Director, Strategy Consulting EMEA

Location:

Flexible Reading and London

As a Director within the Advisory & Consulting practice, you are accountable for leading complex, multi-market strategy engagements while driving commercial growth and team development across EMEA.

You will serve as both a senior client advisor and business leader, responsible for delivering measurable client impact, scaling advisory revenue, mentoring consultants, and shaping the evolution of our consulting offerings. This role requires a balance of analytical depth, executive presence, strategic foresight, operational discipline, and commercial ownership.

• Strategic Client Leadership
  • Lead high-impact eCommerce and omnichannel strategy engagements across global and regional clients
  • Conduct advanced situational analyses of client performance, identifying structural gaps and prescribing practical, achievable strategies
  • Advise senior stakeholders (Director to C-suite) with executive-ready recommendations
  • Act as the senior client relationship lead on key accounts
• Project & Delivery Ownership
  • Serve as Project Lead across engagements, ensuring:
  • High-quality analytical outputs and storytelling
  • Drive rigorous problem structuring, hypothesis-led analysis, and synthesis
  • Ensure strong estimation, resource planning, and capacity forecasting across the Advisory team
• Business Development & Revenue Growth
  • Own and drive new Advisory revenue generation across EMEA
  • Lead proposal development and solution commercialisation
  • Demonstrate ability to close $500K–$1M+ annually in new Advisory business
  • Develop and commercialise new advisory solutions aligned to market demand
  • Identify whitespace opportunities within existing client relationships
• Industry & Subject Matter Expertise
  • Maintain deep expertise in digital shelf, omnichannel strategy, retail media, organisational transformation, and commerce acceleration
  • Translate complex data and technology concepts into clear client narratives
  • Drive innovative thinking to keep Profitero at the forefront of AI, agentic commerce, and omnichannel evolution
  • Represent Profitero as a thought leader in client workshops and industry forums
• Team & Organizational Leadership
  • Mentor and coach Consultants and Analysts; actively develop next-generation leaders
  • Lead capacity planning to ensure accurate forecasting of revenue and resource allocation
  • Elevate consulting standards (storyboarding, modeling, executive communications)
  • Build a performance culture defined by accountability, clarity, and delivery excellence
• Operational Excellence
  • Ensure commitments are met with a strong “do-to-say” ratio
  • Implement scalable ways of working across engagements
  • Balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution when required
  • Drive internal cross-functional alignment with Sales, Product, Insights, and Customer Success

• 6+ years experience in management consulting, CPG, retail, or eCommerce in a leadership role
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-level strategy projects
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated business ownership
• Executive-level communication and storytelling capability
• High emotional intelligence and stakeholder management capability
• Experience mentoring and building consulting teams
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building new offerings
• Entrepreneurial mindset with strong accountability and delivery rigor

The above lists are not exhaustive, and the job holder is required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.

• Competitive base salary
• Commission
• Employee healthcare
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Dental care plan
• Eye care scheme
• 24 hour online GP
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days off + bank holidays + birthdays off
• Reduced gym membership
• Social events
• Employee referral scheme
• Personal development plans
• Profitero Hero scheme
• Flexible working hours

Profitero is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. Profitero recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected characteristics as required by applicable law.