Assistant Director, Consumer, Strategy and Business Design

Deloitte LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in the UK is seeking an Assistant Director to join their Consumer Strategy and Business Design team. The successful candidate will lead strategic projects for major clients, offering insights and recommendations while managing project execution and junior team members. This role requires strong experience in strategy consulting, particularly in the Consumer sector, along with excellent leadership and relationship management skills. The firm promotes a hybrid working environment and values diversity and innovation in achieving client success.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategy consulting or equivalent projects in CPG and Consumer industry.
• Ability to lead complex strategic projects.
• Manage additional work aspects along with client delivery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional client service through strategic recommendations.
• Plan and manage projects effectively and efficiently.
• Lead and coach junior team members.
• Build networks and ensure seamless client experience.
• Develop and win business proposals.
• Support practice development initiatives.

Skills

Client service

Project management

Team leadership

Relationship management

Business growth

Education

Relevant qualification (e.g. Masters, MBA, MSc or equivalent)

Membership of a professional body (e.g. ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent)

Job description

Assistant Director, Consumer, Strategy and Business Design

Basic information

Location

London

Business Line

Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Job Type

Permanent / FTC

Date published

15-Dec-2025

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Connect to your Industry

We are seeking an Assistant Director to join the industry-leading Strategy & Business Design team in the Consumer sector.

The experts in our Consumer team are passionate about everything to do with this exciting and market-leading sector. When it comes to disruptive, groundbreaking innovation, we are at the centre of the thinking. The industry’s ideas inspire people, transform commerce, and convert naysayers. Ready to thrive in a digital world? Deloitte will help you set the pace, uncover opportunities, and spark growth.

We undertake evidence-driven strategy assignments for the world’s largest CPG and Consumer clients, developing solutions to their most challenging issues. We work closely with our colleagues in Transactions Advisory across all aspects of M&A. Additionally, we act as a portal to enable our clients to draw on the breadth of Deloitte services across Consulting, Corporate Finance, Audit Advisory, Risk and Tax.

If you have strong prior experience in developing and executing strategy and a deep passion for working in the consumer and CPG industry, we offer you an unrivalled opportunity to accelerate your career in an innovative and market-leading practice. As well as building your team leadership, commercial insight and client-management skills through project delivery, you will have the opportunity to develop thought-leadership and participate in all areas of our business.

You will be supporting and managing projects for the world’s largest CPG companies. We will provide a range of support to help you reach this ambitious goal – from bespoke career development advice, to on-the-job training, and access to a vast catalogue of formal training opportunities.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

The Assistant Director will be delivering outcomes including:

• Client service – delivering excellent and distinctive client service through insightful analytical problem solving and development of high quality strategic recommendations. The Assistant Director will be responsible for managing client expectations on a day-to-day basis and leading client meetings and presentations;
• Project, quality & risk management – planning and managing complex projects on time and to budget, and considering all risk and quality aspects;
• People & team leadership – leading, managing and coaching junior resources as part of project delivery and within the practice;
• Relationship management – building networks and liaising with other Deloitte leaders and teams to ensure client experience is seamless;
• Business growth – building relationships with existing and new clients and through internal networks, to develop and convert a pipeline of work through winning proposals; and
• Practice contributions – leading and supporting practice development initiatives, developing initiatives and eminence within Strategy & Business Design and the TMT industry.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Essential experience for the Assistant Director role includes:

• Work experience in strategy consulting or undertaking consulting equivalent projects within the CPG and Consumer industry;
• Depth of knowledge of the CPG and consumer industry in the UK and ideally also in Europe;
• The ability to lead a team to deliver complex strategic projects for clients;
• and pursue sales activities;
• The ability to manage additional aspects of work alongside client delivery, including quality, risk, and practice development initiatives;

Additional desirable experience for the Assistant Director role includes:

• Expertise in at least one sector of the Consumer industry (e.g. CPG, Retail, Travel, Hospitality & Leisure);
• Other relevant qualification (e.g. Masters, MBA, PHd, MSc or equivalent);and
• Membership of a professional body (e.g. ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent).

Soft skills for the Assistant Director role includes:

• A relationship builder: You will build relationships inside and outside Deloitte, to develop networks and take insights to clients, that will help to build our brand and grow our business.
• A leader and a team player: You will be committed to leading the team, generating followship, building respect and inclusion, who can coach, mentor and develop others.
• A confident communicator: You will be able to communicate and present clearly to others, developing rapport and trust.

Connect to your business -Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

In an ever-evolving world, there are no certainties in business. Our teams help clients to navigate risks, process major transactions and deliver transformational change that will future-proof their business. Join us to make a positive difference.

Strategy and Business Design

The experts in our teams in Strategy and Business Design are trusted advisors to CEOs and their wider organisations. Whether that’s launching a new arm of a business, anticipating new and emerging risks or collaborating with other teams, we work on a huge range of varied projects.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“Linking our work to the wider community has always been important for me, and with the breadth of internet regulation projects that Deloitte has to offer, it is easy to see the profound social impact that our work has on how we as individuals – as well as a society – will engage, act, and connect online.” - Gabriella, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers