United Kingdom · Corporate Strategy · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
Direct reportsNo direct reports
Reports toHead of Corporate Strategy
UK framework levelUsually a manager, or the deepest specialist in a team

Also advertised as Senior Strategy Analyst · Strategy Consultant (Internal) · Strategic Business Partner

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1What this role really is

You'll be a key player in figuring out where our business is headed next. This isn't just about crunching numbers; it's about making sense of the market, our competitors, and our own capabilities to help our leadership make big, impactful decisions. Think of yourself as an internal consultant, but with a much deeper understanding of how we actually work.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

ExcelAdvanced/Expert

Building complex financial models from scratch, running 'what-if' analyses, using Power Query for data cleaning, and even some basic VBA for automation. You'll be teaching others, not asking for help.

SQLAdvanced

Writing complex multi-join queries, subqueries, and CTEs to pull exactly the data you need for your analysis. You'll be able to independently profile and understand new databases.

Tableau / Power BIAdvanced/Expert

Creating complex, interactive dashboards that tell a compelling story with data. You'll use advanced calculations (DAX/LOD expressions) and blend multiple data sources to answer executive questions.

PowerPointAdvanced/Expert

Building compelling narrative decks from scratch, synthesising complex analysis into clear visuals and messages. You'll be using advanced features (like Think-Cell, if we have it) for speed and precision.

Miro / FigJamAdvanced User

Facilitating strategic workshops, designing custom templates for frameworks like SWOT or Business Model Canvas, and leading collaborative brainstorming sessions with other teams.

Confluence / NotionPower User

Designing and owning the knowledge management structure for the strategy team, creating project hubs, and ensuring all critical analysis and meeting notes are well-documented and easily accessible.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choice	Coming in	Where you are now	The step above
Analytical Methodology	Follows prescribed methods; asks for guidance on variations.	Chooses appropriate methods for routine problems; escalates novel situations.	Designs and justifies complex analytical approaches for novel problems; consults on strategic implications.
Project Scope & Timelines	Adheres strictly to defined scope and timelines; escalates any potential deviations.	Manages scope and timelines for individual tasks; proposes adjustments for minor issues.	Manages workstream scope and timelines; recommends changes to Head of Corporate Strategy for approval; proactively identifies and mitigates risks.
External Data/Research Spend	No independent authority; requests approval for all external spend.	Can approve minor spend (e.g., £50 for a single report) within pre-approved budgets.	Recommends and justifies spend up to £5K for specific research or data sets; requires approval from Head of Corporate Strategy for higher amounts.
Strategic Recommendations	Contributes data and analysis to support recommendations from senior team members.	Proposes solutions and recommendations for specific problems within a project.	Develops and presents comprehensive strategic recommendations to senior leadership, including clear 'so what' and actionable next steps, with support from Head of Corporate Strategy.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Recommendation Adoption Rate

The percentage of your strategic recommendations that are formally adopted and acted upon by leadership.

Target · 75% of key recommendations per quarter

You recommended we invest in a new market segment based on your analysis. Leadership agreed and allocated £2M for a pilot. That counts.

Strategic Project Timeliness

Completion of assigned strategic workstreams within agreed-upon timelines.

Target · 90% of projects delivered on schedule

Your deep-dive into a competitor's pricing strategy was due on Friday; you delivered it on Thursday, giving the team more time to review.

Model Accuracy & Robustness

The reliability and accuracy of your financial and market models, especially when stress-tested with different assumptions.

Target · Less than 5% variance from actuals (where applicable) and no material errors found in reviews

Your market sizing model for a new product was within 3% of the actual market size after 12 months, and it held up even when we changed key growth assumptions.

Mentee Development

The growth and performance improvement of any junior analysts you're mentoring.

Target · At least one mentee shows measurable improvement in analytical skills or takes on more complex tasks per year

Your mentee, Sarah, was able to independently build a full competitive analysis deck after 6 months under your guidance, a task she couldn't do before.

Stakeholder Engagement & Trust

How effectively you build relationships and gain the trust of key internal stakeholders, leading to them proactively seeking your input.

You're invited to early-stage planning meetings for new initiatives. Department heads ask for your opinion before making big decisions. People come to you for advice, not just data.

Clarity of Strategic Narrative

Your ability to distil complex analysis into clear, compelling, and actionable stories for senior leadership.

Executive summaries are concise and impactful. Leadership consistently understands your 'so what' without needing lengthy explanations. Your presentations drive clear next steps.

Proactive Insight Generation

Identifying and bringing new strategic opportunities or risks to the attention of leadership before being asked.

You flag an emerging competitor trend that wasn't on our radar. You spot a potential market shift and proactively start an analysis without being prompted. You suggest new ways to look at our business.

Quality of Strategic Framework Application

Applying strategic frameworks (e.g., Porter's Five Forces, PESTLE) thoughtfully and practically to generate actionable insights, rather than just academic exercises.

Your use of a framework leads to a specific, tangible recommendation. You adapt frameworks to our unique business context, not just copy-paste. Your analysis helps us understand *why* something is happening, not just *what*.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy

Solving Big, Messy Problems

You'll be given a complex, ill-defined strategic question and the freedom to figure out how to answer it. This means lots of research, data wrangling, and model building to get to a clear recommendation.

Figuring out if we should acquire a smaller competitor, or how to respond to a new market entrant. It's never a clear-cut answer.

Direct Impact on Business Direction

Your analysis and recommendations will go straight to the executive team and often influence multi-million-pound decisions. You'll see your work shape the company's future.

Your market entry strategy for a new region gets approved, and you see the business unit launch based on your plan.

Continuous Learning & Intellectual Challenge

The strategic landscape is always changing, meaning you'll constantly be learning about new markets, technologies, and business models. No two projects are ever exactly the same.

One quarter you're deep-diving into AI's impact on our sector, the next you're analysing a potential M&A target in a completely different space.

What frustrates people

Spending 60% of your time hunting down, cleaning, and reconciling data from a dozen different systems that don't agree.
The CEO reads a book over the weekend, and on Monday your entire project plan is upended to analyse a new, 'game-changing' idea.
Pouring weeks of your life into a beautifully crafted deck, only for it to be shelved and never mentioned again.
Presenting a data-driven recommendation that gets instantly vetoed by an executive's gut feeling or personal agenda.
Being blamed for an inaccurate forecast when the sales team you relied on for inputs provided overly optimistic numbers.
Being given an incredibly ambiguous request ('How big is the AI market?') but expected to deliver a precise, defensible answer by Wednesday.
Your analysis becoming the battleground for political fights between department heads (e.g., Sales vs. Marketing vs. Finance).

What this role does not give you

A predictable, routine work schedule with minimal surprises.
Immediate, tangible implementation of every piece of analysis you produce.
A clear, linear path where every problem has an obvious, data-backed solution.
Isolation from organisational politics; you'll be right in the middle of it.

6Who you work with

This role directly influences the strategic direction of the company. Your analysis helps decide where we invest our money, which markets we enter (or leave), and how we position ourselves against competitors. Get it right, and we're on track for significant growth; get it wrong, and we could be wasting resources or missing big opportunities. It's about shaping our future, not just reporting on the past.

Inside the business

Head of Corporate Strategy
CFO and Finance Leadership
Product Leadership
Sales & Marketing Directors
Data & Analytics Teams

Outside the business

Industry Analysts
Market Research Firms
Potential M&A Targets (in diligence phases)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

Proven ability to build robust financial models in Excel from first principles (not just updating templates).
Demonstrable experience in structuring and solving complex, ambiguous business problems.
A track record of presenting complex analytical findings clearly and persuasively to senior audiences.
Strong command of SQL for data extraction and manipulation.
Experience in mentoring or guiding junior team members (even informally).

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Econometric Modelling for Market Forecasting

Relying solely on simple trend lines for market forecasting isn't enough in volatile markets. We'll need more sophisticated models that account for multiple variables, seasonality, and external shocks to make more accurate predictions.

Time series analysis (ARIMA, Prophet) · Regression analysis with multiple variables · Causal inference and experimentation design

This week: Read up on the basics of time series forecasting and regression analysis.
This month: Find an online course or textbook on applied econometrics or forecasting methods.
Month 2: Try to apply a more advanced forecasting model to one of our existing market sizing exercises, comparing its accuracy to our current methods.
Month 3: Present your findings and the potential benefits of these new methods to the Head of Corporate Strategy.

Quick win: Start by simply tracking the accuracy of our current forecasting methods. Knowing where we're weak is the first step to improving.

Strategic Due Diligence for M&A

As we grow, M&A will become a more frequent part of our strategy. You'll need to move beyond just financial modelling to truly assess the strategic fit, market position, and integration challenges of potential targets.

Market attractiveness assessment · Target company strategic fit analysis · Synergy identification and quantification · Integration risks and challenges

This week: Read case studies on successful and unsuccessful M&A deals in our industry.
This month: Seek out opportunities to shadow our Corporate Development team (if we have one) or Finance team on any M&A-related projects.
Month 2: Build a 'mock' strategic due diligence framework for a hypothetical acquisition target.
Month 3: Engage with external M&A advisors or consultants to understand their process and best practices.

Quick win: Volunteer to help with any ad-hoc research requests related to potential acquisition targets, even if it's just gathering public information.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up

Regularly attending industry conferences and webinars (e.g., on FinTech trends, SaaS growth strategies).
Subscribing to and actively reading leading business publications (e.g., Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly).
Participating in internal training programmes on advanced Excel, SQL, or visualisation tools.
Seeking out mentorship from more senior leaders within the Corporate Strategy team or other departments.
Taking online courses on emerging topics like AI for business, advanced econometrics, or strategic due diligence.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Analysis

Honestly, competitors are already using large language models (LLMs) to draft reports in minutes that used to take hours. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly. This isn't just a 'nice to have' anymore; it's becoming a critical efficiency driver.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Analysis

Honestly, competitors are already using large language models (LLMs) to draft reports in minutes that used to take hours. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly. This isn't just a 'nice to have' anymore; it's becoming a critical efficiency driver.

Context windows and token limits
Temperature settings for different tasks
RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) architectures
Output validation and hallucination detection
Prompt chaining for complex analysis

Advanced Data Storytelling with Interactive Visualisations

Static charts in PowerPoint are becoming less impactful. Leaders want to 'play' with the data, explore scenarios, and get answers on the fly. Your ability to build truly interactive, dynamic visualisations will differentiate you.

Dashboard design principles for executive consumption
Advanced Tableau/Power BI features (e.g., parameters, set actions)
Narrative flow within interactive dashboards
Performance optimisation for large datasets

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

Financial & Business Modeling
Market Sizing & Opportunity Analysis
Competitive Intelligence & Benchmarking
Strategic Framework Application
Scenario Planning & Sensitivity Analysis

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

1
Management Consulting Analyst/Associate
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Structured problem solving, executive communication, hypothesis-driven analysis, framework application.
You're ready to move on when
- Led significant workstreams on client projects.
- Consistently received strong feedback on analytical rigour and presentation skills.
- Managed junior consultants or analysts on project teams.
2
Corporate Development Analyst/Associate
3-5 years
Skills to master
- Financial modelling (M&A, DCF), market analysis, due diligence processes, valuation techniques.
You're ready to move on when
- Owned financial models for acquisition targets.
- Contributed significantly to strategic rationale for deals.
- Presented deal analysis to internal investment committees.
3
Investment Banking Analyst/Associate
2-4 years
Skills to master
- Intense financial modelling, valuation, pitch book creation, understanding capital markets.
You're ready to move on when
- Built complex LBO/M&A models from scratch.
- Developed compelling client presentations under tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail and work ethic.
4
High-Performing Strategy Analyst (Internal Promotion)
2-3 years as an Analyst
Skills to master
- Deep understanding of our specific business, internal stakeholder navigation, proactive identification of strategic opportunities.
You're ready to move on when
- Consistently delivered high-quality, independent analyses.
- Proactively identified and pursued strategic insights beyond assigned tasks.
- Informally mentored new joiners and contributed to team best practices.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your career here isn't a rigid ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with many different routes to the top. We're committed to helping you find the path that best suits your ambitions and strengths, whether that's leading teams or becoming an unparalleled individual expert.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Senior Strategic Planning Analyst is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Data analysis and designLevel 5

Applied to your work in Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

This unit aims to equip learners with the ability to analyse data using various techniques, design data analysis solutions tailored to specific requirements, and evaluate data quality using appropriate metrics. Learners will also understand data presentation methods and be able to interpret data analysis results to draw meaningful conclusions.

How the thinking builds

Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create

An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

Recommendation Adoption RateThe percentage of your strategic recommendations that are formally adopted and acted upon by leadership.You recommended we invest in a new market segment based on your analysis. Leadership agreed and allocated £2M for a pilot. That counts.75% of key recommendations per quarter
Strategic Project TimelinessCompletion of assigned strategic workstreams within agreed-upon timelines.Your deep-dive into a competitor's pricing strategy was due on Friday; you delivered it on Thursday, giving the team more time to review.90% of projects delivered on schedule
Model Accuracy & RobustnessThe reliability and accuracy of your financial and market models, especially when stress-tested with different assumptions.Your market sizing model for a new product was within 3% of the actual market size after 12 months, and it held up even when we changed key growth assumptions.Less than 5% variance from actuals (where applicable) and no material errors found in reviews
Mentee DevelopmentThe growth and performance improvement of any junior analysts you're mentoring.Your mentee, Sarah, was able to independently build a full competitive analysis deck after 6 months under your guidance, a task she couldn't do before.At least one mentee shows measurable improvement in analytical skills or takes on more complex tasks per year

These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Senior Strategic Planning Analyst to Lead Analyst / Strategy Manager (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 5 · in progressAI Fluency→ Lead Analyst / Strategy Manager (L4)→ your design

Where this takes you

Your career here isn't a rigid ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with many different routes to the top. We're committed to helping you find the path that best suits your ambitions and strengths, whether that's leading teams or becoming an unparalleled individual expert.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

Financial & Business Modeling
Market Sizing & Opportunity Analysis
Competitive Intelligence & Benchmarking
Strategic Framework Application
Scenario Planning & Sensitivity Analysis

This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

Lead Analyst / Strategy Manager (L4)
3-4 years
You'll move from leading individual workstreams to managing a portfolio of strategic initiatives or a major component of the annual planning process. You'll have more direct reports and significantly more influence over senior stakeholders.
- Strategic Planning Process Ownership: Driving key parts of the LRP/AOP cycle.
- Budget Management: Managing a budget typically between £50K-£500K for strategic initiatives or team resources.
- Organisational Design Input: Contributing to how the strategy function is structured and staffed.

Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a big chunk of strategic planning can be a grind – digging through reports, summarising data, and drafting initial thoughts. What if you could cut that time significantly? Our AI Productivity Hub is here to help you do just that.

We're not talking about replacing your strategic brain; we're talking about giving you a superpower. Imagine automating the tedious parts of competitor analysis, quickly finding hidden insights in vast datasets, and getting a head start on your executive summaries. This isn't future tech; it's here now, and we're building the tools to help you use it every day.

Competitor Intel Autopilot

Use AI agents to automatically scrape and summarise competitor earnings call transcripts, press releases, and 10-K filings. It'll highlight key strategic shifts, risks, and opportunities, saving you hours of manual reading and note-taking. You'll get the 'so what' faster.

Unseen Insights Finder

Feed large, unstructured datasets – think customer survey verbatims, market research reports, or internal meeting notes – into an AI model. It'll identify non-obvious correlations, emerging trends, and sentiment patterns you might otherwise miss, giving you a fresh perspective on the market.

Research Synthesis Pro

Don't drown in dense industry reports or academic papers. Use AI to create annotated summaries, extracting key statistics, methodologies, and conclusions. This dramatically accelerates the initial research phase of any strategic project, letting you focus on critical thinking.

First Draft Executive Summary

After you've built your model and gathered your data, feed the key inputs, outputs, and findings into an AI. It can generate a surprisingly good first draft of your executive summary and even some initial PowerPoint talking points, freeing you up to refine the narrative and focus on impact.

Common questions

How do you become a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst?

Common routes in include Management Consulting Analyst/Associate (3-5 years), Corporate Development Analyst/Associate (3-5 years), Investment Banking Analyst/Associate (2-4 years) and High-Performing Strategy Analyst (Internal Promotion) (2-3 years as an Analyst). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst progress to?

This role can lead on to Lead Analyst / Strategy Manager (L4) (3-4 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 5 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Analysis and Advanced Data Storytelling with Interactive Visualisations. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 6 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Senior Strategic Planning Analyst: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A Zavmo curriculum screen: a three-month plan built for a customer support lead, five Ofqual-regulated units and a hundred and ninety-six credits. — A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.

Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 5

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Corporate Strategy

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain here are highly transferable. Many of our former strategists have moved into senior roles in Product Management, Finance, Operations, or even external consulting firms. The structured thinking and business acumen you develop will open many doors across various industries.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

You're not behind. You're right on time. The shift is only just beginning. Your role won't look the same in two years. Be the one who leads the change, not the one it happens to. Build my plan, free Here's the first ten minutes: a 2-minute confidence check → your personalised roadmap → meet the tutors matched to you. No card, cancel any time. No card. Build your plan, see your roadmap and meet the twelve tutors matched to you. All free. When you're ready to start learning, it's £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.

Senior Strategic Planning Analyst

What's rising in its place

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Analysis

Advanced Data Storytelling with Interactive Visualisations

Skills this role draws on

Technical

How you actually get there, here

Management Consulting Analyst/Associate

Corporate Development Analyst/Associate

Investment Banking Analyst/Associate

High-Performing Strategy Analyst (Internal Promotion)

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

Roles this leads to

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

A conversation, not a course

No two people run this the same way

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Your career here isn't a rigid ladder; it's more like a climbing wall with many different routes to the top. We're committed to helping you find the path that best suits your ambitions and strengths, whether that's leading teams or becoming an unparalleled individual expert.

Everything else the record holds

The career path, and where it branches

Lead Analyst / Strategy Manager (L4)

Where AI is starting to help

Competitor Intel Autopilot

Unseen Insights Finder

Research Synthesis Pro

First Draft Executive Summary

Common questions

You’ve started things before

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.