Transition Partners - Project Lead

What this role is

Transition Partners is being built by people who left big-firm consulting and went into the arena. We've run teams, owned P&Ls, shipped changes, and lived with the consequences. We believe that strategy only matters when it survives execution.

As a Project Lead, you run the day-to-day of the engagement. You don't "support the answer." You own it.

Your mandate

Turn messy, senior problems into a plan that gets executed, and show measurable movement in the business.

What you will do

- Own the engagement end-to-end (strategy - execution cadence - results).

- Frame the problem with CXOs, set the path, drive decisions, and stay until outcomes show up.

Lead a small elite team (2-4).

- High standards, clean thinking, fast iterations.

Run an operating rhythm that makes outcomes inevitable.

- Clear weekly cadence, KPI dashboarding, issue-resolution, decision logs, stakeholder management.

Build trust through clarity.

- Sharp narratives for the room. Short artifacts. Clean logic.

Use AI as a force multiplier (practical, not performative).

- Automate the grind, accelerate insight cycles, prototype workflows. AI that ships.

How we work

Autonomy is real. If you need constant partner steering, this won't fit.

We don't worship heroics. Intensity happens in spikes; we plan recovery.

We don't do thrash. If direction changes, we re-scope, re-plan, and reset expectations.

We optimize for outcomes, not optics. Fewer meetings, tighter artifacts, decisive follow-through.

What "good" looks like

- The client calls you first.

- Decisions happen faster because you're in the room.

- The plan survives contact with reality.

- Metrics move (revenue, margin, cost, cycle time, conversion, risk).

- Your team gets sharper working with you.

Who this is for

- 6-10 years in top-tier consulting, transformation, or senior operator roles.

- You've led work, not just contributed to it.

- You can be direct with senior clients and still keep them with you.

- You're fluent with modern AI tools and use them to ship better work faster.

Compensation

- Compensation reflects the seniority and ownership this role demands. We will share specifics in the first conversation

Why people join TP (and stay)

- Ownership: fewer layers, real decision rights.

- Outcomes: you stay through the hard part.

- Sane intensity: predictable cadence, spikes if required, no permanent fire drills.

- Culture: low politics, low thrash, high standards.