Principal, innovation & Growth
- London
- Permanent / Full-Time
- Research & Insight
About the company
This is an award-winning strategic consultancy that solves challenges for clients through the
powerful combination of human understanding, inspiring insight and commercial acumen. This
combination of passion for humanity and inspiring commercial advice is applied to all their
engagements, unlocking opportunity for clients to grow.
Their Advisory capability specialises in growth strategy and customer-centric business transformation.
They work with senior leadership teams within some of the World’s largest businesses, where they have true trusted advisor relationships. They take the lead in client engagements, drawing on the collective expertise from across the Strat7 Group to solve client challenges.
They are a small, growing, highly collaborative team, working on a diverse range of projects including growth strategy, innovation, investment strategy, operating model design and customer-centric transformation. They are data and methodology agnostic and take a holistic approach to solving client problems.
They work across a broad range of sectors, including Retail and Leisure, CPG, Health and Financial
Services.
They are looking for someone to join their Advisory team who shares our entrepreneurial spirit, passion for project diversity and solving a wide range of client problems, with the enthusiasm to help forge the future of their practice.
powerful combination of human understanding, inspiring insight and commercial acumen. This
combination of passion for humanity and inspiring commercial advice is applied to all their
engagements, unlocking opportunity for clients to grow.
Their Advisory capability specialises in growth strategy and customer-centric business transformation.
They work with senior leadership teams within some of the World’s largest businesses, where they have true trusted advisor relationships. They take the lead in client engagements, drawing on the collective expertise from across the Strat7 Group to solve client challenges.
They are a small, growing, highly collaborative team, working on a diverse range of projects including growth strategy, innovation, investment strategy, operating model design and customer-centric transformation. They are data and methodology agnostic and take a holistic approach to solving client problems.
They work across a broad range of sectors, including Retail and Leisure, CPG, Health and Financial
Services.
They are looking for someone to join their Advisory team who shares our entrepreneurial spirit, passion for project diversity and solving a wide range of client problems, with the enthusiasm to help forge the future of their practice.
About the role
As a Principal in they Advisory team, you will take the lead on a diverse range of project engagements.
You will manage junior team members on projects and take responsibility for meeting and exceeding client expectations, with support from a Partner.
You will manage client engagements end-to-end, including scoping, pitch, execution, delivery and
ongoing relationship management. As part of their highly collaborative environment you will proactively look for opportunities to collaborate with others within their company and Group, to ensure the best perspectives and expertise is brought to each client challenge.
Through successfully delivering against client briefs, on time and to a high standard, you will develop trusted advisor relationships, leading to new business opportunities.
You will take a data and methodology agnostic approach to solving client problems, comfortably
utilising a range of inputs, including quant and qual research, commercial data, customer data, market data and stakeholder inputs to build an evidence base for your recommendations.
You will possess subject matter expertise and experience in one or more skill areas, including their
proprietary consulting toolkit, and take responsibility for training and oversight of junior colleagues in these areas. You will have the opportunity to line manage and mentor analysts in the team.
You will look for opportunities to improve their practice and have the license to do so, through new
business development, marketing initiatives, process improvement, team development or cultural
initiatives.
You will manage junior team members on projects and take responsibility for meeting and exceeding client expectations, with support from a Partner.
You will manage client engagements end-to-end, including scoping, pitch, execution, delivery and
ongoing relationship management. As part of their highly collaborative environment you will proactively look for opportunities to collaborate with others within their company and Group, to ensure the best perspectives and expertise is brought to each client challenge.
Through successfully delivering against client briefs, on time and to a high standard, you will develop trusted advisor relationships, leading to new business opportunities.
You will take a data and methodology agnostic approach to solving client problems, comfortably
utilising a range of inputs, including quant and qual research, commercial data, customer data, market data and stakeholder inputs to build an evidence base for your recommendations.
You will possess subject matter expertise and experience in one or more skill areas, including their
proprietary consulting toolkit, and take responsibility for training and oversight of junior colleagues in these areas. You will have the opportunity to line manage and mentor analysts in the team.
You will look for opportunities to improve their practice and have the license to do so, through new
business development, marketing initiatives, process improvement, team development or cultural
initiatives.
About your background and skills
You have a background in growth and innovation, either working as part of an in-house strategy and innovation team or within an agency/consultancy delivering strategy and innovation
workstreams for clients. You have a passion for motivating and engaging clients/stakeholders at a senior level, building trust and enthusiasm with client teams and getting the most from them. You possess deep experience in workshop facilitation, incorporating ideation and co-creation techniques. You are familiar with Design Thinking and Service Design frameworks and techniques and can synthesize diverse perspectives and data sources into clear conclusions and recommendations for clients/senior stakeholders. You have strong analytical skills, with exposure to a broad range of data inputs including quantitative and qualitative research, market and commercial data sources. You demonstrate pragmatism in client recommendations, balancing the customer opportunity
with commercial and operational realities. You enjoy problem solving, like to get stuck in, and are not afraid to challenge the thinking but does so with respect and compassion, all while having a natural curiosity for how consumers think and human behaviour. You can make the link
between evidence and commercial opportunity.
workstreams for clients. You have a passion for motivating and engaging clients/stakeholders at a senior level, building trust and enthusiasm with client teams and getting the most from them. You possess deep experience in workshop facilitation, incorporating ideation and co-creation techniques. You are familiar with Design Thinking and Service Design frameworks and techniques and can synthesize diverse perspectives and data sources into clear conclusions and recommendations for clients/senior stakeholders. You have strong analytical skills, with exposure to a broad range of data inputs including quantitative and qualitative research, market and commercial data sources. You demonstrate pragmatism in client recommendations, balancing the customer opportunity
with commercial and operational realities. You enjoy problem solving, like to get stuck in, and are not afraid to challenge the thinking but does so with respect and compassion, all while having a natural curiosity for how consumers think and human behaviour. You can make the link
between evidence and commercial opportunity.
Salary Range
£55k-£70k
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