Strategy/BizOps

Partner with business units to ask (and answer) questions across strategy, finance and operations.

What will my day to day look like?

This is a great role if you want to level up your execution skills and get exposure across a business whilst keeping the familiarity of consulting. You will have more ownership and get your hands more dirty than a typical consulting role while getting working closely with different parts of the business.

Who is it good for?

This is a great role if you want to level up your execution skills and get exposure across a business whilst keeping the familiarity of consulting. You will have more ownership and get your hands more dirty than a typical consulting role while getting working closely with different parts of the business.

Who is it not good for?

For a generalist looking to master new skills, this may not be the best fit. You will improve existing skills and get exposure across a business, but this isn't the path to becoming great at building, selling or any other specific skill.

Protip

These roles can vary a lot between companies, so make sure you dig into the role description and clarify what the day to day looks like early in the hiring process.

Base Compensation
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$120K - $160K AUD
Bonus Structure
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Equity in the business that typically vests over 4 years with 25% per year.

Career Progression
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Strategy/BizOps teams tend to be small, limiting how quickly you can get promoted. However, you will find opportunities to lead new business units or move to new companies just establishing this function.

Transferability
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Your generalist skill set will remain useful in a lot of companies in similar types of roles, but you may not learn more specialised skills to break out of Strategy/BizOps.

Networking
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Strategy/BizOps is good for building your network and presence within a company but less of an opportunity for external recognition.

Work-life Balance
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Most companies will have some busy periods, but for the most part being an employee at one is a pretty good life with reasonable hours and good perks.

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