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 two Business Strategy Consultants to work within our space strategy and consulting team. Working collaboratively with the technical value streams, you will: support the development of propositions, the generation of opportunities and the effective delivery of client 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 undertake business development, scope work, deliver high quality analysis and achieve outcomes.  Experience of the space sector is desirable, but not essential. Previous consulting experience is essential.

Location is flexible with our principal offices in Harwell Oxfordshire, the role may require travel to other offices in the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for elements of a larger consulting engagement.

• Support the scoping of client needs into a clear scheme of work.

• Prepare realistic delivery plans for part of a larger client engagement.

• 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:

You will have:

• Experience working in either strategy, management, business, or technology consulting.

• Good business acumen.

You will know how to:

• Support the development of propositions into a client organisation.

• Generate commercial and collaborative opportunities as part of a team.

• Effectively deliver for a client organisation in the public and private sector.   

Your ideal next role will be to:

• Leverage your consulting experience to help grow a fast moving sector.  

• Deliver (and develop) commercial opportunities at the forefront of what has been done before.

• Set the conditions for third party organisations to grow and benefit from your actions.  

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

Desirable:

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in a business, science or engineering discipline.

• An appreciation and understanding of the space sector, its opportunities, and challenges (business knowledge essential, space sector knowledge desirable)

• Confident speaker, presenter and listener.

How we work:

We strive to create a high trust 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 believe are needed to be able to do this job but, research also tells us women are much more likely than men to take this list of requirements as absolute and self-select out of the process. If you think you can deliver this role then we want to hear from you, regardless of the boxes you didn’t tick.