Client Strategist

WittKieffer•Remote Illinois, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Client Strategist is a core role within the Commercial Strategy & Insights (CSI) team, contributing to client strategy and business development through the application of market, client, and competitive intelligence. This position ensures that commercial efforts are well-informed, thoughtfully prioritized, and consistently executed across active pursuits and priority initiatives. Working closely with consultants as an embedded partner, the Client Strategist develops, synthesizes, and coordinates insights, analyses, and commercial materials to enable timely, high-quality business development. The role operates in proximity to client situations and requires strong judgment, effective prioritization, and execution rigor within a fast-paced professional services environment. Work will be conducted in a remote environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
2-3 years of experience in consulting or a commercially oriented, professional services environment.
Exposure to business development, pursuit support, or client‑proximate work within such environments.
Skilled in activating and facilitating market, client, and competitive insight to advance business development, client strategy, and growth priorities.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple parallel demands within a fast‑paced, time‑sensitive professional services environment, including work in connection with senior decision‑makers and critical business issues.
Proven experience coordinating complex, interrelated initiatives across consultants and internal partners to deliver coherent and durable business outcomes.
Able to quickly and deeply analyze client situations, market signals, and incomplete information to identify opportunities, gaps, and implications for action.
Working knowledge of market dynamics in healthcare and life sciences that enables credible commercial positioning and effective client preparation.
Experience using data to inform insight development and decision‑making.
Clear and Pragmatic Communication: Ability to communicate succinctly and effectively, translating complex analyses into practical, decision‑ready insights that support alignment and execution.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Familiarity with CRM systems to support client intelligence and business development activities is a plus.
Familiarity with using AI‑enabled tools to support research, analysis, and insight development in a commercial context.

Responsibilities

Support go-to-market strategy and business development by providing market, client, and competitive intelligence that informs growth opportunities across relevant market segments.
Develop and apply insights into market opportunities, client needs, and segment priorities to address real-time and tactical business development requirements.
Analyze potential and existing clients to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps in support of business development and solution positioning.
Support prioritized opportunities by developing customized messaging, client-credible materials, and relevant thought leadership for proposals, pitches, and client conversations.
Curate and recommend relevant WittKieffer publications for relevant segments and client situations across the firm’s solutions.
Contribute to quantitative and qualitative research initiatives centered on leadership, talent, and market dynamics.
Prepare data analyses and build data assets; synthesize compelling, cutting-edge insights that enhance market-facing materials and strengthen business development activities and outcomes.
Conduct in‑depth research using qualified internal and external sources, synthesizing findings into clear, actionable insights.