Top Strategy Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads product strategy and strategic initiatives for Consumer and Developer Experience, partnering with senior leaders, engineering, and cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include solving complex business problems, driving AI transformation, conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis, developing innovation roadmaps and prototypes, leading strategy and product teams, fostering customer-centric culture, and building organizational alignment. The role requires strong strategic judgment, communication, relationship-building, people leadership, and product orientation.

Advise clients on mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships through acquisition strategy, competitive and industry analysis, financial due diligence, valuation modeling, scenario analysis, deal structuring, and post-merger integration. Develop strategic plans, identify risks and opportunities, provide actionable insights, build client relationships, and mentor junior team members. The role requires pursuing or completing an MBA and at least three years of experience, with candidates expected to be in their final MBA year.

Supports merger, acquisition, and partnership strategy projects across the transaction lifecycle. Responsibilities include researching markets, evaluating business plans and financial statements, assessing competitive advantages, assisting with acquisition strategy and deal structures, analyzing risks, and contributing to post-deal value creation initiatives. The intern collaborates with consulting teams, learns PwC methodologies, and develops skills in strategic planning and financial analysis.

Provide strategic advisory, financial due diligence, valuation, competitive analysis, financial modeling, and post-merger integration support for private equity and corporate transactions. Develop acquisition strategies, evaluate business plans, analyze financial statements, assess deal structures, identify risks, and support value creation across the transaction lifecycle. Build client relationships, mentor junior colleagues, and deliver strategic solutions for mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships.

Provide financial due diligence, valuation, acquisition strategy, financial modeling, competitive and industry analysis, scenario planning, and post-merger integration support across the transaction lifecycle. Advise corporate development and other clients, assess deal risks and opportunities, develop strategic initiatives, analyze financial statements, mentor team members, and build client relationships while pursuing high-quality transaction outcomes.

Develop and execute AI product strategies, manage innovation funnels, conduct competitive and market intelligence analysis, build business cases, assess total addressable markets, and support commercialization and go-to-market efforts. The role guides product positioning and investment decisions, supports client relationships, interprets data, and mentors junior team members.

Leads comprehensive brand strategy and activation, including brand architecture, identity systems, guidelines, campaigns, content, messaging, governance, and cross-functional alignment. Partners with creative, digital, communications, product, sales, talent, and customer experience teams to ensure consistent brand execution. Uses market research, consumer insights, KPIs, and performance analysis to improve brand initiatives and support business growth.

Serve as a strategic advisor to the SVP of US Solutions by leading strategic planning, executive communications, governance, performance tracking, reporting, and cross-functional initiatives. Coordinate operating rhythms, business reviews, and special projects while developing recommendations and insights for senior leadership. Drive alignment, change management, organizational effectiveness, and execution across Product, Technology, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Legal teams.

Lead organizational strategy and transformation initiatives for Client Onboarding & Service. Responsibilities include process improvement, data-driven analysis, AI integration, change management, executive communications, stakeholder advisory, business case development, roadmap creation, and project leadership. The role manages multiple workstreams and team members while driving organizational effectiveness, workforce transformation, operating model evolution, and measurable business outcomes.

Leads strategic analysis and product innovation initiatives for Capital One’s Consumer and Developer Experience organization. Partners with leaders, product teams, engineers, and stakeholders to answer complex strategic questions, support planning, conduct analytics and market assessments, develop prototypes, establish product vision, and advance AI adoption. The role combines consulting-style problem solving, quantitative analysis, customer orientation, relationship building, and hands-on collaboration across disciplines.

Leads global payments product go-to-market strategy, commercialization, launch readiness, product documentation, training, and adoption. Builds and manages GTM roadmaps, toolkits, collateral, enablement channels, and automation in a risk-controlled environment. Partners with product, operations, marketing, sales, and client-facing teams to prioritize initiatives, improve user experiences, assess market trends, and manage commercialization processes. Leads a cross-functional GTM organization and promotes accountability and effective risk management.

Leads customer and content strategy for key B2B customer segments. Uses qualitative and quantitative insights to develop buyer profiles, customer targets, marketing plans, messaging, creative briefs, and segment-based content calendars. Partners with analytics, creative, merchandising, and senior leadership teams to drive customer growth, engagement, and measurable business outcomes. Manages at least one individual contributor and oversees strategic content execution across channels and the website.

Provides strategy consulting services to Pharma and Life Sciences clients. Analyzes markets, business performance, competition, consumer behavior, and data to develop growth, go-to-market, customer experience, transformation, cost structure, and value realization strategies. Collaborates with clients, builds relationships, supports team development, manages complexity, and delivers high-quality strategic recommendations while maintaining professional standards.

Supports the McDonald’s strategy team through research, trend tracking, analytics, competitive analysis, insight generation, and client-facing briefing documents. The intern will analyze customer experiences, retail and food industry developments, and marketing opportunities while contributing to strategic perspectives for clients. The program also includes real client projects, a capstone presentation, networking, mentoring, and professional development activities.

MBA interns own product lines, improve supplier quality and cost management, launch website features with technology teams, and lead research and creative teams that explain industrial concepts. The role involves making strategic business decisions, improving customer outcomes, managing product sourcing and inventory, enhancing e-commerce experiences, and leading cross-functional teams. It offers a 10-week paid program with potential progression to McMaster-Carr’s Chicago management team.

Lead development and execution of cross-line-of-business market strategies, support localized tactics and budgeting, track KPIs with data teams, and build stakeholder relationships to drive market growth and amplify best practices across markets.

Leads the International Pricing Team’s Infrastructure and Implementation pillar for Capital One’s Global Payment Network. Develops pricing strategies, architectures, systems, and processes addressing payment flows, interchange, incentives, and monetization. Directs cross-functional teams, manages multiple projects, builds business requirements, partners with Finance, Sales, and Operations, and drives profitability, resilience, and modernization. Provides people leadership, quantitative and qualitative analysis, executive communication, strategic decision-making, and execution in a dynamic environment.

Owns the design, strategy, and execution of a fraud model data strategy product supporting high-impact fraud models. Oversees software engineering and data analyst teams while partnering with data scientists, business leaders, platform teams, and data producers. Drives data quality, product innovation, organizational alignment, and Capital One’s data migration efforts through customer-focused, technology-driven product management.

Supports consulting engagements through market and desk research, quantitative analysis, problem solving, client presentations, relationship management, and project planning. The intern develops recommendations for client business challenges, communicates insights, tracks risks and deadlines, and supports team members. The role requires strong analytical, communication, organizational, leadership, and collaboration skills while completing doctoral studies.

Supports consulting project teams by researching markets, developing analyses, applying problem-solving frameworks, synthesizing insights, communicating findings, and collaborating with clients to implement solutions. The intern owns assigned deliverables and may support change initiatives and client decision-making. Strong performance may lead to a full-time offer.

Supports strategy consulting teams through client research, business and competitive analysis, strategic initiative development, process improvement, and data gathering. The intern helps identify growth opportunities and competitive advantages, contributes to strategic insights, and learns consulting methodologies while collaborating with experienced professionals. This entry-level role is designed for students pursuing or recently completing a bachelor’s degree.

Supports strategic initiatives for an omnichannel grocery organization by co-developing recommendations, conducting analyses, preparing presentations, contributing viewpoints in team discussions, and assisting with reporting and ad hoc analysis. The internship also includes mentorship, leadership development, networking, community service, and opportunities to present work to company leaders.

Leads product strategy and development for servicing agent experiences and insights. Reimagines customer and frontline tools through human-centered design, technology, business analysis, integrated problem-solving, and transformational leadership. Drives cross-functional alignment, innovative digital product solutions, execution excellence, and sustainable customer outcomes.

The Senior Writer develops creative communications for clients, collaborates with designers, contributes to brand strategies, and manages multiple writing projects with deadlines.

Leads strategy consulting initiatives for pharmaceutical and life sciences clients, focusing on customer experience, journey mapping, segmentation, customer data management, and engagement strategies. Manages client accounts, project planning, budgets, execution, stakeholder relationships, quality, and timelines. Coaches and mentors consulting teams while identifying opportunities for business growth and driving data-informed customer-centric improvements.