Senior Strategy Associate

Why frog?

The frog ‘pond’ is a global network of studios, each with a thriving in-person and vibrant virtual culture. With a strong foundation in frog’s iconic heritage, we draw on our global reach and local knowledge to solve complex problems and create innovative, sustainable solutions that touch hearts and move markets. We fluently combine strategy, design, brand activation, and customer transformation as well as data, analytics, sales and operational processes and beyond.

frogs are curious, collaborative and courageous, united by our passion for improving the human experience, while each bringing unique and diverse skills and experiences to the table. Our collective goal is to challenge what’s possible when helping our clients and partners launch new products, services and businesses. We are home to rebels, visionaries, and dreamers that disrupt the status quo. Our culture is open, flexible, inclusive, and engaging, and frogs prize humor, positivity, and community just as highly as performance and outcomes.

We value diversity, transparency and sustainability and our ambition is to become a net-zero company by 2030 – while today, we already strive to shape a regenerative, sustainable and inclusive future for businesses, people, and the planet alike.

What’s the job?

Are you curious, rebellious, and passionate about making an impact? We are looking for new team members for our Helsinki studio.

Our Growth Strategy team in Helsinki is in search of Senior Strategy Associates to join the team. You should have experience and a proven ability to think commercially, strategically and creatively. As a Senior Strategy Associate in our strategy team, you’ll be working with cross-functional project teams within frog Growth Strategy across all projects and responsible for:

• Category assessment, competitive analysis and projections of future growth
• Financial analysis and assessment of client’s existing operations
• Developing powerful company, category and channel insights
• Contributing to the development and definition of innovation strategies
• Financial modeling and revenue forecasting for potential initiatives

What we’re looking for

You have at least two years experience working in the field of innovation, strategy development or financial analysis - this experience may come through work in strategy consulting, private equity, venture capital, startups, investment banking, or within a corporate innovation team.

You have been responsible for performing comprehensive analysis across a range of categories, and understand how to weave a compelling story out of a disparate base of facts. You display, and be able to demonstrate, the following characteristics:

• Restless curiosity . You’re resourceful in scouring the world for insight, comfortable in a highly charged idea-centric environment, fascinated with changing the world, able to move seamlessly from high altitude thinking to the tangible and practical
• Creative Problem Solving. A lateral thinker adept at uncovering the themes and critical pieces of information that can spark game-changing innovations, with an intuitive ability for identify gaps in markets and develop new markets in those gaps
• World-Class Presentation Skills. You would be interacting on a regular basis with senior executives and should therefore demonstrate the ability to construct and deliver inspiring and convincing arguments verbally as well as on paper.
• Contagious Positive Passion. You should get excited by big transformational ideas and be able to infectiously stoke the fires of those around you.
• Strong Opinions. You should be prepared to defend your opinions and perspectives and be able to support them with lateral and insightful commercial and strategic rationale.
• Embrace Ambiguity. The ability to both handle ambiguity. Our job is to help create a future that is, by definition, uncertain; so we are forced to face ambiguity on every project.

Additionally, you have:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Fluent English and Finnish
• Readiness to travel (occasionally)

What we’re offering

We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment that pushes you to learn and grow, a global multidisciplinary team, and diverse clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

We have a flexible hybrid/remote setup with all the tools you need, access to a variety of training opportunities and courses and peer to peer knowledge sharing across local and global teams from frog and Capgemini.

And most importantly, a warm and welcoming working community that embraces and celebrates amongst others diversity, curiosity and collaboration, so you can be the best frog you can be.

Are you ready to Make Your Mark?

To apply, send us your CV and application in English by 13th of March 2022. We screen applications and interview continuously, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible!

Visit our homepage for more information https://www.frogdesign.com

frog is a part of Capgemini Invent, the global strategy and innovation consulting arm of the Capgemini Group, which specializes in advising and supporting enterprise and digital transformation from innovation strategy to execution with an unstinting focus on results.