Experienced Professionals | Strategy&

Job Description

By joining Strategy&, you will become part of a global team of practical strategists, committed to helping our clients seize essential advantage by working alongside them to solve their toughest problems. We bring 100 years of strategy consulting experience and the unrivalled industry and functional capabilities of the PwC network.

A career at Strategy& will provide you with the opportunity to work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by devising growth strategies, aligning costs with business strategy to create competitive advantage, creating operating models, converting strategy to results, optimizing deals and helping firms navigate their ever changing business landscapes.

We work on strategically important and intellectually challenging projects with c-suite clients. More specifically, we work with leading Nordic corporations and Private Equity houses on strategic topics, focused on our core platforms Capabilities-Driven Strategy, Fit for Growth and Deals Strategy. Example assignments with corporate clients include strategic reviews, growth strategy, omnichannel strategy, brand vs private label strategy, market entry, cost cutting and optimization, profit/margin improvement, and operating model design. Furthermore, we support leading Nordic Private Equity firms with portfolio company strategy and value creation assessments, commercial due diligences, market assessments, competitive positioning, operational improvement opportunities, strategic and financial scenarios, and target screenings.

What we offer

Strategy& supports career growth by encouraging continuous learning and by providing a framework for you to acquire new skills at the right time. At Strategy& we offer mentoring, tailored training programs, and a variety of fun and challenging learning opportunities. You will be surrounded with people who will not only challenge you intellectually, but also inspire and guide you, drive your ambition, and care about your personal and professional development. Our offering includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Strategically important and intellectually challenging projects with C-suite
• Part of a high performing team in a global organisation
• Part of, and ability to influence Strategy&’s local growth journey
• Humble, open and friendly team atmosphere
• International staffing opportunities
• Steep learning curve with full responsibility and client interaction
• Ongoing mentoring and career support
• Flexible working model to help balancing the needs of work at home

Responsibilities

We constantly look for exceptional people and hire experienced professionals on multiple levels to join our team and have a chance to impact our local growth journey.

Senior Associate – 2-5 years of relevant work experience
You will work with clients through all stages of consulting projects: identifying major challenges, generating improvement hypotheses, structuring and performing analyses, drawing insights and identifying pragmatic solutions, and making strategic recommendations.

You are often end-to-end responsible for a work stream within the project working directly with Strategy& and client team members.

You will get the opportunity to manage client team members and/or a team of junior consultants and you will work across a variety of industries and functional areas in a dynamic international setting often at a client site.

Manager – 5+ years of relevant work experience
Managers direct and manage teams as engagement managers, demonstrating strong project and people management skills. They hone their client management skills as the day-to-day relationship owner and also have the opportunity to coach junior staff on projects, learning to lead high performing teams.

Preferred skills

• Strong business acumen and ability to quickly grasp complex problems in a diverse range of industries
• Advanced analytical capabilities with both quantitative and qualitative problem solving skills
• Excellent leadership qualities, with the ability to manage people, drive change and accomplish challenging goals with others
• High professional integrity and good relationship builder
• Motivated, with a strong personal drive and ambition
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and the interest to be part of a growing team
• Outstanding academic record from a world-renowned academic institution