Sia Partners is a specialist Management Consulting firm which was initially established in Paris, France in 1999 and has grown into a global firm with over 1,500 employees and annual revenue exceeding $280m. Our culture is strongly orientated towards high-quality expertise and delivering excellent results and outcomes for our clients, which include a wide range of multinational companies. Testament to its success, Sia Partners has shown double-digit growth every year since inception.

Sia Partners is a pioneer of Consulting 4.0, putting us at the forefront of the technology revolution, deploying augmented Consultants capable of leveraging emerging digital technology to enhance and improve their cognitive reasoning, analysis and planning. Supported by Augmented & Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Data Science we empower our clients to make the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons. 

With our consultants representing 41 different nationalities, we are a highly diverse team spread across 25 offices in 16 countries. However, using innovative technologies such as our own in-house apps, social networks, and digital tools, we provide a truly integrated global service.

Sia Partners is an equal opportunities employer, committed to diversity, inclusion and employee well-being. Our diversity and inclusion networks (local and global) contribute to a pipeline of initiatives to enhance employee quality of life and foster a caring environment to work in. Employees are encouraged to contribute to these initiatives and drive positive change in the organisation across 4 pillars: Women@Sia, LGBTQ+, BAME and Wellbeing.

The Growth & Innovation practice at Sia Partners UK works with FTSE100, Fortune 500 and European equivalent companies to help them develop, create and deliver exciting new businesses that can generate significant revenues and tap new markets. In the past ten years, we have built over 100 new ventures and businesses in telecoms, media and technology, utilities, consumer goods, manufacturing, industrial, defence, pharma, financial services and retail.

We help our clients develop and deliver new customer propositions and ventures that gain early momentum, rapid market traction and drive new revenues. Starting with just a theme or an idea, we help our clients through each stage of the process – including market analysis, idea generation, proposition development, business cases, proof of concepts and launch to market.

The team is made up of corporate entrepreneurs; each of us has a strong mix of corporate, consulting and entrepreneurial experience and a significant track record in successful new business launches for blue chip companies.

As a Manager, you will be responsible for…

• Leading the delivery of projects, potentially working across several clients in the UK and, if required, support overseas engagements;
• Supporting business development activities, working with Senior Managers and Directors to develop proposals for practice-related opportunities;
• Recognising opportunities for Sia Partners to expand their offering to existing clients;
• Building and maintaining your own external professional peer networks;
• Contributing to thought leadership, working on blogs and the development of Sia Partners ‘assets’ including methodology and tools;
• Supporting marketing campaigns and overall external positioning of Sia Partners across social networks;
• Facilitating own learning and specialist subject matter knowledge whilst supporting Senior Consultants to further develop their knowledge and consulting skills within the practice;
• Working closely with other teams within Sia Partners to share information;
• Coaching and mentoring junior colleagues’ performance and development;
• Developing your specific service expertise.

We are looking for people with the following attributes:

• Experienced in growth and innovation, with strong examples of growing businesses by building and delivering innovative propositions.
• Experienced in leading projects or complex workstreams.
• Demonstrable track record of both analytical and commercial thinking.
• Passionate about building businesses that are creative and imaginative whilst being commercially viable in the market place.
• You have helped build compelling business cases which articulate customer propositions, explain the market opportunity and are supported with a robust financial case that can stand up to an investment committee.
• You are a strategic thinker and possess a solid consulting toolkit with polished communication skills and the ability to present compellingly to senior and director level clients.
• You are a proven growth professional and have lead teams and clients to identify and deliver new areas of growth in major organisations, growth consultancies or venture/innovation companies.
• Strong academics and being multi lingual is an ideal requirement.
• Experience of operating in a blue-chip corporate or consulting environment and an entrepreneurial spirit, personal initiative, drive and energy.
• Bachelor’s Degree (2:1) or international equivalent.
• An advanced business degree (e.g. MS, MBA) is nice to have.