Senior Strategy Consultant - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Kin + Carta Europe

Kin + Carta Europe

Verified Company

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Want to help build a world that works better for everyone? Kin + Carta is a global digital transformation consultancy that makes a difference to the billions who now work, play, shop, communicate and share online.

Join a global team of curious and diverse minds in connecting people, data and technology to produce amazing experiences for some of the world's most influential companies.

Become a maker, builder or creator as we explore the possibilities of sustainable digital technology, helping clients to rapidly innovate, modernise their systems, enable their teams, and optimise for continued growth.

We focus on tech but we're a proudly inclusive business with trust and human connection at its heart.

People, the planet, and profit matter equally to us which is why we're a certified B Corporation in the United States and Europe.

With additional offices in South America, there is a place for you here wherever you're based.

The role in a nutshell:

Strategists at Kin + Carta fulfil a number of roles for the wider business.

While we don't do all of them at the same time, over the course of your first 6 months you are likely to have an opportunity to:

Develop new propositions and ventures for clients

Work with clients and crossfunctional team of developers and designers to uncover new opportunities to create value or improve their organisation with technology
Experiment, incubate and prioritise to make the case for further investment in the most promising opportunities

Lead a strategic product or service discovery

Work in a tight, crossfunctional team with our clients to explore, validate and uncover a path to delivery for a new product, service or platform, or a substantial update to an existing one

Help Kin + Carta win more work, and uncover new opportunities

Pitch and win work for K+C
Work with our business development experts to deeply understand client needs and grow our presence in client organisations
Evolve our proposition to meet emergent opportunities

Support senior clients, and K+C delivery teams as we deliver new products

Help our clients and teams with any emergent strategic questions or requirements.
Targeted or ongoing coaching, counselling or network building within client organisations to help us deliver the best possible work and uncover commercial opportunities

Help Kin + Carta build its presence in the wider market with new content and ideas

Develop points of view, marketing content and activities to drive awareness of what we do and how we do it
Represent K+C externally at events and conferences

Support and mentor the team at K+C

Coach, mentor and manage team members from different disciplines and people across K+C.
Help junior associates with less product, digital or client experience to rapidly progress and develop

The type of person we'd love to meet:

You have a wealth of experience and understanding of financial services and its unique nuances, having worked either in consulting or in-house in the past
You are passionate about technology and the transformative effect of software on the world
You're an innovative thinker who pushes the boundaries and loves thinking about commercially viable solutions leveraging the latest tech
Able to think in both business and behavioural models, researching and analysing organisations, and develop insight into customer behaviour
Somebody who possess a deep knowledge of how products and services get built, launched and grow from discovery through to delivery and live;
You're able to gather and combine evidence on desirability, viability and feasibility to create a compelling strategy;
You truly understand what makes an excellent customer experience, and how that translates into commercial success for businesses;
You're experienced working with clients and comfortable presenting and communicating strategies, concepts and ideas to senior executives in a clear and compelling way;
Able to employ a varied toolkit of frameworks and techniques from across disparate areas of consulting, design, technology and tangential fields;

Desirable Craft Skills & Experience:

Experienced in the development and delivery of new business pitches and proposals
Experience in planning and facilitating collaborative working sessions
Experienced navigating the structures, politics and incentives of the large organisations we (usually) work for, and building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders
Experience working as a strategic leader in technology or design agencies/consultancies;