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Lead client projects on-site, directing a team of 3-5 consultants to drive performance improvements. Own day-to-day execution, guiding analysis, design, and implementation of tailored business-performance solutions. Build strong client relationships, develop team members, and contribute to impactful outcomes through analytical rigor and clear communication.
- Compensation
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- City
- Osaka, Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
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Full Job Description
Consulting
Engagement Manager
Job ID: 107284
- Osaka
- Tokyo
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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challengesthe kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, youve come to the right place.
Your Impact
You will typically lead a team of 3 5 consultants to help clients achieve new performance highs.
In this role you will lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members.
As an Engagement Manager, youll work directly with clients usually on-site and youll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. This will enable you to make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
You will have the opportunity to build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others, building strong relationships, and creating true followership. In a collaborative team setting, you'll work closely with others but also autonomously with little direction.
Your superior analytical, quantitative and conceptual thinking skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure successful client projects and team performance. Client project work typically includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.
Given the pace of this role, youll also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your team.
Your Growth
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleaguesat all levelswill invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you wont find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. Youll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firms diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, youll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
Your qualifications and skills
- Advanced graduate degree (e.g., MBA, Ph.D., etc.) is preferred
- Prior experience as a consultant in a professional services firm preferred
- Outstanding records of academic and managerial or professional achievement
- Demonstrated aptitude for analytical and conceptual problem solving; comfort with quantitative analysis
- Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
- Language fluency skills to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and Japanese
Please review the additional requirements regarding essential job functions of McKinsey colleagues.
Our unwavering commitment to integrity drives everything we do, guiding us to always act in the best interests of our clients, our people, and the communities we serve.
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- Life Sciences
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- Public Sector
- Retail
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- Marketing & Sales
- Operations
- Organizational Structure
- Risk & Resilience
- Strategy & Corporate Finance
- Sustainability
- Technology
- Transformation
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Job Skill Group - CSS Associate
Job Skill Code - EM - Engagement Manager
Function - Marketing & Sales;Operations;Organizational Structure;Risk & Resilience;Strategy & Corporate Finance;Sustainability;Technology;Transformation
Industry - Aerospace & Defense;Agriculture;Automotive & Assembly;Capital Projects & Infrastructure;Chemicals;Consumer Packaged Goods;Electric Power & Natural Gas;Financial Services;Healthcare Systems & Services;High Tech;Industrials & Electronics;Infrastructure;Life Sciences;Media & Entertainment;Metals & Mining;Oil & Gas;Paper & Forest Products;Private Capital;Public Sector;Retail;Semiconductors;Social Sector;Telecommunications;Travel, Transport & Logistics
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Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 GMT 2026
LinkedIn Posting City - Tokyo
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LinkedIn Posting Country - Japan
LinkedIn Job Title - Engagement Manager
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Strategy / Planning
LinkedIn Industry - Management Consulting
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level
Job Skill Code - EM - Engagement Manager
Function - Marketing & Sales;Operations;Organizational Structure;Risk & Resilience;Strategy & Corporate Finance;Sustainability;Technology;Transformation
Industry - Aerospace & Defense;Agriculture;Automotive & Assembly;Capital Projects & Infrastructure;Chemicals;Consumer Packaged Goods;Electric Power & Natural Gas;Financial Services;Healthcare Systems & Services;High Tech;Industrials & Electronics;Infrastructure;Life Sciences;Media & Entertainment;Metals & Mining;Oil & Gas;Paper & Forest Products;Private Capital;Public Sector;Retail;Semiconductors;Social Sector;Telecommunications;Travel, Transport & Logistics
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 GMT 2026
LinkedIn Posting City - Tokyo
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LinkedIn Posting Country - Japan
LinkedIn Job Title - Engagement Manager
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Strategy / Planning
LinkedIn Industry - Management Consulting
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level
