Senior Consultant

kantar; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kantar is seeking a Senior Consultant for GrowthFinder in New York, Boston or Chicago. You will help clients identify growth opportunities by connecting consumer understanding, evidence, and commercial context. You will analyze data, apply segmentation, and translate findings into clear recommendations.

You will work with Directors and Partners, managing workstreams, supporting proposals, and guiding junior team members to deliver impactful growth strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience applying strategic consulting, consumer strategy, customer strategy, market research or insight expertise to growth questions.
• Strong analytical capability to interpret quantitative and qualitative information and evaluate options with evidence.
• Understanding of segmentation or demand-space approaches to support growth, brand and portfolio decisions.
• Ability to turn complex information into concise, actionable recommendations and presentations for senior clients.

Responsibilities

• Analyse primary and secondary data to answer client questions and identify growth opportunities.
• Apply segmentation and strategic frameworks to understand demand and inform decisions.
• Manage project workstreams to timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Craft clear, evidence-led narratives from findings to recommendations and actions.
• Build client relationships through day-to-day engagement and understanding commercial context.
• Contribute to proposals, pitches and business development activities with well-structured thinking.
• Support junior colleagues by sharing expertise and providing actionable feedback.

Skills

Strategic consulting

Consumer strategy

Market research

Data analysis

Job description

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in.

Job Details

Senior Consultant

New York, Boston or Chicago

About the Job

Kantar is the world's leading marketing data and analytics business. We deliver the intelligence needed to power brand growth. We provide the signals that help organisations act quickly and confidently. We empower brands to make effective marketing decisions based on predictive evidence. And we help them craft powerful growth strategies rooted in the connection between consumers, brands and enterprise value. All this is powered by our uniquely robust human and synthetic data, our unrivalled IP, our AI-native platform and the team of global brand experts that bring this all together.

As a Senior Consultant in GrowthFinder, you will help clients identify and prioritise opportunities for growth by connecting consumer understanding, evidence and commercial context. You will analyse information from multiple sources, apply segmentation and strategic frameworks, and turn complex findings into clear recommendations.

Working closely with Directors and Partners, you will manage project workstreams, contribute to client relationships and proposals, and support junior colleagues. Your work will help clients make confident decisions about where to play and how to grow, while strengthening the quality and impact of the wider Consulting team.

Job Goals

• Analyse primary and secondary data to answer client questions and identify meaningful growth opportunities.
• Apply segmentation and strategic frameworks to understand demand, evaluate opportunities and inform brand and portfolio decisions.
• Manage project workstreams to agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards, maintaining clarity on responsibilities and progress.
• Craft clear, evidence-led narratives that move from findings to implications, recommendations and practical action.
• Build effective client relationships through thoughtful day-to-day engagement and a clear understanding of each client's commercial context.
• Contribute well-structured thinking, relevant evidence and compelling content to proposals, pitches and wider business development activity.
• Support junior colleagues by sharing expertise, setting clear expectations and providing actionable feedback

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

• Experience applying strategic consulting, consumer strategy, customer strategy, market research or insight expertise to business growth questions.
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret quantitative and qualitative information and evaluate options using evidence.
• Understanding of segmentation or demand-space approaches and how they support growth, brand and portfolio decisions.
• Ability to turn complex information into concise, actionable recommendations and presentations for senior client audiences.
• Skill in planning and managing project workstreams, working through ambiguity and helping others deliver high-quality outcomes

Salary range $100-120k

Why Join Kantar

Kantar is one of the most recognised and trusted brands in its industry, with unmatched depth of experience and global reach. What makes this moment different is how much is changing at once.

We are working on the world's most influential brands, investing in AI and technology, and evolving how intelligence is delivered. The work is becoming more connected, more dynamic and more impactful.

People joining Kantar now are not stepping into something finished. They are joining a business that evolving, and they will help shape what comes next.

If you want to work on iconic brands, solve complex problems, learn from exceptional people and do work that genuinely makes a difference, Kantar offers that opportunity.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited ("Kantar"). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.

Location

New York, World Trade CenterUnited States of America