Senior Associate Strategy & Consulting - Technology Strategy

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a member of our Technology Strategy and Consulting domain, you will contribute to the development of innovative strategies to improve business performance and to lead our clients through their transformation. You will work across a broad range of projects including the development of technical business strategy, business cases and operating models, digital product management and roadmap development.

You likely have grounding in Strategy Consulting and/or Management Consulting from a leading consulting firm, start-up, or from within industry. You have had exposure to technical digital business models, financial modelling, business casing and digital product management. You have a genuine interest in how technology can drive business strategy. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Take ambiguous and complex technical business problems and use research and business assessment capabilities to define the opportunity set and recommend actionable next steps
• Bring rigor to a client’s decision-making process by inputting to cost/benefit analysis, presenting and evaluating solution options, and seeking consensus among key team members and stakeholders
• Define, scope, and plan new solutions for clients. This includes determining how to measure business results, modelling current/future business capabilities, and identifying the organizational, cultural and operational changes required to successfully unlock value. 

• At least 5 years’ relevant experience including 3 years focused on digital. 
• You understand the fundamentals of business strategy, opportunity assessment, financial modelling and business case development.
• Desirable to have experience in user experience, analytics, or IT projects.
• The ideal candidate would also have working knowledge of design thinking, customer journeys, service design and customer experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science 
• A quick learner, constantly pushing yourself to learn new approaches, ideas, perspectives, etc.
• Cool under pressure and in unpredictable circumstances. Thrive in ambiguous environments, and in informal, loosely structured and creative work environments. 
• Personality! Must have a sense of humour and be able to see the funny side of life. An enthusiastic participant and a thoughtful observer when the moment calls for it.