Kearney D&A Activate Director of Operations - Kearney Italia : Job Details

The D&A Activate Director of Operations is a key leader within Kearney's D&A Activate Specialists team, responsible for driving operational excellence and enabling strategic success. Acting as the strategic and operational right-hand to the D&A Activate Practice Leader, this role ensures that internal operations run seamlessly to support the delivery of exceptional client service.

This position plays a central role in executing business strategy—overseeing talent utilization, risk management, business performance tracking, and operational readiness to meet the practice's growth ambitions. The Director of Operations partners closely with cross-functional teams, enabling agile, efficient, and client-focused operations.

As a critical enabler of practice performance, you will own the operational rhythm of the team, provide strategic decision support, and ensure alignment across priorities. You'll serve as a vital bridge between business leadership and enabling functions, proactively managing resources, identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring that operational decisions are tightly linked to both revenue growth and client success.

This role reports directly to the D&A Activate Practice Leader and supports a group of uniquely skilled professionals whose expertise is key to the firm's strategic objectives and long-term impact.

Who you are

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections—between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people. That's why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who don't accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.

Key Responsibilities:

Business and Market Intelligence

Client Relationship Management

Workforce Utilization and Capacity Management

Operational Excellence

In addition, we look for individuals with the following experience or qualities:

What we can offer you

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

D&A Activate Director of Operations - $198,000 - $235,000. However, it is important to note that at Kearney, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role. Individual salaries within each range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, office location, knowledge and skills. Kearney reviews compensation regularly and may adjust base salaries to reflect market competitiveness. In addition to salary, individuals may be eligible for a discretionary performance bonus. Our full suite of benefits includes paid time off, paid sick time off, 401(k) match and profit sharing, medical, dental and vision coverage, healthcare concierge, backup child/adult care, annual employer HSA contribution, home office stipend, subsidized gym membership and annual wellness program, and leaves of absence when needed to support employees' physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Read more about our benefits and how you can make your mark, your way at Kearney.com/careers.

Equal employment opportunity and non-discriminationKearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That's why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person's gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.