Your responsibilities will include market sensing, competitive and market intelligence gathering, and providing recommendations to strengthen positioning and shape opportunities.
You will conduct extensive research to collect data on competitors, industry trends, and the broader consulting landscape. Leveraging your deep industry knowledge and analytical expertise, you will deliver strategic recommendations that drive impact. This will involve utilizing business intelligence tools and software for data collection, analysis, and visualization, as well as translating complex data into clear, actionable insights and strategic guidance.
Your work will focus on clients across the US Federal ecosystem including both US defense and US Federal Civilian and Health departments and agencies. You will sit at the intersection of market intelligence and federal client growth. You will be part of our Social, Healthcare & Public Entity (SHaPE) practice team in our DC location.
The McKinsey SHaPE Practice focuses on supporting our social, health, and public sector clients to drive impact. You will be a core member of the passionate, energized North America SHaPE client activation and broader practice team.
You will create high-impact deliverables for internal stakeholders, grounded in thorough research and analysis. For strategic opportunities, you will address high-priority requests by delivering outputs of the highest quality, including robust data, insightful analyses, and actionable recommendations. You will support Client-Service Teams by conducting white- and grey-space client ecosystem analyses, identifying potential opportunities, and performing budget and legislative tear-downs in close collaboration with service line leaders, Client-Service Teams, and federal partners.
You will thrive in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact. In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we will provide the resources, apprenticeship opportunities, and mentorship to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference. 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.
Some of your core responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: you will translate market intelligence into actionable growth strategies that support account development and client engagement; you will develop comprehensive assessments of agency missions, funding priorities, acquisition strategies, and market trends to inform growth strategy and investment decisions; you will monitor legislative activity and funding developments that influence customer priorities and acquisition behavior; you will provide objective analysis of the competitive landscape to strengthen positioning and pursuit strategy; you will support business development by identifying, assessing, and prioritizing opportunities aligned to CST growth objectives; and you will develop scalable intelligence products that enable informed decision making across the practice.
