Associate Partner - Consumer Practice
McKinsey & Company · Osaka, Japan +1 · 1d ago
Director & ExecutiveOn-siteStrategy & Management Consulting
Join our Consumer Practice in Japan, leveraging your expertise to deliver lasting results for global leaders, tackle complex problems, and craft industry-shaping solutions.
Who you'll work with
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will lead C-suite executives in problem-solving on their key issues and provide actionable recommendations, cultivate client relationships and drive business development efforts.
You will be an important source of intellectual insight into client projects, framing business problems in a way that the team can then execute to drive impact and client value.
You'll be responsible for identifying and developing new client opportunities to advise companies on transformational change and capability building, leading confirmed engagements on day-to-day problem solving, team management, and client management, bringing in deep functional knowledge, expertise, and proprietary tools to every client situation, managing and developing strategic client relationships while ensuring the highest quality client work.
You will provide inspirational leadership on multiple dimensions to the clients as well as to the broader McKinsey community by being a mentor and an advisor to developing consultants.
As a member of McKinsey’s global network, you will be responsible for integrating insights from internal and external specialists as well as developing world-class knowledge.
Within the firm, you will play the role of an entrepreneur who reinvents McKinsey and opens new opportunities for client impact.
You will grow your expertise, developing into a leader to build your own McKinsey story by having the opportunity to learn and grow in the areas you are most interested in and shaping your own journey beyond your core skillset.
Your background
- 10+ years of work experience in advising and serving clients in the Consumer segment (preferably) with a distinctive record of professional achievement and impact
- Able to lead and influence individuals and multiple stakeholders from different levels and backgrounds by tailoring approach
- Exceptional intellectual and analytical curiosity, a creative visionary who can manage innovation
- A demonstrated commitment to mentoring and developing teams of high-performing consultants by being an inspiring leader who earns the respect of colleagues and builds followership