Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

Job Description

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 3 days per week. However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
This role can be based in our London, Bristol or Manchester offices
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What is next in your career?

Operating at the leading edge of consulting, we are market leaders in developing actionable strategies that achieve the fastest path to impact. This includes:

Enterprise Strategy: We help clients develop long-term business /organisational strategies (private and public sector) to better enable them to deliver against their objectives, including optimising resource distribution and crafting targeted mergers and acquisition agendas
Growth Strategy: We help client better understand market dynamics and create demand-driven strategies that identify and capitalise on growth opportunities
Sustainability: We work with clients to develop credible and targeted approaches to improve sustainability by providing environment, social and economic prosperity

We define success as achieving exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, communities and team members. It’s a principle that underpins everything we do.

Our clients choose us because we challenge convention to find the solutions that really work – in practice, not just on paper. Then we roll up our sleeves and get the job done.

Become part of the team

We operate across a number of industry sectors, providing deep contextual insight and fresh perspectives to our clients. We are growing our teams in London, recruiting talented team members from a range of backgrounds and experience levels into our consulting ranked roles.

Qualifications

We are hiring consultants with at least three years of relevant professional experience in either a consulting role or in industry who are natural problem-solvers and constantly curious. This role requires a strong foundation in consulting skills combined with deep knowledge of the defence sector.

Attributes and Experience

Defence Industry Expertise

Experience working in the defence industry, either with a top-tier consultancy or for a Tier 1 Defence Company, or as a component supplier to larger defence companies
Understanding of topical issues affecting UK and/or European defence supply chains, with emphasis on overcoming barriers to scaling innovation
Ability to apply knowledge of defence supply chain issues when working with MOD and Government clients

Strategic and Analytical Skills

Proactivity and strategic thinking, demonstrating experience in logic structure, issue tree analysis, and innovation across complex industry challenges
Experience of hypothesis-led analytical strategy work and creative problem solving in defence industry or supply chain contexts
Strong commercial awareness, including understanding procurement and regulatory landscapes and leveraging private finance to enable scaling in defence production.
Analytically minded with demonstrated competency across different analytical frameworks, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Client Engagement and Communication

Client-oriented, able to develop strong relationships and understand client challenges, with opportunities to present recommendations to senior leaders
Ability to simplify complexity, drawn from experience in consulting or commercial roles within industry

Our consultants are expected to be hands-on, working together with our clients to bring energy, direction and expertise to help them solve their most pressing strategic challenges. We pride ourselves in partnering alongside clients – the best way to deliver real and long-lasting value.

Our roles often involve on-site working at client locations and often requires regular travel to various client sites. In-office working is further required and encouraged to support team development and integration with our wider growth strategy team and sector specialists.

In addition to the formal benefits set out below, we are passionate about the personal and career development of all our consultants. Our team is committed to providing the opportunities, support, training and coaching required at all levels to ensure our consultants can all achieve their potential.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance.

All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years), as this is the prerequisite for a security clearance. If you're unsure about your eligibility, we encourage you to review the UK Government’s guidance on security vetting before applying.

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Strategy Consultant - Defence Industry

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