Strategic Growth Lead, Corporate Strategy

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha FMC is a leading global consulting firm focused on the Financial Services sector. This senior corporate strategy role involves engagement leadership and practice-building, with scope to shape propositions and teams across Europe and North America.

Engagement Directors will own senior client relationships, originate work and contribute to building the Corporate Strategy practice within the Strategy & Deals division. Strong analytical, commercial and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in corporate strategy consulting.
• Track record of leading strategy engagements end-to-end.
• Financial Services sector knowledge preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to originate and win new work.
• Collaborative mindset and entrepreneurial approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead corporate strategy engagements end to end, from problem definition to senior client communication.
• Structure ambiguous strategic questions into clear hypotheses, workplans and analyses.
• Direct market, customer, competitor, financial and operational analysis with primary and secondary research.
• Translate evidence into clear strategic choices and practical recommendations.
• Own the storyline and quality of client deliverables, ensuring rigorous, commercially grounded findings.
• Integrate data-driven analytics and AI-supported insights to enhance speed of impact.
• Manage engagement economics, resourcing, timelines and delivery risk.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Engagement leadership

Client management

Team leadership

Commercial acumen

Job description

Alpha FMC is a leading global consulting firm focused on the Financial Services sector. This senior corporate strategy role involves engagement leadership and practice-building, with scope to shape propositions and teams across Europe and North America.

Engagement Directors will own senior client relationships, originate work and contribute to building the Corporate Strategy practice within the Strategy & Deals division. Strong analytical, commercial and leadership skills are essential.