Senior Consultant, Strategy at Chain Reactions Africa

Role Summary

• The Senior Consultant Strategy sits at the heart of our planning operation. You will own the brief from problem diagnosis through to strategic recommendation, working across multiple client categories, translating complex business, cultural, and market dynamics into clear, actionable direction. This is a leadership-track role for someone who has moved past execution and is ready to shape how the business thinks.
• You will be responsible for research synthesis, insight generation, brand strategy development, and the communication of strategic ideas to senior clients and internal leadership. You will also mentor and guide the junior strategy team.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the strategic development process across brand, communications, and category briefs
• Conduct primary and secondary research; translate data into commercially relevant insight
• Author brand positioning documents, audience frameworks, and strategic narratives
• Define problem statements, strategic territories, and actionable recommendations
• Present confidently to senior marketing clients and C-suite stakeholders
• Ensure all outputs meet a high standard of clarity, rigor, and relevance
• Collaborate with creative, digital, and experience leads across SBUs
• Contribute to new business pitches and credentials materials
• Mentor Strategy Analysts and contribute to the intellectual culture of the strategy team

Client Advisory

• Engage senior client stakeholders with confidence and credibility
• Present strategic work clearly and persuasively
• Contribute to decision-making processes with well-structured recommendations
• Build trusted relationships across client teams

Insight & Analysis

• Translate market, consumer, and cultural data into meaningful strategic insight
• Identify patterns, shifts, and opportunities that inform direction
• Apply structured frameworks to support thinking and recommendations

Team Leadership

• Guide and mentor Strategy Consultants and junior team members
• Review and elevate the quality of strategic output across projects
• Foster a culture of disciplined thinking and strong writing

Thought Leadership & IP

• Contribute to internal frameworks, methodologies, and knowledge development
• Support development of reports, perspectives, and proprietary thinking
• Strengthen Chain Reactions’ positioning as a strategic advisory partner

What We Are Looking For

• 5–8 years experience in strategy, consulting, brand planning, or marketing function
• Strong understanding of business strategy, brand development, and communications
• Demonstrable ability to build and present proprietary frameworks and strategic models
• Excellent written and verbal communication; you can write a strategy document and present it
• Familiarity with multi-brand, holding company, or multi-category environments is an advantage
• Strong command of consumer and cultural insight, particularly in African markets
• Experience working with senior stakeholders

Skills & Competencies

• Strategic thinking and problem structuring
• Clear and precise communication
• Analytical rigor
• Commercial awareness
• Leadership and team development
• Attention to detail