Management Consulting, Associate Director

The Management Consulting Team at Teneo 

Our Management Consulting division focuses on answering key strategic questions for business and public-sector leaders through our mix of senior experience and rigorous analysis, combined with the unique expertise that exists across Teneo. We operate across a diverse array of sectors including Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Leisure & Hospitality, Software, Transport, and TMT, amongst others. Within these markets, we provide strategic, operational, and due diligence support, advising reputable FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 firms, key public-sector organisations, and leading private equity houses.   

Key Attributes 

As an Associate Director you’ll be a key member of our senior team in Management Consulting. Your focus will be on delighting clients through delivering great work, while growing and developing our team. With the support of our Managing Directors, you will also establish and nurture client relationships and build out new business opportunities. 

You will be an ambitious and results-focussed individual, who relishes a challenge and has the ability to make a real and lasting impact on our client’s organisations and their most critical business problems. 

In this role you will specialise in leading operational strategy work, including target operating model design, organisational separation & integration, process optimisation, and performance improvement engagements. You will bring experience and expertise in helping clients deliver complex, high-visibility programmes, working across multi-functional teams of both internal consultants and client stakeholders. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Structure and lead complex projects, working directly with a Managing Director 

• Demonstrate a strong consulting skill set, with the ability to lead complex analytical programs, drive towards bespoke insights for clients, and structure written output 

• Develop the “answer” from initial hypothesis through refinement and validation with senior colleagues and clients 

• Proven ability managing case teams on a day-to-day basis, including delegating and planning workload, and providing coaching and development support to junior colleagues             

• Build consensus and momentum toward critical outcomes for our clients, with the intelligent use of data and analysis to support and progress our thinking 

• Support Managing Directors in all aspects of Business Development, including identifying and building out opportunities with existing clients, developing thought leadership, drafting proposals, and attending pitches 

• Able to handle day-to-day liaison with senior clients, empathizing with their issues and escalating concerns where appropriate to Directors/ Managing Directors. Able to build lasting relationships with clients beyond the scope of a specific project engagement 

• Leads presentations confidently and engagingly, effectively presenting our output to the client 

Key Skills & Experience 

• 8+ years’ relevant work experience ideally within a Strategy or Management Consulting environment, including a track record of leading major strategic programmes of work 

• Excellent analytical skills, and an entrepreneurial attitude 

• Excellent communication skills and creativity 

• Highly logical and numerate 

• Evidence of teamwork, leadership, and ambition, alongside relevant work experience 

• Degree Qualified (2.1 or above preferred) in any degree discipline 

• Operates at a fast pace, demonstrating the ability to influence and challenge when needed 

• Creates an immediate, positive, and credible impression on others 

• Ensures all reports, data and written work are correct in detail and without error 

• Can skillfully and confidently influence and negotiate, and maintains a positive relationship with all parties during difficult conversations 

• Proact