Jobs

Employment Type: Contract

Reporting To: Principal Consultant

Description

The Strategy Consultant is a high-level advisor responsible for diagnosing complex organizational challenges and designing transformative human capital strategies.

This role sits at the apex of management consulting and organizational psychology, tasked with helping CEOs and Boards of Directors navigate large-scale shifts, such as digital transformation, global expansion, and post-merger integrations.

As a strategist, you will move beyond administrative HR to act as a business partner who understands P&L drivers as deeply as cultural dynamics. You will utilize advanced consulting frameworks to conduct market benchmarking, internal gap analyses, and workforce forecasting, ultimately delivering a roadmap that future-proofs the client’s organization.

Your success is measured by the tangible impact your strategies have on business performance, leadership bench strength, and long-term organizational agility.

Core Focus Areas

Business-HR Alignment: Synchronizing the “People Plan” with the company’s 3-5 year commercial growth strategy.

Mergers, Acquisition & Restructuring: Guiding the cultural and structural integration of organizations during high-stakes corporate transactions.

Future of Work: Advising clients on emerging trends like AI integration, hybrid work models, and the evolving gig economy.

Executive Leadership Strategy: Identifying and developing the C-suite talent needed to steer the company through market volatility.

Key Responsibilities

Diagnostic & Organizational Health Strategy:

Gap Analysis: Identifying the delta between the client’s current workforce capabilities and their 5-year business goals.

Market Benchmarking: Researching competitors to determine if the client is lagging in innovation, talent attraction, or operational efficiency.

Cultural Auditing: Using qualitative and quantitative data to map the “unspoken rules” of an organization and identifying if the culture supports or hinders the business strategy.

Structural & Growth Architecture:

Target Operating Model Design: Defining how the business should be structured (People, Process, Technology) to execute its strategy.

Merging, Acquisition & Post-Merger Integration: Leading the “People” side of a merger, deciding which leadership stays, how to blend two different cultures, and how to harmonize pay scales without losing top talent.

Strategic Rightsizing: Advising on high-stakes restructuring, ensuring the company has the “right people in the right seats” to remain profitable.

High-Value Human Capital Initiatives:

Succession Planning & Leadership Pipelines: Identifying and grooming the next generation of C-suite leaders to ensure business continuity.

Future of Work Advisory: Navigating the impact of AI, automation, and remote work on the client’s specific industry.

Total Rewards Strategy: Designing executive compensation and incentive plans that drive the specific behaviours needed for the company to win in its market.

Executive Advisory & Influence

Stakeholder Alignment: Managing conflicting interests between different board members or departments to ensure everyone is pulling in the same direction.

Board-Level Reporting: Translating complex human capital data into high-level financial and strategic narratives for Board meetings.

Change Visioning: Crafting the “story” of a transformation to ensure that the entire company understands and buys into a new strategic direction.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Psychology, or related fields

MBA or Master’s degree is preferred.

6 – 10 years in management consulting (Big 4 or boutique) or high-level corporate strategy.

Experience across multiple sectors (e.g., Finance, Tech, Manufacturing).

Professional Certification (CIPM, SHRM-CP, PHRi, or SPHRi).

Advanced Excel (modeling), and data visualization tools.

Core Competencies:

Strategic Diagnostic & Gap Analysis

Organizational Design & architecture

Financial acumen

Framework mastery

Commercial Insight

Stakeholder management

Intellectual curiosity

Executive presence & influence.

What We Offer

Attractive salary – N350,000 – N600,000 monthly.

Career development opportunities.

Health Insurance.

Employer Contributory Pension.

Supportive team culture and enabling environment.

Opportunity to work within a global ecosystem.

Application Closing Date

31st March, 2026.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume and cover letter to: talent@elizabethmaddeux.com using “Strategy Consultant” as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.