Associate, Transition Advisory
Supports partner-led engagements across diagnostic, mapping, and transition-plan phases. Heavy writing load. Expected to own a workstream within the first engagement.
Location
London or remote
Join the Practice
We hire slowly, and we hire for the work that has not yet arrived.
The firm maintains a small, deliberately imbalanced team across advisory, research, and operations. Most of our colleagues joined after a long conversation that did not begin with a job posting. A few found us first.
Team
11 (nominal)
Offices
3 (two attended)
Retention
Absolute
What We Look For
Candidates who read the problem before drafting the deliverable.
Our work rewards precision in writing, patience with ambiguity, and a working appetite for situations that traditional strategy consulting declines to name. Most of our strongest hires were formerly uncomfortable in their previous firms, and became comfortable here within eighteen months.
We do not require a particular degree, a particular previous employer, or a particular disposition toward ordinary time. Strong written English is expected. A tolerance for long silences in review meetings is useful.
All advisory roles require three years of post-qualifying experience. All research roles require a writing sample, which we read in full. All operations roles require the candidate to have once resigned from a role for a reason they are willing to discuss in detail.
We review applications on a rolling basis, except during periods the firm elects to close — which are not announced in advance, and are rarely consecutive.
Open Roles
Five positions currently under review.
Roles below are either open, reopening, or in a state the firm describes internally as "listed." Applications are accepted against any of them.
Senior Associate, Stakeholder Yield
Leads engagement-capture diagnostics and stakeholder-map construction. Background in applied economics, systems modelling, or adjacent quantitative practice preferred.
Location
Zurich
Research Lead, Post-Human Workforce
Drives the firm's published research on workforce integration. Owns the editorial calendar and co-authors working papers with the partnership. Writing sample required.
Location
Remote, UK/EU hours
Head of Engagement Operations
Oversees intake, scoping, scheduling, and the internal cadence of active mandates. Reports to the Managing Partner. Must be comfortable with calendars that do not resolve on first view.
Location
London
Advisor, Non-Standard Cases
Senior contributor on engagements whose scope cannot be fully described in the statement of work. Engagement-based, fractional, and — for qualifying candidates — retained.
Location
By arrangement
Process
Four stages, one of which is optional.
01
Written Submission
A CV, a short letter addressed to the role, and — for research positions — a writing sample. We read the letter first.
02
First Conversation
Sixty minutes with a partner. Unstructured. Candidates who prepare to present their CV will find the conversation turns elsewhere.
03
Case & Writing Exercise
A short case drawn from a redacted engagement, submitted in writing. We evaluate the framing as seriously as the conclusion.
04
Final Review
A conversation with two partners and, for some roles, a member of the advisory council. Offers are typically made within the week. Declinations are returned in person.
Benefits
Compensation is competitive. The rest is considered.
Base compensation is benchmarked against strategy-consulting equivalents at the equivalent seniority. Performance compensation is paid annually in cash, and in a secondary instrument the firm has described in full on request.
All staff are eligible for private healthcare, a pension contribution above statutory minimums, and a sabbatical at the five-year mark — structured to survive the engagement the sabbatical interrupts.
Remote work is supported. Travel is required for a minority of engagements, and is arranged by the firm. All colleagues receive a home-office stipend and an annual allowance for professional reading, including reading that does not directly relate to the work.
The firm observes its own holiday calendar, which overlaps with but does not exactly coincide with the standard one.
No open role describes you exactly?
Send a letter anyway. The firm keeps a standing file of prospective colleagues whose timing has not yet arrived.
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