Folks from ZS - what would the difference in roles & responsibilities be for an AC vs C? Spoke to a recruiter and they mentioned I likely fall somewhere between the two, and that we would try to identify the best role for me through the interviews. Thanks!

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ACs are what would be considered consultants at other firms
Cs are effectively what managers would be at other firms.

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Senior manager, Associate director maybe.
Manage multiple projects across multiple clients, in charge of building proposals, staffing teams, being a face for clients.

AC - leads workstreams, including analysis and execution or entire small projects, coaches As, develops deep expertise in a few topics, participates in BD, leads most of day-to-day client Comms. Typically at 2-3 projects at time with or without more junior support.
C - leads entire projects from start to finish or leads a workstreams on a large engagement while managing the team, is an expert in a few areas, leads BD initiatives and senior client relationships on projects (unless M/AP/P are doing it). Can be on 3-5 projects at times with junior support. I am a C now and have 5 projects and manage 8 people across them.

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AC you are still expected to do majority execution (running analyses, building slides, etc) and minority leadership/project management.

C you are usually only working 5-15 hours on a project so your bandwidth can really be limited to leading the approach, managing the A/ACs, client calls. You are also much more autonomous on staffing and starting to get out of the staffing pool.

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