Manager, Resource Management

Manager, Resource Management

Department: Internal

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Boston, MA

Compensation: $140,000 - $170,000 / year

At its core, this is a business-critical role with people at the center. The Manager, Resource Management sits at the intersection of IGS’s business priorities and its people—ensuring consultants are thoughtfully staffed, workloads are sustainable, and individual skills, growth, and wellbeing are balanced with client commitments and firm priorities.

Partnering closely with Consulting Partners, Finance, and HR, this role helps to shape how work is staffed and delivered across the firm. It requires a deep understanding of IGS’s business, service offerings, and the skills and capabilities of the consulting team to make thoughtful, best-fit staffing decisions and anticipate evolving resource needs. The role balances human judgment with data and systems, acting as a trusted advisor to leaders while advocating for employees and enabling strong client outcomes.

This is a hands-on, highly collaborative role for someone who enjoys building strong relationships across the firm, applying sound judgment, and serving as a trusted thought partner. The role also acts as an advocate for change, championing the adoption of new tools, system automation, and more effective, scalable ways of managing resources as the firm continues to grow.

Manager, Resource Management (Full-time)

• Start Date: Spring / Summer 2026
• Eligibility: Must have bachelor's degree and relevant experience in staffing or resource management within a consulting or professional services firm.
• Work Location: Boston, MA (preferred)
• Work Structure: Hybrid

ABOUT IGS

IGS is a trusted advisor supporting investors and business leaders through transactions, growth and portfolio value creation initiatives. As a boutique advisory firm that works with private equity firms, strategic acquirers, and their portfolio companies, we help our clients assess investment opportunities across most major sectors by providing them with the data-driven insights and analysis they need to make investments in middle market companies and industries.

As part of our continued growth, we are hiring a Growth & GTM Strategy Associate who will specialize in working with PE sponsors and their portfolio companies on key areas of growth strategy, including expansion & adjacency planning, commercialization, customer behavior, and sales strategy & enablement.

IGS supports clients through: M&A Due Diligence, Sell-side Industry Analysis, Growth Strategy, GTM Strategy & Pricing Strategy.

• Buy-side commercial diligence on mission critical investment issues (addressable market, growth, competition, VoC) for PE & corporate acquisitions.
• Sell-side industry reports to assist owners, management, and their advisors/investment bankers in preparing a company for sale.
• Assisting portfolio company management in realizing value through accelerated organic growth, buy and build acquisition strategies and targeted quick strike value creation.
• Advising clients on market entry, sales and marketing alignment, channel strategy, and customer segmentation to enhance market penetration and revenue growth.

Case Staffing

• Work with case leadership and Consulting Partners to evaluate and refine staffing requests, ensuring alignment with pricing, project needs, and margin targets.
• Partner with case leadership to staff cases with the right people based on skills, experience, and capacity.
• Serve as a neutral thought partner to Consulting Partners and case teams during periods of constrained capacity, helping prioritize work, navigate tradeoffs, and align staffing decisions to firm and client priorities.
• Build and maintain utilization and capacity views across teams, roles, and service offerings.
• Monitor the project pipeline for capacity shortages or overages and escalate risks as appropriate.

Collaboration & People Support

• Build strong relationships across the firm and develop a deep understanding of IGS’s people, capabilities, service lines, and ways of working to support effective resource management decisions.
• Partner cross-functionally with Consulting Partners, Finance, and…