Associate Advisor

We are looking for talented individuals to join us as Associate Advisors, supporting the growth of Strasys and delivering exceptional value to our partners. This is a role with some flexibility in both work hours and location, ideal for people with shared caring responsibilities or otherwise looking for good balance.

Strasys is a unique firm set out to disrupt the consulting market and help clients address their most complex challenges by improving the quality and consistency of their decision making.

We partner with global brands, governments, start-ups, and public-sector organisations to help them navigate and innovate in complex environments. We enable them to challenge conventional thinking, cultivate deep insights, change mindsets, create innovative strategies and solutions, and embed the capabilities and behaviours to succeed.

As an Associate Advisor you will be responsible for:

• Providing decision intelligence and organisational intelligence expertise, consisting of advisory, analytics and system dynamics specialisms.
• Data management, analytics and system dynamics modelling. This will include use of Machine Learning and other Artificial Intelligence technologies and techniques.
• Basic project management, production of deliverables and professional services in support of client delivery.
• Supporting business development – helping to sell new work and grow Strasys.
• Collaboration with the wider Strasys team and contribution to the development of the intellectual property, business strategy and broader growth of Strasys.

We have a relatively flat structure, and you will have the opportunity to shape your role and contribute to our growing organisation. We provide a unique environment to accelerate and build your career whilst working flexibly.

We are looking for individuals with insatiable and contagious curiosity, continuously looking to learn, improve and make a meaningful contribution to society. We look for:

• A real interest in data, analytics, machine learning and decision-making.
• 2+ years of experience in professional services.
• Great people skills – ability to deal in a professional and friendly manner with a diverse team, both internally and across our partner organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including communication, management of expectations, recommendations, quality of outputs, and working accurately to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively in teams and to manage autonomous work with low-levels of supervision when required.
• Ability to empathise with, engage and inspire others, even in challenging settings.
• Quick to learn, ability to prioritise activities and be responsive to the needs of the business.
• Ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Self-awareness, tenacity and stamina to relentlessly focus on driving improvements.
• A degree, Masters or PhD from a leading university in Mathematics, Physics, Economics or Computer Science incorporating Data Science or Analytics based modules.
• Excellent attention to detail, with high quality written and verbal communication.
• Experience in commercials, contract and financial (P&L) management is preferable.
• Experience in Business Development of professional services and relationship-based sales is preferable.
• Very strong skills in Microsoft Office tooling such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Miro, Monday.com, Microsoft Fabric and PowerBI skills are desirable.
• Existing skills in System Thinking and System Dynamics are preferred, but not essential if you are willing to learn.
• Existing work experience in / with UK healthcare organisations is preferred, but not essential.

• Flexibility in location and schedule. This is a full-time role, but we can agree some flex in when the work is done and will consider requests for part-time over a minimum of 3 days per week. See Work Location section below for flexibility on location.
• A competitive package (variable based on experience), pro-rated to your work hours.
• An opportunity to work with smart, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve our client’s most complex challenges.
• Work day-to-day with very senior colleagues and clients in a collegiate environment, accelerating your learning and experience.
• The room to think, innovate and challenge to create leading-edge bespoke solutions.
• Meaningful work where you can have an impact and make a real difference.
• Support for you to learn, grow, and develop deep industry and client insight through structured training.
• The ability to spend time giving something back to the causes you believe in (3 days of charity work a year).

We encourage hybrid working. However, you must be comfortable in spending time away from home at client sites and potentially abroad. Strasys is headquartered in London; many existing clients are in the Northwest of England.

Strasys is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

You must have documentary proof that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.

Strasys is a leading analytics and innovation agency founded in 2015. We partner with healthcare organisations, systems, and governments across the UK and internationally to build healthier and thriving communities. Strasys won the 2024 Health Service Journal (HSJ) Partnerships Gold Award for ‘Best Consultancy Partnership with the NHS’ and Bronze Award for ‘Best Healthcare Analytics Project for the NHS’.

Strasys puts forward a different way of thinking to unlock and design a different future through a unique combination of advanced analytics, AI, scientific rigour and personal empowerment.

With a richness of skills and expertise spanning over three decades, Strasys moves health and care system thinking away from compliance and process management to customer experience management and become learning organisations.

Our mission is to enable leaders to innovate and make informed decisions, placing the right people in the right places to do the right jobs with the right resources, services, and capabilities, resulting in a healthier future for all.