Strategy & Operations Consultant

Strategy Operations Consultant

The SO Consultant collaborates with senior executives leading either a client account team, practice area, or industry vertical (collectively referred to as spaces). In this role, you will be a critical contributor to the space you support. You will work with leaders to prioritize and drive key space initiatives and create the structure and processes that enable the space to achieve its vision, strategy, and key milestones.

What You'll Do: SO Associate Consultant in the Enterprise will

• Leverage problem solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to business problems
• Optimize space operations to minimize leaderships time spent on operational tasks
• Ensure timely and accurate responses to firm requests
• Contribute to strategic planning processes (annual and ongoing)
• Contribute to impact measurement and communication strategies
• Manage and provide insights on budgets and total annual spend
• Foster relationships with client procurement stakeholders and help ensure compliance with client requirements
• Develop reports on BD win rates and pipeline opportunities
• Create and synthesize space materials; prepare leadership level presentations
• Support space-level people strategy by keeping a pulse of team and provide ongoing insight to leadership
• Plan and run effective workshops, events, summits, client visits, etc. (virtual and in-person)
• Develop new processes to be leveraged across teams

What You Will Bring:

• BA required, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• 5-8 years experience in professional services firm, consulting or strategy/operations experience preferred
• Strong consultative and problem-solving skills
• Effective oral and written communication skills that can influence senior-level decision makers
• Experience successfully managing multiple projects at once, including those with intersecting workstreams
• Experience and comfort working with multiple and senior stakeholders
• Understanding of consulting business models
• Understanding of systems and processes
• Empathy, adaptability and high personal impact
• Strong productivity and collaboration tools, including MS Office (PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams)
• High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiativ
• Fluency in English
• Client-first mentality
• Intense work ethic
• Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach

• Cross-functional skills development custom learning pathways
• Milestone training programs aligned to career progression opportunities
• Internal mobility paths that empower growth via s-curves, individual contribution and role expansions