Strategy Consultant

About the role

We’re looking for a Strategy Consultant to join our Strategy & Transformation team in the UK.

You’ll help organisations identify growth opportunities, develop new ventures, and become more innovative, efficient, customer-centric, and data-enabled. Working at the intersection of business, technology, and design, you’ll bridge human insights, commercial goals, and technical feasibility.

This is a mid-level, hands-on role for someone who enjoys executing research, synthesising complexity, and supporting strategic direction. You’ll work in multidisciplinary teams, with guidance from senior colleagues and increasing exposure to how AI is shaping organisations and industries.

You’ll work across a broad range of strategy and transformation topics, from digital, data, and AI strategy to portfolio and operating model design, business model development, enterprise architecture, and C-level strategic advisory — often exploring how generative AI can unlock new business value.

Skills & Requirements

What we're looking for:

• Methodology – You're familiar with a range of research methodologies and analytical frameworks, building strength in strategy creation "best practices". You know how to capture notes effectively and organise secondary research.

• Project hygiene – You maintain strong work velocity and are reliable. If a task is off-schedule, you raise the alarm early and proactively help find a solution.

• Commercial awareness – You enjoy analysing and understanding how companies operate. You ask questions about the client's business strategy and brand, and contribute to internal conversations that challenge assumptions.

• Communication – You're comfortable explaining technology and strategy concepts to people outside your discipline.

• Embrace AI – You're constantly learning and pushing the boundaries of how you use AI to support your work and disrupt your own ways of thinking and doing.

• Curiosity over ego – You approach disagreement with empathy and curiosity. Your goal is to find the best solution.

• Collaborative by nature – You work in the open, sharing and sparring with colleagues. You value bringing diverse perspectives to your work and strive to create inclusive environments where everyone can bring their

• Continuous learning – You look for opportunities to learn from other teams and projects. You're interested in advancing our internal capabilities and ways of working.

• Bonus – Experience contributing to business development (proposals, pitches) or external marketing (blogs, talks).

What you'll do

In this role, you will:

• Approach complex challenges from multiple perspectives , drawing insights from consumers, market trends, and technical constraints, while collaborating closely with tech and data colleagues to ensure solutions are feasible and commercially viable.

• Turn insights into opportunities , supporting the planning and execution of research, moderating straightforward interviews and testing sessions, and helping teams move from observation to insight through collaborative workshops.

• Balance analytical rigour with creative thinking , combining data-driven reasoning with intuitive problem-solving to drive innovation forward.

• Embrace early and iterative validation , using prototyping at appropriate levels of fidelity to test assumptions, learn quickly, and refine concepts through real feedback.

• Support strategic project management in exploratory and bespoke innovation projects where the path isn’t always predetermined, coordinating stakeholders while maintaining clarity and momentum in uncertain territory.

• Build strong client relationships , engaging with client-side practitioners to understand their technical environment, brand, and key challenges.

Next steps — who you’ll meet and for what

We aim to make the process clear, human, and respectful of your time:

1. Recruiter screen (30m) – with someone from our People Team

2. Skills-based interview + short case exercise (90m) – with 2 team members from our Strategy team

3. Ways of working & values interview (45m) – with a cross-functional duo.

What Futurice Offers You

We use a transparent salary model based on your skills, responsibilities, and impact. The salary band for this role is £45,000 – £55,000 depending on experience.

We also believe in care, trust, transparency, and continuous improvement. Here’s what that looks like in practice:

• A supportive, values-driven team culture where individuality is celebrated.

• A personal learning budget (£1200/year), mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Flexible, remote-first working with colleagues across the UK and EU.

• Private health insurance (WPA), pension contributions (6%+), and wellbeing support (£50/month via Juno).

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off — increasing by 1 day per year after 3 years’ service (capped at 30).

• A tiered parental leave policy (16 weeks maternity, 4 weeks partner, full pay depending on tenure).

• EV salary sacrifice scheme (depending on tenure).

What's it like to work here

Ever since Futurice was founded, we’ve focused on creating a workplace people genuinely enjoy, Mondays included. We’ve built a welcoming culture where trust, kindness, and well-being matter as much as great work. Our atmosphere is open and warm, whether you’re in the office or working remotely. You’ll quickly feel part of the community where coffee chats, virtual fikas, or after-work hangouts happen naturally.

Because our culture is shaped by all of us, every day, you’ll have an opportunity to influence how we work, connect, and evolve as a community. Across countries, teams, and time zones, everyone brings their own character, helping shape how we work, connect, and evolve together.

At Futurice, new joiners aren’t expected to fit into a mold. Come as you are, whatever your background. We believe in the power of different perspectives, and diversity is a key part of our success at delivering customer value when they trust us with some of their most challenging and inspiring challenges. You can read more about our DE&I commitment here .

Please note: Unfortunately we won’t be able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.