Project Leader - Corporate Strategy

We are seeking a Project Leader to join an exclusively ex-MBB boutique in Melbourne, delivering strategy, transformation and implementation engagements across a broad range of industries and clients.

You will lead engagements day-to-day, manage senior stakeholders and guide teams to deliver insight-led recommendations, operating without the overhead of a legacy firm.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end to end strategy and transformation engagements as the day to day project lead
• Structure complex problems and develop hypotheses to guide team analysis
• Manage senior client relationships and act as the primary stakeholder contact
• Translate quantitative and qualitative analysis into clear recommendations for executive audiences
• Oversee workstreams across corporate strategy, operational improvement and transformation
• Coach junior team members and maintain high delivery standards
• Contribute to proposals and business development activities

Required Experience:

• Background in a top-tier strategy consulting firm, ideally MBB or equivalent
• Proven track record leading teams and managing workstreams on complex engagements from problem definition through to final delivery
• Strong problem structuring and analytical capability with experience building robust frameworks and hypotheses
• Direct experience managing senior client stakeholders and presenting recommendations at executive level
• Exposure across corporate strategy, transformation or performance improvement engagements
• Comfortable operating in a fast paced, high performance environment with rigorous delivery standards
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to distil complex analysis into clear narratives
• Experience coaching and developing junior team members within an engagement setting
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to business development activity including proposals, client relationships and identifying new opportunities

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Business or a similar analytical discipline