Corporate Strategy and M&A Consultant - I&S - Manager
Company: PwC
Location: London SE1
Type: Full-time
Level: lead
Posted: 2026-02-18
About this role
About the role
As a Strategy Consultant, you will work with leading corporate clients and investors, helping and supporting them tackle their toughest decisions. Your engagements will include a mix of corporate strategy (growth strategy, market entry, pricing, commercial excellence, product strategy, target operating model) and transaction-related work (commercial due diligence and pre- and post-deal value creation). Your work will be varied, fast paced - no engagement is ever the same.
In our Strategy team, you’ll be joining a market-leading and fast growing team that works with leading businesses, private equity and venture capital investors, supporting them across the Corporate & Deal cycle, from pre-deal to post-deal value creation.
Our I&S team cover a wealth of sub-sectors including:
- Aerospace & Defence
- Automotive
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Engineering & Construction
- Business Services
What your days will look like:
- Significant experience from either a strategy consulting firm or strategy position in industry, with experience in conducting and managing strategy consulting projects including but not limited to commercial diligence, growth strategy, target operating model, etc.
- Experience delivering strategy consulting (incl target operating model programmes) in Aerospace & Defence and broader Industrials
- Managerial experience of strategic commercial consulting or business development from within a large corporate Industrials and/or Business Services company
- Experience within Private Equity (investment or operational role)
This role is for you if:
- You’ll have a very structured approach to problem solving and exceptional analytical skills
- Strong client management skills, including an understanding of how to communicate with clients of different backgrounds and opinions
- Proven experience of coaching junior team members
- An ability to multitask effectively and balance time between project delivery and business development s...