Strategy Director

Strategy Director Salary | £100,000 - £125,000 + bonus London (Hybrid) We're building the team for an ambitious brand growth and transformation consultancy that operates on the periphery of management consultancy and strategic insights. They use qualitative and quantitative market research techniques, management frameworks, and business knowledge to design, build, and interpret insights to meet clients' business objectives. They are EXPERTS in providing solutions across the topic areas of Strategy, Innovation, and Growth (i.e. product/service strategy, go-to-market, and customer experience through the integration of market research and strategic frameworks). The team are experienced strategy consultants with a demonstrated history of tackling corporate problems and providing actionable recommendations with tangible results to a wide variety of business clients. The role uses a deep understanding of developing customer empathy via qualitative research to address project team and client goals. Day to day, you'll define and frame client situations into clear, answerable research questions and pull insights through an interactive process with the team to form strategic recommendations . Examples of projects you might get involved with: · Changing how entire product categories are sold and purchased · Creating transformative, insights-led frameworks to realign GTM strategies · Delivering foundational projects that led to award-winning ATL campaigns · Combining product, brand and customer journeys into comprehensive and highly impactful interventions · Helping Fortune 50 clients with their most complex CX, GTM, and strategic insights challenges You are a hands-on delivery practitioner (well-versed in both QUAL-led insights and strategy ). A strong set of research skills and first-hand experience with a range of qualitative techniques is essential, including, but not limited to, writing discussion guides , 1:1 interviews/IDIs , focus groups, ethnography, concept testing, positioning exploration or validation, benefit testing, consumer or shopper segmentation analysis, need state segmentation etc. Every project you do has a strong grounding in QUALITATIVE research to extract deep insight and behavioural nuances, and validate solutions, to develop sustainable service propositions. You have a high degree of curiosity and willingness to collaborate (they often solve large, messy issues for their clients). You must be able to tolerate ambiguity, leverage and utilise others around you, ask intelligent questions to get to the root of the issue and be inclusive of others points of view. You also have a demonstrable track record of leading client relationships and delivering quality engagements that result in long-standing client relationships and repeat client engagements. You are passionate about understanding how people think, behave, and make decisions; and turning data into insights/actionable strategy! You might be currently working as a Strategy & Innovation Consultant at a strategy, insights or brand-growth consultancy , helping Fortune 50 clients across Europe and the U.S. transform their business models, design innovation infrastructure, and create new ventures. You have led B2B and B2C projects in sectors such as Tech , Retail , Fin-Tech and Telco , with a focus on unlocking customer experience-led business transformation. You help clients not only design digital products and services that people want, need or love, but also qualify the business opportunity and consistently challenge client teams to course correct. You don't want to be defined by the progression path of a bigger consultancy and would love to influence the decision-making of global Fortune 500 companies from day one! You want unlimited growth potential (in terms of both career progression and financial rewards ). You don't mind getting 'granular' with the aspects of the projects (aka Qual research ) but can demonstrate big strategy thinking at the same time. Your diverse experiences have enabled you to successfully adapt to new environments, and in doing so doing, you have developed a strong capacity for intercultural teamwork . You are energised by impactful projects that apply a "10x ambition" mindset to reimagine outcomes for clients, their customers, and their employees. You thrive in work cultures that promote meritocracy, integrity, and offer a "human touch" to clients and employees. PS: If you are looking for a fancy job title or pure team management, this role is NOT right for you. If you want a flat structure, excellent rewards, stimulating clients, a friendly and collaborative team and an ability to influence how the consultancy develops and grows as a business, and want to grab a fast promotion or more attractive pay, AND NO UTILISATION SHEETS, you will feel at home there! Get in touch with your LI Profile/CV and a short note if you'd like to discuss this role in detail. Thank you!