Consulting & Professional Services Executive Roles
More than 5,000 executive sources scanned daily — every senior role at MBB, Big Four, boutique strategy houses, and other professional services firms classified at the exec tier.
Tier breakdown
8
Founder95
C-Suite452
VP36
Sr Director163
DirectorWhat this category covers
The Consulting, Business & Professional Services industry covers the full advisory and professional-services market: strategy houses (MBB, Bain, BCG, McKinsey), Big Four advisory (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG), boutique strategy and operations firms, technology consultancies, and large professional-services holding companies.
Senior leadership at consulting firms uses different title conventions than corporate roles. Partner and Managing Director are the dominant exec titles; "VP" is rarer. The classifier recognizes Partner-tier and MD-tier as exec seats — Partner equity status is treated as the strongest tier signal, regardless of base comp.
Functions present include strategy practice leaders, M&A advisory heads, transformation practice leads, technology consulting heads, and corporate-finance practice MDs. The industry is one of the largest non-flagship volume categories on the platform — only Technology and Healthcare track higher.
Sample Jobs (10 of 754)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Director of Human Resource Compensation / Benefits ... leading national provider of mission-critical infrastructure services The role focuses on compensation and benefits strategy and administration, managing bonus and incentive plans, and consolidating benefit programs. It requires a dedicated professional with experience in compensation and benefits, preferably with a background in larger public companies and familiarity with UKG, ADP, and Paylocity. VP | Charlotte, North Carolina Onsite |
| Vice President, Global Controller Justworks The VP Accounting will lead the accounting organization, champion accounting initiatives, and oversee SEC-readiness for Justworks. VP | New York Hybrid |
| Regional Vice President, Industry Expansion (Commercial and Mid-Market) Gong Lead and develop a team of Managers and Account Executives to expand business accounts and acquire new customers within various industries. VP | New York, Chicago, Salt Lake City Hybrid |
| Director of Professional Services Celonis Lead strategy, growth, and delivery excellence of the Services practice at Celonis. Manage a team of Consultants and Project Managers, own services delivery and sales strategy, and ensure successful deployment of the Celonis Platform. Director | New York, US Hybrid |
| VP Financial Communications, Senior IR & Corporate Communications ... leading Abu Dhabi based business A senior-level Financial Communications role in Abu Dhabi, focusing on high-profile financial communications activity, international exposure, and strategic influence. VP | Abu Dhabi Onsite |
| Head of Accountant Community Gusto Responsible for building and scaling Gusto's brand presence and community with the accountant audience through thought leadership, community programs, events, and partnerships. VP | Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Las Vegas, NV; Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL Hybrid |
| Vice President, Business Development - Digital Solutions ... Our Client IT Solutions The VP of Business Development will drive high-value digital solutions, focusing on complex integrations involving SAP, Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Azure. The role requires consulting at the C-suite level and structuring complex RFP contracts. VP | Remote Remote |
| Director of Operations AiDASH Oversee and manage operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in achieving company goals. Director | Unknown Unknown |
| President/CEO Plexcity Plexcity is seeking a President/CEO to lead the organization following the retirement of its founding President/CEO. The role involves strategic leadership, client relationship development, and operational excellence in the credit union industry. C-Suite | Remote Remote |
| Director of Electrical Engineering ... Multi-Disciplinary Design Firm Lead and grow the electrical engineering department, serve as Engineer of Record, design and document systems, partner with executive leadership, coordinate across teams, oversee project delivery, support business development. Director | Washington DC Hybrid |
How classification gets to this category
Consulting industry classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other industry, with consulting-specific signals at the company-tagging stage:
- Company industry tagging. The company is recognized as a strategy, management, or professional-services firm via SIC/NAICS codes, company description heuristics, and a curated allowlist of MBB, Big Four, and boutique-strategy firms.
- Title-to-tier mapping uses consulting conventions. Partner is treated as CXO-equivalent. Senior MD is CXO or VP-tier depending on practice scope. MD without "Senior" is VP-tier. Senior Director Engagement is Sr Director tier. The mapping is industry-aware so a "Partner" doesn't get misclassified by the corporate-tier ruleset.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the job description for client P&L scope, partnership track vs. salaried, and practice headcount. A Partner with a regional practice P&L carries a different tier signal than a Salaried Director at a boutique. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
The classifier also has a negative filter: "Senior Consultant," "Engagement Manager," "Senior Manager" (when not Partner-track), "Principal" at sub-Director level, and "Associate" titles are explicitly blocked from the executive gate.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Consulting & Professional Services is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Consulting + CFO/Finance and your inbox shows Finance-practice leaders, corporate-finance Partners, and Practice Heads of Transformation only — not every Consulting role on the platform, and not every Finance role regardless of industry. You get the intersection.
Tier filtering works on top. If you want only CXO-tier (Partner) and above seats — filtering out Senior Director engagement-leader roles — the seniority-tier setting does that cleanly. Or restrict to Director-tier for the partner-track feeder layer. Each filter layer multiplies precision without requiring you to manually scan for noise.
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