Consultant / Senior Consultant – Japan Office

About the role

Sia is a global management consulting group founded in 1999, now backed by Blackstone and ranked among the top consulting firms in the APAC region. Its Tokyo office, established in 2015, is a boutique team of nine professionals focused on enterprise transformation in Environmental Services, Financial Services, E-commerce and Logistics. The role sits within this office and involves both client delivery and business development.

Key responsibilities

• On project: contribute to and progressively lead workstreams on digital, operational and strategic transformation projects, conducting stakeholder interviews, data analysis and solution design
• Build executive presentations and facilitate workshops, with increasing responsibility for structuring narratives
• Manage your assigned scope, including project timeline, deliverables and day-to-day client interaction
• Between projects: contribute to proposals and pitches with Partners and Managers, research new market opportunities and prospective clients
• Maintain relationships with new and existing client stakeholders and develop thought leadership content
• Take part in recruitment activities such as initial screening, early interviews and onboarding

Required profile

• 3-8 years of consulting experience (strategy, management or IT consulting)
• Native-level Japanese, with full fluency in business culture and communication (JLPT N1 alone is not sufficient)
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
• Ability to work independently and take on projects outside your core expertise when needed

Required skills

• Business-level English used daily with global teams and C-suite reporting
• Strong plus: digital transformation project experience, business development or proposal writing experience, and experience in Environmental Services, Financial Services, E-commerce or Logistics

The office offers a compact team structure with direct exposure to decision-makers, early involvement in proposals and pitches, access to 3,000+ consultants across 19 countries, and organizational backing from the French headquarters.