Associate Strategy Consultant / Program Manager

About the role

Apogee Global RMS is delivering a focused strategy engagement for a leading global executive institution, covering a competitive market analysis, a three-region assessment (North America, Europe and Asia), an organizational-structure and resource review, and a board-ready strategy. The engagement is led personally by the firm's Founder and Principal Advisor. One person is sought to combine two functions: Associate Strategy Consultant, doing research, analysis and drafting, and Program Manager, owning the schedule, milestones and coordination of a compressed 12-week engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Support stakeholder interviews during the Week 1 Phoenix onsite, capture and circulate findings, and design, administer and analyse the stakeholder/market survey
• Conduct secondary market and competitive research and build the current-state baseline
• Contribute to the three-region assessment and the organizational-structure review
• Draft findings, regional memos and parts of the strategy document, and prepare board-ready materials for the executive outbrief
• Own the engagement schedule and workplan across the 12 weeks and four phases (Discover, Diagnose, Design, Deliver)
• Track progress against the three client milestones (Current Market Review around Week 4, Draft Strategy around Week 10, Final Delivery around Week 12) and flag risks early
• Maintain action logs, status reporting and version control, and manage the document/data room
• Coordinate working sessions, the mid-point review (around Week 7) and onsite logistics for the two Phoenix trips

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree and 2-4 years (or equivalent) in strategy, management consulting, corporate strategy or a comparable analytical role
• Demonstrated project or program coordination, including scheduling, milestone tracking and stakeholder communication
• Poised and credible in client-facing and executive settings
• Highly organized, reliable and self-directed under a compressed timeline
• Availability of about 15-20 hours per week for the full 12 weeks, and ability to travel to Phoenix twice

Required skills

• Strong research, quantitative analysis and business-writing skills, able to produce first drafts with light direction
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, slides and documents
• Preferred: exposure to higher education or executive global-market strategy, survey design and analysis experience, familiarity with strategy frameworks and organizational assessment; formal project-management training is a plus but not required