Work towards Strat Manager in 1-1.5 years or become Ops Senior Manager now?
Hi everyone.
I hope to get your advice on my next career move. Which would you choose if you were in my position? 1. Stay with Strategy Consulting (currently in OW/RB/ATK) and take 1-1.5 years to make Manager. 2. Move back to Operations Consulting as Senior Manager with Deloitte/EY/Accenture within the next few months?
To help you, my 2 main considerations in no particular order are: 1. Pay - Moving to Ops as Senior Manager would mean my pay will decline by 30% from what it is now. Based on limited sample size from Glassdoor, even making Director/Partner in Ops seems to pay 10% less than what i get now as Senior Strat Consultant. This is only based on basic pay. 2. Exit opportunities after 3-4 years - Work is equally interesting and fun in both Strat and Ops to me. There are 2 upsides to Option 1, which are the c-suite level of problem-solving and that projects are much shorter so I get to achieve more. The upside of Option 2 is the higher position and I get to have a say in BD and growing the practice (which I also enjoy). After 3 years, I will make Strat Manager with 1.5-2 years of experience (probably not yet a Strat Principal) in Option 1, or probably experienced Senior Manager or a new Director/Partner (if I'm lucky) in Option 2.
Some info about me: 1. Early 30s with 9 years of work experience in a few Southeast Asian countries. 2. Previously a manager in supply chain and operations with Deloitte/EY/Accenture. 3. Moved to OW/RB/ATK to pursue strategy consulting and have been in it for almost 2 years. New employer discounted around 4 years of my experience. 4. Decent performance track record and good relationship with Partners. 5. Ask me if you need more.
Thanks for reading, and hopefully for sharing your opinions!
Hi Tinge, check out these threads:
Hope that helps.
You sound like you could do well in both but the pay difference, ouch! You may not want to rely just on Glassdoor, but if you verify the basic numbers then it seems a folly to take a pay cut of that magnitude.
Job titles don’t pay bills and you can always switch to ops later if you get bored.
For what its worth, I'd say stick it out. Strategy work is more interesting, pays better, and sets up your career better in the long run!
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