Strategist

Hybrid (London office 1 day per week) | Full-time | £DOE + Benefits.

About Magnus Consulting

Designed for Growth. Driven by People.

At Magnus Consulting, we help ambitious B2B organisations unlock sustainable, customer-first growth through marketing effectiveness. We work across technology, financial services, SaaS, professional services, and PE-backed scale-ups to build commercial engines that perform.

Our work spans brand transformation, marketing strategy, go-to-market optimisation, and post-M&A commercial integration. What sets us apart is our combination of sharp insight, rigorous analysis, and pragmatic strategies that drive real commercial outcomes.

We are proud to be:

A certified B Corp, committed to driving positive impact.
Listed in the FT’s top UK management consultancies 2025 for Marketing, Brand & Pricing.
Trusted by our clients, with a consistently outstanding NPS of 95, reflecting the impact and quality of our work.
A consultancy built on momentum, ambition, and a belief in excellence.

Our Core Values

Our values shape how we think, how we work, and the quality we deliver:

Courageous Curiosity – We ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and explore insight deeply to unlock new strategic possibilities.

Momentum that Matters – We move with purpose, turning complex business challenges into clear, actionable strategic direction.

Impact with Integrity – We deliver insight-led recommendations that drive real commercial outcomes, grounded in rigour, honesty, and trust.

Shared Success – We work as one team, collaborating across disciplines to shape strong thinking and deliver meaningful client impact.

The Role

We’re looking for a Strategist to help turn insight, analysis, and research into clear, actionable strategic direction for our clients.

This role is ideal for someone early in their strategy career who combines analytical confidence with strategic curiosity, able to spot patterns in data, interpret meaning, and contribute to insight-led recommendations.

You’ll work closely with Partners, Consultants, Strategists, and Analysts across a wide range of B2B client engagements. Through structured mentoring, exposure to live projects, and a clear career framework, you’ll develop your strategic craft and build the foundations for progression into more senior strategy roles.

Key Responsibilities

Insight & Strategy Development

Support the development of strategic thinking through research, analysis, and synthesis.
Interpret quantitative and qualitative inputs to surface patterns, tensions, and opportunities.
Contribute to audience, market, and competitor understanding to inform strategic direction.
Help shape early hypotheses, strategic narratives, and points of view.

Strategic Analysis & Interpretation

Use data and research outputs to inform strategic choices rather than just report findings.
Sense-check inputs, assumptions, and implications to ensure recommendations are grounded.
Support light-touch commercial analysis to contextualise strategic decisions.
Maintain rigour and accuracy across insights while focusing on what it means for clients.

Strategic Deliverables & Storytelling

Build clear, structured slides that connect insight to implication and recommendation.
Support the development of strategic frameworks, messaging architectures, and narratives.
Help turn complex thinking into simple, compelling client-ready outputs.
Uphold Magnus’ high standards for clarity, structure, design, and strategic coherence.

Collaboration & Consulting Exposure

Work closely with senior strategists and consultants to translate insight into direction.
Participate in internal working sessions, project reviews, and selected client meetings.
Capture key discussions, decisions, and next steps to support project momentum.

Skills & Capabilities

Tools & Ways of Working

Excellent PowerPoint skills with an eye for structure, flow, and clarity.
Confident working with Excel and research outputs to support strategic thinking.
Familiarity with analytics, research, or planning tools is a plus.
Strong using AI and emerging tools to support research, synthesis, and efficiency.

Strategic Thinking & Mindset

Able to move from insight → implication → strategic recommendation.
Understands core B2B marketing, brand, and commercial principles.
Balances analytical rigour with creative and conceptual thinking.
Curious, thoughtful, and motivated to build strategic craft over time.

Client & Team Contribution

Primarily project-team facing, with growing exposure to client interactions.
Supports partners and consultants with thinking, materials, and coordination.
A collaborative, proactive team player who contributes to pace, quality, and shared success.
Potential direct reports as the company grows.

Experience required

Degree in business, marketing, economics, or related field (or strong relevant experience).
1–3 years’ experience in strategy, research, or marketing environments.
Analytical and creative mindset, able to interpret data and shape meaning.
Confident communicator with excellent written and presentation skills.
Familiarity with frameworks (SWOT, 5Ps, customer journey mapping) and a willingness to learn.
Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills; exposure to Miro, Notion, or analytics tools a plus.

What we offer

Permanent, full-time role with clear progression through to senior strategy positions.
Our benefits include private healthcare, a pension scheme, enhanced holiday entitlement, and a range of wellbeing and professional development perks.
Hybrid working model – mostly remote apart from in-person collaboration in our London office (Tuesdays plus additional days as needed for team or client work).
High-impact, insight-led work supporting marketing and commercial transformation for mid-market B2B clients (tech, SaaS, FS, PE and professional services).
Structured onboarding to set you up for success, followed by ongoing mentoring, learning pathways, and skills development.
Fast-paced, supportive environment where quality, curiosity, collaboration, and momentum are core to how we deliver.