutions
    • Assisting a national foundation to understand the evolution of, and key gaps within, priority market segments to support the development of their grant-making strategies
    • Partnering with a community college to design a purely online campus to expand reach and support local learners. The recommended model included financial, operational, and curricular considerations
    • Developing an investment strategy for a national foundation to enhance the digital learning ecosystem and improve postsecondary outcomes for students of color, first-generation students, and poverty-affected students
    • Conducting commercial diligence for financial and strategic investors acquiring K-12, postsecondary, and corporate training businesses

    SUMMER PRINCIPAL PROGRAM

    Individuals in this role will contribute to an active, ongoing client engagement, helping senior leaders across the education sector solve their most pressing strategic challenges. Working closely with firm Partners, Directors, and Associates, Summer Principals will be expected to contribute research, analysis, and recommendations throughout all phases of a typical client engagement including:

    • Exploration of a client's industry niche, including size, growth trends, and competitors
    • Framework ideation and refinement, creating structure to help clarify and describe important dynamics
    • Primary research, through qualitative interviews and/or an original survey
    • Data analysis, combining stakeholder feedback with publicly available sector information to surface the most important and actionable insights
    • Client presentations, helping craft and deliver a client-facing story to help clients understand context, recommendations, and business implications
    • Working closely with junior and senior team members, both receiving and providing coaching and mentoring

    In addition to a client engagement, Summer Principals will also participate in a number of firm building activities that would be typical for a Principal at the firm, including:

    • Hosting a Tyton Partners team current events discussion
    • Contributing to our client-facing thought leadership pieces
    • Helping source and organize important business leads
    • Contributing to marketing and business development activities
    • Finally, Summer Principals will work together on a group project, culminating in a firm-wide presentation.

    Summer Principals will be trained on all aspects of the Tyton Toolkit: qualitative and quantitative market research, market sizing, survey design and analysis, and financial analysis.

    This position is based in Boston, MA.

    DESIRED SKILLS

    • Superior analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
    • Demonstrated ability to exercise mature judgement in dynamic situations
    • Outstanding interpersonal and team-building skills, able to manage up, down, and across an organization
    • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
    • Strong project management and organizational skills, with an ability to work independently
    • Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and willingness to take ownership for breakthrough ideas and strategy formulation
    • Self-starter who is comfortable working in dynamic and evolving environments

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Demonstrated interest or experience in the education sector
    • One year of MBA coursework at a top institution

    ABOUT TYTON PARTNERS

    Tyton Partners is the leading provider of strategy consulting and investment banking services to the global knowledge sector. With years of experience across the education sector, including evaluation of PreK–12, postsecondary, corporate training, and lifelong learning markets, our team leverages its expertise to offer a spectrum of services to our clients:

    • Tyton Partners' consulting practice delivers strategic planning, growth strategy development, portfolio assessment, go-to-market strategy, business partnership strategy and execution, strategic due diligence, and acquisition support
    • With an exclusive focus on the most dynamic global sectors, Tyton Partners works at the intersection of market and mission, helping diverse types of organizations make the best decisions to catalyze their growth and investment objectives
    • Consulting clients range from for-profit companies and investors operating across the education and workforce sectors, to operating non-profits and foundations

    Learn more about Tyton Partners at www.tytonpartners.com