Business Strategy Consultant

Would you like to be at the heart of growing the UK space sector? Are you interested in being part of a team that identifies how space technology can address UK and global societal challenges? Do you want a consulting position which will make a real difference? If so, you may be who we’re looking for!

We are currently seeking a Business Strategy Consultant to work within our Business Growth team. The team is responsible for driving commercial development within the UK space sector including supporting clients with international expansion and investment opportunities. Working in close partnership with our technical teams, you will contribute to proposition development, opportunity generation, and the successful delivery of client consulting engagements.

Reporting into a Lead Consultant, this is a highly networked role that requires an ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines. It requires an understanding of how to scope & deliver impactful consulting engagements and associated strategic analyses to support clients in achieving desired growth outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for elements of a larger consulting engagement.

• Conduct data-centric strategic analyses of client businesses and their associated market opportunities using established frameworks.

• Support the scoping of client needs into a clear scheme of work with associated realistic delivery plans.

• Track activity (own and other peoples) against a delivery plan, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.

• Manage multiple mid-level client relationships.

• Produce information artefacts that are accurate, current, relevant and easily understood by the intended audience.

• Delivers clear, professional, and confident presentations to team and to clients, given the opportunity.

• Apply the principles of innovation and how industries evolve to identify innovative, high-potential (client) businesses.

• Identify new strategy consulting leads and prospects and work closely with the ‘work winning services’ team to help develop large industry shaping prospects.

Skills & Experience required:

• Degree qualified preferably in a business, science or engineering discipline or equivalent experience with an appreciation and understanding of the space sector, its opportunities, and challenges (business knowledge essential, space sector knowledge desirable)

• Good business acumen and a confident speaker, presenter and listener. Experience working in either strategy, management, business, or technology consulting is essential.

• Experience supporting the development of propositions into a client organisation.

• Experience in generating commercial and collaborative opportunities as part of a team.

• Effective delivery for client organisations in both the public and private sector.

The ideal candidate will have experience of:

• Taking ownership of oneself and others.

• Delivering high-impact, solution orientated work.

• Understanding the broader context.

• Developing business insight to make realistic recommendations.

• Building strong, collaborative client relationships and communicating insight.

• Preparing high impact communication material.

• Monitoring emerging technology and markets

• Business development

 About us & how we work: 

We strive to create a high trust, high performance and inclusive environment that enables team members to bring their whole selves to work.  This helps to create the foundations of an innovation culture. Our shared values are critical to this: 

• We care - for our people, our partners, and our planet

• We connect - and engage with people and ideas

• We learn - and grow, as people and as an industry

Underpinning this is our belief in great teams.  Our combined efforts will always deliver outcomes beyond that of any individual, providing we are honest through debate, experiment and reflect, and create shared resolutions in support of our purpose. Live these values, work to our principles, take ownership to deliver, and we are certain you will thrive with us. 

This job description set outs the skills and experience we think are needed to be able to perform in this job.  If you believe you can deliver in this role then we want to hear from you.

We offer a hybrid policy which is designed around collaboration, one 'anchor' day per week working with your direct team and another flexible day per week to be spent collaborating or working with other colleagues.

Important notice for applicants: We use tools to detect plagiarism and the use of AI or chatbots for applicant answers. If plagiarism, AI use (such as ChatGPT) or similar software are found to have been used in your application you will not be considered for this or future roles within the Satellite Applications Catapult.

At Satellite Applications Catapult, we're committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome candidates from all corners of the globe, but due to legal and logistical considerations, we want to be transparent about the potential visa-related challenges that could arise. Our ability to offer sponsorship will depend on the level of interest for our roles and salary level.

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