Senior Consultant - Strategy

As Senior Consultant, you will lead analytics work streams on client engagements focused on market strategy, ensuring deliverables and client experience are consistently of the highest calibre. You will also provide direction to junior team members, motivating and inspiring them to do their best work.

This role is offered on a hybrid basis with 3 days in our London office and the rest from home.

Your Day to Day

These are the types of things you can expect to be doing during your day to day, although as Ipsos is a dynamic organisation , this may vary as different opportunities arise:

• Own analytics work streams end-to-end: scoping, solution design, data planning, timelines and stakeholder alignment for market and brand engagements.
• Lead market sizing and opportunity assessment: aggregating and reconciling multiple data sources to build robust, defensible views of market si
• structure and growth potential.
• Build commercial models that support strategic decisions, including portfolio and innovation sizing, pricing scenarios and ROI trade-offs.
• Translate ambiguous client briefs into clear analytical hypotheses, selecting the right methods and justifying trade-offs.
• Ensure rigorous quality assurance: validation checks, sensitivity testing and sign-off on outputs.

Winning and delivering work

• Engage with clients to build awareness of our capabilities, joining briefing calls and presenting credentials.
• Contribute fresh thinking to proposals and pitches, bringing a distinctive perspective to each challenge.
• Present findings to clients with compelling narratives that move from insight to action.

Coaching and developing the team

• Mentor and supervise junior analysts, setting standards and quality bars.
• Provide clear expectations and regular, timely feedback to support continuous learning.
• Experience working in analytics, marketing science, consulting, strategy, or related commercial environments.
• Experience delivering analytical projects that bring together multiple data sources to support business decision-making.
• Experience conducting market sizing, market assessment, opportunity identification, or commercial analysis.
• Experience developing business cases, financial models, and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple projects, teams, or stakeholder groups.
• Ability to aggregate, analyse and synthesise data from a range of sources, including industry, survey, financial and internal datasets.
• Financial modelling skills, including scenario analysis, sensitivity testing and commercial evaluation.
• Proficiency in Python, R, or comparable analytical tools for data ingestion, analysis and modelling.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify insights and translate them into practical recommendations.
• Ability to develop clear visualisations and communicate findings through concise, audience-appropriate narratives.
• Project management skills, including planning, prioritisation and delivery across multiple work streams.
• Ability to communicate complex information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ideally you will have spent time working within a complex organisation and will be able to demonstrate:
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across functions
• Proficiency in AI use and adoption to enhance day-to-day tasks in line with organisational compliance requirements
• Commercial outlook with an ability to understand client business and promote Ipsos Client First behaviours.
• Collaborative and an excellent team player, contributing to our positive office culture

Behaviours:

• Demonstrates a collaborative approach and contributes positively to team outcomes.
• Builds effective working relationships with stakeholders across teams and functions.
• Shows initiative and takes ownership for delivering high-quality work.
• Communicates clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to learn, explore new ideas and challenge assumptions.
• Applies sound judgement when navigating ambiguity and solving problems.
• Combines analytical thinking with creativity to develop practical and innovative solutions.
• Adapts to changing priorities and balances competing demands effectively.
• Supports the development and success of colleagues through knowledge sharing, coaching, or mentorship where appropriate.

Werealiseyoumayhavecommitmentsoutsideofworkandwillconsiderflexibleworkingapplications-pleasehighlightwhatyouarelookingforwhenyoumakeyourapplication.

Wehaveahybridapproachtoworkandaskpeopletobeintheofficeorwithclientsfor3daysperweek.

Wearecommittedtoequality,treatingpeoplefairly,promotingapositiveandinclusiveworkingenvironmentandensuringwehavediversityofpeopleandviews.

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