Senior Consultant at Hatch

• This role requires a strong management consulting background, the ability to independently drive delivery, manage client stakeholders, and contribute meaningfully to business development and internal practice development.

Key Responsibilities

Engagement & Workstream Leadership

• Lead small Operational Readiness and Ramp-Up engagements end-to-end, or manage defined workstreams within complex, multi-stream programmes
• Own workplans, deliverables, timelines, and quality assurance for assigned engagements or workstreams
• Translate client objectives into structured readiness and ramp-up approaches aligned to operational and business milestones
• Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies across people, process, systems, governance, and operating model dimensions

Client Delivery & Execution
Design and deliver:

• Operational Readiness strategies and execution roadmaps
• Ramp-up and stabilisation plans
• Readiness assessments and gap analyses
• Lead the development of high-quality client outputs, including:
• Executive-level presentations and steering committee packs
• Integrated workplans, dashboards, and progress reports
• Facilitate client workshops, readiness reviews, and decision-making forums
• Work closely with client operations, project, and leadership teams to enable a smooth transition to stable operations and early performance improvement

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as a day-to-day client lead for small engagements or workstreams
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders at operational and management levels
• Communicate clearly, confidently, and pragmatically, translating complexity into actionable insights

Business Development & Commercial Contribution

• Support and lead aspects of business development, including:
• Shaping scopes of work and pricing for small engagements
• Developing proposals, case studies, and client presentations
• Identifying follow-on and expansion opportunities within existing engagements
• Contribute to the evolution of the Operational Readiness & Ramp-Up value proposition

Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Provide on-the-job coaching and direction to Consultants and junior team members
• Review deliverables and ensure quality, consistency, and adherence to consulting standards
• Contribute to the development of methodologies, tools, templates, and thought leadership

Experience & Qualifications

Required Experience

• 5–8 years’ experience in management consulting, advisory, or professional services
• Availability to travel as required to support client engagements at project sites, including international locations.

Proven experience in:

• Leading small consulting engagements or discrete workstreams
• Operational Readiness and ramp-up to stable operations
• Operating model design and operational transitions
• Demonstrated experience across both delivery and business development support
• Complex operating industries (e.g. mining, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing) is strongly preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Strong structured problem-solving and analytical capability
• Advanced stakeholder management and facilitation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level storytelling
• Ability to independently plan, execute, and close consulting work
• Commercial acumen and an opportunity-spotting mindset
• Strong delivery discipline with attention to detail and quality