Strategic Foresight Consultant Job at Future Today Institute, New York, NY

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  • Future Today Institute
  • New York, NY

Job Description

This is a remote role, however, candidates MUST be located within close proximity to one of the following cities: Boston, Hartford, Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wilmington, Washington (DC).

ABOUT YOU:

You will have expertise in analyzing emerging trends, anticipating future challenges, and creating actionable strategies to help organizations navigate uncertainty and achieve long-term goals. This role requires a blend of deep research, scenario planning, consulting and creative thinking to deliver insights that shape business strategies and innovation initiatives.

As a member of our consulting team, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s top minds with clients that want to achieve maximum impact. You’ll collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds and disciplines, increasing your understanding of complex business problems and innovation challenges from diverse perspectives and developing new skills and experience to help you at every stage of your career.

We offer a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment where your insights can drive transformative impact. If you are passionate about understanding and shaping the future, we invite you to apply.

YOUR KEY OBJECTIVES:

  • Conduct in-depth research on emerging trends, technologies, societal shifts, and global megatrends.
  • Use qualitative and quantitative methods to identify weak signals, driving forces, and systemic patterns.
  • Analyze industry-specific and cross-sectoral disruptions that may impact clients.
  • Advanced ability to analyze data and summarize information from multiple sources to perform analyses. 
  • Design and develop future scenarios to explore potential pathways for organizations.
  • Facilitate scenario planning workshops with clients and stakeholders.
  • Create actionable strategies based on foresight insights, aligning with organizational goals and priorities.
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their strategic objectives and challenges.
  • Identify opportunities for innovation in products, services, or business models.
  • Evaluate risks and uncertainties to inform decision-making.
  • Recommend proactive measures to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities.
  • Write detailed reports and white papers summarizing key insights and recommendations.
  • Design compelling presentations, dashboards, or visualizations to communicate complex ideas.
  • Work on 2-4 projects simultaneously.

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Strategy, Economics, Behavioral Economics, Business, Statistics or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience as a consultant working at a mid-sized or larger firm. Experience in strategic foresight, strategy or innovation consulting preferred.
  • Exceptional research, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Innovative mindset to approach complex challenges.
  • Strong facilitation and workshop design capabilities.
  • Excellent business writing skills. Ability to synthesize information into interesting, readable reports.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to work with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Ability to travel up to 25%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Familiarity with AI systems and data analytics.
  • Ability to develop and use custom frameworks to help communicate ideas.
  • Proficiency in foresight tools and frameworks preferred.
  • Deeply interested in emerging technologies and science
  • Experience working with remote teams and in virtual office environments.
  • Flexible, adaptable, and open to different ways of solving problems.
  • Multilingual abilities and global perspective.

Benefits

We offer a competitive, full-time pay and benefits package including medical, dental & vision insurance, simple IRA, four weeks of paid vacation, 12 company holidays, a two week Winter sabbatical, and a competitive bonus structure.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Remote job, Flexible hours, Shift work,

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