Job Description
UK Manager - Technology & Media Practice
We have the pre-eminent strategy consulting team in Technology and Media, growing rapidly and winning with our distinctive points of view on key topics, for example:
What is the best growth strategy for a category-leading software company?
What is the nature and impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on existing industries?
How can today’s media and entertainment companies innovate to get ahead?
How best to create and monetise B2B data-sets?
We work with the world’s leading Technology and Media players both in the UK and abroad on the most important strategy questions they face. Our team regularly collaborates internationally for our corporate, investor and financing clients.
In the Technology sector we are widely recognised as a leading advisor to CEOs and owners of software and other technology businesses. We focus particularly on growth strategies for CEOs and on a strategic approach to diligence for private equity clients. Our team in London works with many of the best-known Tech businesses in Europe.
Our Business Information Services & Media team has a strong track record working with corporate and investors globally on all areas of business media – from publications to data, conferences, and networks.
Our Education team has expertise across the breadth of the education and training landscape. From school and pre-school through to higher education, professional certification and corporate training, we have in-depth understanding of publishing and content, delivery technology, and support services.
In the Media, Entertainment and Consumer Internet we know media and entertainment inside out, with operating experience right across our team. Our clients include some of the world's biggest consumer internet brands / services including digital marketplaces, classifieds and price comparison services to name just a few. In media and entertainment, we serve clients in television, broadcast and production, book, newspaper and magazine publishing. They tell us they like our passion, the way we talk their language and work with them hand-in-hand.
Position Summary
The Manager role centres on project delivery with some involvement in combines business development as part of a practice team. A Manager will typically work on a single project at a time, but will also be involved as part of the practice team in developing pitches, writing proposals, or longer-range business development activity.
Specifically, the Manager role involves:
Leading strategy and diligence projects, from designing the approach to overseeing analysis to synthesising findings
Leading OC&C project teams (typically 3-6 people on a project), including assisting team members to develop consulting skills; i.e. helping motivated and talented individuals to progress quickly
Building strong working relationships with client contacts during projects, and beginning to build a personal network
Supporting sector team efforts to reinforce OC&C’s position as leaders in strategy consultancy in our chosen areas
About The Candidate
Responsibilities
- Direct and manage analysis and delivery of consulting projects, ensuring client satisfaction
- Manage and motivate project teams…
- … and support the development and coaching of junior team members
- Work effectively with clients and other advisors
- Translate strategy and business needs into actionable recommendations
- Assist in the design and delivery of client pitches and proposals
- Support the development of IP (in the form of publications, conference presentations, etc)
Qualifications
Academics: Good candidates will typically have an excellent first degree, and in some cases an MBA from a leading business school (although not essential)
More important to us is relevant work experience, e.g.:
- Outstanding track record of problem-solving, and achieving / exceeding objectives in a project-based environment, with the equivalent of four-to-five years’ experience of complex strategy consulting projects, including experience from a blue chip and / or strategy consultancy group
- Interest in, and experience of, some part of the Technology and Media landscape
- Experience of managing workstreams and leading consulting teams
- Experience in developing and coaching people
- Experience in translating key client issues into clear deliverables and implementing this advice
Good candidates will be:
- Analytical, highly numerate, clear thinkers who are hypothesis and issue driven
- Intellectually curious, rigorous and creative
- Commercially aware, able to recognise critical issues and dedicate attention accordingly
- Effective communicators, in writing or verbally, able to adapt style for different internal and external audiences
- Pragmatic, enthusiastic and structured implementers with an ability to create and maintain pace whilst ensuring that energies are well focussed and channelled
- Interested in coaching and developing people and building a team
- Able to relate well to clients and colleagues
- Strong business ethics: honest, respectful of others and sensitive to diversity in all its forms
- Business level fluency in multiple languages is beneficial but not essential
- Down to earth, friendly and approachable
About The Company
OC&C is a global strategy consulting firm with 11 international offices. We work with senior executives on some of the most exciting strategic problems and questions. We specialise in Technology and Media, Retail, FMCG, B2B and B2C Services, and Private Equity. We pride ourselves on combining sector expertise with a bespoke approach to every engagement, working collaboratively to generate new insight and lasting impact, with opportunities for the personal development of all our team.