Associate Principal / Senior Consultant, Work & Career Architecture, London

The Associate Principal – Work & Career Architecture plays a senior role in the design and delivery of integrated work and career engagements. You will lead significant workstreams, act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, and ensure the quality and coherence of integrated frameworks across complex engagements. This role represents a step up from Senior Consultant, with increased accountability for client leadership, solution shaping, quality assurance, and team development.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead W&CA workstreams within complex client engagements.
• Shape integrated approaches linking job architecture, job evaluation, career frameworks with a focus on talent and skills development.
• Develop job architectures as a foundation for benchmarking and reward.
• Translate client strategy and context into practical, scalable people frameworks.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Lead client meetings, workshops, and decision forums focused on work, career paths and talent development.
• Act as a senior advisor on trade-offs relating to work design and career progression.
• Support Principals and Senior Principals in overall client relationship management.
• Own the quality and consistency of W&CA deliverables.
• Provide oversight, guidance, and coaching to consultants within delivery teams.
• Ensure application of Korn Ferry methodologies with rigour and consistency.
• Proactively identify and manage delivery risks and dependencies.
• Coach and develop Senior Consultants and Consultants.
• Provide clear direction, feedback, and performance support.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance team environment.
• Contribute to the development of W&CA capability, tools, and ways of working.
• Share learning and best practice across the Consulting community.
• Support internal initiatives that strengthen Korn Ferry’s integrated propositions.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong integrated expertise – Deep experience across W&CA with a specific focus on career pathways, skills and talent development.
• Senior client advisory skills – Credible and confident with senior stakeholders.
• Systems thinking – Able to connect work, careers, reward, and organisational context.
• Structured problem‑solving – Brings clarity and rigour to complex design challenges.
• Inclusive leadership style – Builds trust, accountability, and collaboration.
• Resilience and adaptability – Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change.
• Technology literate – Fluent in Microsoft Office and comfortable using AI‑enabled tools (e.g. Copilot, ChatGPT).

Experience and Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering work & career architecture engagements with a focus on talent development and skills.
• Proven track record of leading workstreams within complex consulting programmes.
• Experience advising senior client stakeholders on work, career, and reward topics.
• Background in career architecture consulting, or senior internal people roles.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including performance‑related bonuses and a broad range of benefits. Our packages vary by country but are designed to support wellbeing, performance, and long‑term growth.

Diversity Matters

We are committed to building an inclusive environment where colleagues are valued for their contribution and supported to thrive. We welcome flexible and agile working arrangements and candidates returning after career breaks.

Korn Ferry is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.