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Senior Manager, Strategic Foresight

About the role

• Develop Foresight into an established consulting offering
• Actively help build and further develop the business area
• Identify relevant future topics, trends, technologies, and societal developments
• Translate developments into strategic questions and courses of action for clients
• Lead Foresight projects from defining the initial question through conceptualization and execution
• Develop future scenarios, visions, and strategic options together with clients
• Support clients in identifying uncertainties at an early stage and leveraging them strategically
• Design and facilitate workshops, expert sessions, and management sessions
• Expand existing client relationships and identify new consulting opportunities
• Take responsibility for acquiring and developing new projects
• Develop proposals and successfully present them to clients
• Further develop methods, offerings, and thought-leadership initiatives
• Position Strategic Foresight as an integral part of consulting services
• Lead project teams and support the professional development of colleagues

• Several years of experience in management consulting, strategy, innovation, futures research, or a comparable environment
• Extensive experience with Strategic Foresight methods
• Ability to analyze future topics, trends, and disruptive developments thoroughly and assess their strategic implications
• Experience leading consulting projects
• Ideally, experience managing and developing teams
• Strong understanding of client needs
• Experience in business development, sales acquisition, and/or expanding client relationships
• Confident presence and persuasive communication at management level
• Ability to communicate complex content clearly and concisely
• Entrepreneurial mindset, initiative, and willingness to take responsibility
• Successfully completed degree in Innovation Management, Futures Research, Computer Science, Business Informatics, Business Administration, or a comparable field
• Willingness to travel
• Business-fluent German and English, both written and spoken

• Permanent employment contract
• Six-month probationary period
• 30 days of annual leave
• Remote working, including temporarily from other EU countries
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Flexible working hours
• Four-and-a-half-day workweek
• High-quality home-office equipment
• Ongoing training and professional development
• 360-degree feedback culture
• Mentorship program
• Regular workshops, after-work gatherings, and company events