Strategy Consultant - Corporate Strategy

About the role

The Strategy Consultant leads and supports corporate and business unit strategy engagements across the firm's Korea practice, covering portfolio review, growth strategy, business model design and market entry. The role carries direct client accountability from an early stage, with structured problem-solving applied to ambiguous business questions and conclusions defended at executive level. It also includes commercial due diligence and post-deal strategy for private equity clients, cross-practice deployment as the Korea platform expands, and cross-border collaboration with A&M teams across APAC and global practices.

Key responsibilities

• Lead corporate and business unit strategy engagements, including portfolio review, growth strategy and long-range planning
• Own market sizing, segmentation, competitive positioning and industry structure analysis
• Drive market entry and new business mandates covering feasibility, entry mode, business case and investment planning
• Support commercial due diligence and post-deal strategy for private equity and corporate acquirers
• Turn ambiguous business problems into testable hypotheses and design the analytical approach
• Prepare and deliver board presentations, CEO briefings and steering committee materials
• Collaborate with cross-border teams on multi-jurisdictional engagements

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline
• At least 3 years of post-graduate experience in strategy consulting at a top-tier firm (MBB, Kearney, Arthur D. Little, Roland Berger or Big 4 strategy practice), or equivalent corporate strategy experience with deliverable ownership
• Demonstrated end-to-end workstream ownership with direct client accountability
• Cross-sector experience spanning at least two industries
• Valid right to live and work in South Korea; sponsorship is not offered

Required skills

• Strong structured problem-solving and hypothesis-driven analysis, able to build and defend quantitative arguments
• Excellent written and verbal Korean; English required for cross-border work
• Preferred: MBA, private equity mandate exposure, exposure to industrial, manufacturing, energy, consumer or healthcare sectors, and C-suite or board-level stakeholder management experience