Principal Consultant - Strategy and Research

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy dedicated to digital transformation, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing global institutions. As a Principal Consultant, you will engage with diverse clients, delivering impactful strategies and fostering meaningful relationships. This role offers the chance to influence significant change, working collaboratively in a vibrant culture that values initiative and kindness. If you are passionate about improving lives through digital innovation and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital strategy development in large organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver client engagements focused on strategy development and thought leadership.
• Develop trusted relationships with leaders and their teams.

Skills

Digital Strategy Development

Stakeholder Management

Qualitative Research

Quantitative Research

Strategic Decision Making

Job description

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Principal Consultant - Strategy and Research, London

Client: Public Digital

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 09f17689c97a

Job Views: 4

Posted: 02.05.2025

Expiry Date: 16.06.2025

Job Description:

Team: Global Impact

Salary: £60-80k dependent on experience.

Location: A mix of working in our London office and remote from home.

You must have the right to work in the UK by the time you take up the role. We are unable to sponsor visas on this occasion.

We are Public Digital, a digital transformation consultancy. We help global institutions that matter thrive in the internet era. We apply the culture, processes, business models, and technologies of the internet era to help teams build and run excellent services. Working with the leaders doing strategy, and the teams doing delivery, we operate globally, advising large organizations and governments on six continents.

We’re values-driven and we articulate them in our ‘positions’ on the Public Digital website.

Attitude as much as skill, is critically important to us as a team and we look for entrepreneurialism, initiative, kindness, and a willingness to pitch in. We fundamentally believe transformation is about people, and that change comes from creating great teams and the conditions to successfully empower them.

Role overview

As a Principal Consultant, you will work as part of engagements with global development clients, such as multilateral development banks, major philanthropic foundations, and UN agencies. This could include support for their digital strategy journeys, advisory on their digital programming and investment portfolios, and supporting them to achieve sustained impact with their partners and investees, including governments, cities, and civil society organizations.

What you’ll do for us:

• Deliver client engagements focused on strategy development and thought leadership, with accountability for delivery, impact, our teams, and our commercials.
• Develop strong, proactive, and highly trusted relationships with leaders and their teams. You’ll act as an advisor and coach, helping them to shape their portfolios and deliver measurable value.
• Apply your expertise in strategy development and advisory to help organizations dramatically increase their digital maturity, and/or improve their digital strategies and investments, in order to improve development outcomes.
• Apply your knowledge and networks in digital development to provide our clients with high-quality intelligence and advice.
• Scope and conduct mixed-method research and analysis.
• Help our clients challenge the status quo within their organizations, encouraging them into new ways of thinking.
• Contribute to the life and growth of Public Digital as a values-led business.

Requirements

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking an experienced professional who will enjoy the diversity and intellectual challenge that comes with consulting. You want to grow your career in a more entrepreneurial environment, and in a firm that’s passionate about improving lives and transforming global institutions that matter.

Your demonstrable experience in digital strategy development, applied in large organizations, will make you a key part of the team. You’ve worked on strategy or research engagements in complex institutional environments and you’re able to confidently communicate the impact of your work.

• You will be able to deliver excellent work for our clients, from start to finish.
• You are experienced in helping clients make strategic decisions, building out their strategic capabilities.
• You’re excellent at stakeholder management and comfortable working closely with senior leaders, as a trusted advisor and clear communicator.
• You have a pragmatic and proactive approach to managing and delivering client engagements, including excellent levels of organization, prioritization, and delivery management.
• You have experience in qualitative and/or quantitative research and analysis.
• You are collaborative, comfortable working in the open, and have an ability to visualize and map concepts and ideas.
• You are committed to developing a diverse, inclusive team and culture where people thrive and do excellent work.

We especially welcome applicants with experience of working in strategy consulting and/or in government or in a multilateral development bank, UN agency, or philanthropy. Knowledge of major trends and topics in digital development, such as digital public infrastructure and digital public goods, is desirable, as is familiarity with service-led approaches to digital delivery and transformation.

What’s in it for you:

What’s on Offer:

• Be a part of our amazing work culture, to read more about it please follow this link to our Careers page which gives more details about our culture, employees, and benefits.

Important Note: Studies show that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

We encourage early application as we reserve the right, if required, to close this role ahead of the date advertised.