Strategy Consultant

Senior Strategy Consultant (SC Cleared)

Location: Reading / Hybrid

Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance (Essential)

Salary: 600 - 900 (GBP)

Contract
: 6 - Months

Senior Strategy Consultant

Are you an experienced Management Consultant with a passion for shaping strategy across the Defence sector? We're looking for an accomplished Senior Strategy Consultant to join a high-performing consultancy delivering complex transformation and strategic advisory services.

This is an opportunity to work with senior Defence stakeholders, influence strategic decision-making, and deliver meaningful outcomes across nationally significant programmes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver strategic consulting engagements for Defence and National Security clients.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and act as a strategic advisor.
• Analyse complex challenges and develop evidence-based recommendations.
• Present insights and executive-level briefings to senior decision-makers.
• Facilitate workshops, strategy sessions, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Work across multiple stakeholder groups to align priorities and drive successful outcomes.
• Take ownership of project delivery, remaining hands-on throughout the engagement rather than simply managing delivery teams.

What We're Looking For

• Active SC Clearance (essential).
• 7–10 years' experience within a recognised Management Consultancy
• Proven experience delivering strategy consulting engagements.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities, with confidence presenting to senior leaders.
• Experience providing strategic insight that influences business and organisational decisions.
• Demonstrable experience working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) or wider Defence sector (essential).
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with the confidence to personally deliver high-quality work.

Why Join?

You ll work on high-impact Defence programmes that directly influence strategic capability across the UK. You ll collaborate with some of the industry s brightest consultants while helping clients solve their most complex challenges in a role that combines strategy, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on delivery.

If you re an SC Cleared Strategy Consultant with a strong Defence background and you re looking for your next challenge, we d love to hear from you.