Strategy & Consulting
Strategy Consultant
Imagine a CEO who needs an honest answer to a question their own team can't ask freely — that's the seat a strategy consultant sits in. The work alternates between hard analysis (DCF models in Excel, benchmarking studies, business case development) and the softer craft of bringing a skeptical client along through a recommendation they didn't expect.
MECE structures keep your thinking clean; tools like Claude help you synthesize faster without thinking less. Strong consultants are comfortable being the least senior person in a boardroom and the most prepared.
Students drawn here usually liked the analytical parts of business school and weren't intimidated by speaking up. Growth happens project by project, often through pattern-matching across industries you didn't know you'd care about.
Senior executive influence + tolerance for high-stakes ambiguity + cross-industry pattern matching. Exactly the work AI tools support but cannot replace.
US$234,457 median salary in United States¹
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Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
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- Balanced Scorecard
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