Growth Strategy - Senior Consultant

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

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 4000 specialists in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists.

We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Netherlands and Nordics.

For more than 50 years, The Cambridge Group (part of PA Consulting) has helped clients develop and execute strategies that are driven by a superior understanding of profitable demand. The Cambridge Group’s strategy consultants apply demand driven strategies across all industries, enabling clients to align their infrastructure, businesses, and resources to meet marketplace demand in a way that is meaningfully differentiated from their competitors. 

What You Will Work On 

We hire individuals with a passion for the type of work we do, a drive for success and a strong sense of curiosity. No one quality defines a successful consultant, but these are the characteristics we look for in an ideal candidate: 

• Problem solving: Our consultants help leaders solve their most complex business challenges. We look for candidates with top-notch intellectual abilities, as well as an innovative approach to achieving results. 
• Impact: If you are committed to positively affecting an organization’s success, then you’ve come to the right place. We have a proud legacy of generating quantifiable results that affect our client’s bottom line. 
• Leadership: At The Cambridge Group, leadership is not fixed to hierarchy or experience. Your voice and ideas are respected regardless of your tenure. Leadership skills are critical to driving positive change within an organization. 
• Creativity: We look for out-of-the-box thinkers that have the ability to transcend traditional patterns, rules, and ideas, in order to draw insights from ambiguity and help The Cambridge Group deliver meaningful results. 

Our consultants are recognized worldwide for their unique approach to growth and demand strategy. They are accomplished innovators with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and life passions. Join our team. 

You will be: 

• Client-oriented, with strong advisory, communication, and interpersonal skills 
• Highly skilled at simplifying complexity and articulating strategic insights 
• A creative yet analytical problem-solver with sound business acumen 
• Capable of structuring quantitative and qualitative research to inform conclusions 
• Inclusive, open-minded, and comfortable working with diverse perspectives 
• Confident managing independent work while thriving in a collaborative team environment 

Required & Preferred Background 

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred 
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills 
• 4+ years of relevant professional experience, including consulting or equivalent experience in a strategy, client‑facing, or analytical role 
• Experience or familiarity with industries such as CPG, technology, healthcare/life sciences, transportation, or others where growth strategy is central 
• Experience developing strategy within a company or consulting environment (preferred) 

Additional Information

Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 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 or at the office.

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Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

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We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

Benefits package at PA  

• Group medical insurance  
• Health Savings Account with company match  
• Teladoc and informed Nurse line resources  
• Long term care plan  
• Group dental insurance  
• Vision plan  
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company profit sharing contribution  
• Commuter and Parking tax-savings benefit  
• 15 days paid vacation days with the opportunity to buy five additional days  
• 10 paid Holidays plus 10 paid sick days  
• Company and Voluntary income protection benefits  
• Gym and health incentive reimbursement  
• Pet and legal insurance Plans  
• Employee Assistance Plan  
• Annual performance-based bonus  

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]

In compliance with Ilinois Equal Pay Transparency Act, PA is required to provide a reasonable salary range for this role.  This salary range is specific to the State of Illinois  and is commensurate with experience, market data, applicant skills, internal equity and/or degrees/certifications. Salary Range: $127, 200 – 192,600.