UK Principal - Performance - Risk & Resilience

Arthur D. Little, with a history spanning over 135 years, is a global management consulting firm dedicated to helping organisations navigate the ever-changing business landscape.

As the world's first management consulting firm, we have consistently linked people, technology, and strategy to address the challenges and opportunities faced by our clients. In today's rapidly evolving environment, organisations must balance conflicting demands such as short-term performance versus long-term innovation, competition versus collaboration, and investment in people versus technology. At Arthur D. Little, we provide strategic guidance and support to help clients anticipate change, innovate, and adapt, ensuring they thrive in this dynamic setting.

As a Principal at Arthur D. Little’s Risk & Resilience Practice, you are expected to lead the successful delivery of the assignments for our clients and further support the growth of our business.

Therefore, you will:

• →Understand client needs and articulate these in client proposals to set out how we can provide value adding assistance.
• →Provide clear, focused support and expertise to your team in structuring and solving client problems.
• →Manage the workload while coaching team members to ensure successful project delivery.
• →Engage in business development activities to further grow our business (supporting our Partners).
• →Build relationships beyond project assignments and support/develop opportunities for future business.
• →Support growth of the Risk & Resilience practice by collaborating and supporting our other practices (particularly industry practices such as Travel & Transport, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Energy & Utilities, Automotive, Manufacturing or Telecommunications)
• →Support the development and marketing of leading edge value propositions.

• Extensive consulting experience, ideally within a top-tier strategy, operations, or management consulting firm
• Strong experience in leading complex transformation programmes and delivering high-impact client engagements, with the ability to translate strategy into tangible results; understanding of risk and resilience concepts is beneficial but can be developed through project delivery experience
• Proven track record of managing senior client stakeholders and leading teams to deliver measurable outcomes
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure complex challenges and communicate clear, actionable insights
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with credibility at senior executive level

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment as well as independently
• Entrepreneurship to break new ground, and eager to take personal risks in working environment
• Knowledge of application of AI techniques would be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills in English. Proficiency in another language is an advantage such as Arabic, Cantonese, French or Spanish
• Willingness to travel internationally for client meetings