At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape the future of the mobile industry through strategic insights and analysis.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at GSMA, a leader in the mobile ecosystem.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, generous holidays, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Flexible working options and a commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on high-stakes industry topics while collaborating with senior leaders.
- Qualifications: Experience in strategy consulting or project delivery, with strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Department: Strategy
Team: Industry Strategy & Foresight, Corporate Strategy
Location: London (Hybrid 2-3 days in the office)
Position type: Permanent, Full time
What The Hiring Manager Says
In a newly established Strategy function, we are building a small, high-impact team that shapes the future direction of GSMA and the mobile industry. Our Strategy Consultants are at the heart of this work. They combine structured thinking, analytical rigour, and strong communication skills to turn complex questions into clear recommendations. You will work across both sector strategy and corporate strategy priorities — supporting industry foresight, strategic planning, business case development, and executive decision-making. This role offers exceptional exposure to senior leadership and the opportunity to influence high-impact industry topics.
About The Team
The Strategy team shapes the long‑term direction of the GSMA to ensure we provide maximum value to our members and the broader mobile ecosystem.
The Team Is Responsible For
- Sector Strategy & Foresight – defining the industry’s 3–5 year outlook and implications for GSMA
- Corporate Strategy – developing the 3-year strategic roadmap of GSMA, KPIs, business plan, and high-level operating plan
- Strategic Initiatives – leading/coordinating cross‑functional initiatives externally and internally (e.g., 5G monetisation, 6G, AI, Innovation, inorganic growth opportunities, AI‑first GSMA etc.)
- GSMA Intelligence – the only data and insights source built from inside the telecoms industry, delivering trusted forecasts, real‑time insights and deep research across the global telecoms ecosystem
- Strategy Group – convening telecom CSOs to align on industry‑level priorities
About The Role
The Strategy Consultant supports the development of high-quality strategic insights, recommendations, and decision frameworks for both industry-facing and internal strategy priorities.
This Role Is Responsible For
- Framing complex problems clearly
- Conducting structured research and analysis
- Synthesising insights into compelling narratives
- Supporting executive decision-making with robust evidence and clear options
The position requires strong intellectual curiosity, analytical discipline, and the ability to work in ambiguity.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Analysis & Insight Development
- Conduct structured analysis on industry trends (e.g., AI, 5G monetisation, 6G, ecosystem shifts)
- Develop market, competitor, and ecosystem assessments
- Support development of sector outlooks and foresight reports
- Translate complex information into clear strategic implications
- Corporate Strategy & Planning Support
- Support development of 3-year plans and strategic roadmaps
- Assist in portfolio analysis and prioritisation exercises
- Develop business cases and investment assessments
- Support definition of KPIs and success metrics
- Prepare materials for Executive Committee and Board discussions
- Problem Structuring & Decision Support
- Break down ambiguous challenges into structured workstreams
- Build analytical models, scenarios, and frameworks
- Present clear recommendations with defined trade‑offs and risks
- Ensure strategic choices are supported by data and evidence
- Cross‑Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with regional and functional teams to gather insights
- Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions when required
- Ensure alignment between strategic recommendations and operational realities
About You
Experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or project delivery roles. Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities. Comfortable working with quantitative and qualitative data. Ability to structure ambiguous questions into clear frameworks. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. High intellectual curiosity and learning agility. Comfortable operating across different functions and levels of seniority. Experience in management consulting, telecom, technology, or digital ecosystems is essential.
About Your Skills
- Delivery – providing clear, data‑driven recommendations by breaking down complex problems and turning analysis into actionable insights for decision‑making
- Agility – adapting quickly to changing priorities and ambiguity and adjusting approaches to deliver effective outcomes
- Teamwork – collaborating effectively across teams, building strong relationships and aligning stakeholders to deliver clear, actionable strategic outcomes
- Analysis – using structured, data‑driven analysis to break down complex problems and generate clear, actionable insights
What We Offer
Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. Our benefits include competitive compensation, learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development, and a dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.
Being You at the GSMA
We care deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well‑being and work/life balance is important, so flexi‑time and remote working is available to all staff. We particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The success of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.
GSMA Values
- Passionately driven – We approach everything we do with capability, tenacity, and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work leads to world‑changing impact.
- Insightful leaders – We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.
- Stronger together – We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fueling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.
Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others and create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. If we aren’t at our best, the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and are respectful and accountable for our part.
