Roles at L.E.K.

Our Summer Associates are top-performing undergraduates who are interested in gaining insight into a consulting career. This internship involves 8-10 weeks of real casework experience working as part of a team.

Associates are the core of our case teams. The insights we develop for our clients are based on the strong research and analytical skills of our Associates. As a Summer Associate, your work streams are the same as our full-time Associates. While individual tasks can vary, you may be responsible for primary and secondary data gathering and analysis; leading interviews with key stakeholders; and working with the team to derive insights, conclusions and recommendations based on your work. A Summer Associate will learn how to transform his or her work into clear insights for the client.

You’ll also have the same development support as our full-time Associates. The summer kicks off with a one-week training event to prepare you for the role. You’ll be paired with a mentor team to provide you with guidance and coaching throughout your internship. Most importantly, your case experience will fully immerse you in our apprenticeship model.

Our Summer Consultants are top-performing MBA candidates who are interested in gaining insight into a consulting career. This internship is available in many of our offices and involves 8-10 weeks of real casework experience as part of a team.

Consultants are the most experienced case team members dedicating 100% of their time to a single engagement; as a result, the Consultant has responsibility for guiding and managing the case team. As a Summer Consultant, your work streams are similar to those of our full-time Consultants. While individual tasks can vary, you may be responsible for identifying critical issues, structuring analyses, managing Associates’ day-to-day activities, cracking the case, communicating the insights and participating in the delivery of the answer to the client.

You’ll also have the same development support as our full-time Consultants. The summer kicks off with a one-week training event to prepare you for the role. You’ll be paired with a mentor team to provide you with guidance and coaching throughout the internship. Most importantly, your case experience will fully immerse you in our apprenticeship model.

Associates are the foundation of our strategic analysis at L.E.K. Consulting. From Day One, you will be given significant responsibility and ownership of the case to which you’re assigned, which you will contribute to by gathering, analyzing and synthesizing research and data to create value and growth for the client. L.E.K.’s Associate generalist model means you’ll be exposed to a wide variety of industries, clients and problems, enabling you to quickly become a thought leader on every team with which you work.

As an Associate, your role will involve:

• Driving research
• Building analyses and models
• Interpreting complex data
• Identifying critical client issues
• Solving analytical challenges
• Creating client presentations

L.E.K. will support your continual growth through an environment of learning and merit-based achievement, including on-the-job training and mentorship from senior leaders and both formal and informal performance feedback, all while being exposed to advanced analytics tools and processes.

You’ll be asked to travel less than many other consulting firms would ask — which will allow you to maintain your home life while participating in a true office community — yet you’ll have the opportunity to gain substantial international experience. Not only are many of our projects staffed from around the globe, but we also offer a six-month swap program across all our global offices. Regardless of where in the world you work for L.E.K., the sustainability of your healthy lifestyle will be a top priority. Weekend work is rare, and the number of hours you are expected to work is clearly communicated on every project team, every week, all the way up to the Managing Director level.

We also support your growth beyond the firm, with externships that allow you to spend two to three months volunteering at your nonprofit of choice and secondments that will see you spending up to six months on-site with an L.E.K. client. We’ll be able to help you with your MBA application as well as provide career coaching and transition support. And our Alumni Network will prove invaluable if you decide to transition out of consulting and into any number of corporate strategy and private equity roles.

L.E.K. offers Associates the broadest business experience and arms them with the strongest analytical skill set for a career in consulting as well as any other future opportunities.

In our U.S. offices, we offer doctoral degree holders the unique position of PhD Analyst. As an L.E.K. PhD Analyst, you work across industry sectors and undergo top-tier training that comprehensively integrates analytics, economics and business. You gain experience as not only a technical expert, but a business expert. And you develop cutting-edge strategic and managerial skills that provide an excellent foundation for a career at L.E.K. and beyond.

As a PhD Analyst, you play a crucial role on each case team, managing analytical workstreams to draw conclusions that address core client issues. Your ability to apply your unique skills to the production of high-quality work is critical to the breakthroughs that create a lasting impact for our clients.

While casework needs will vary each day, your role will involve:

• Using your expertise to contextualize key client issues as well as to define hypotheses and analytical approaches
• Conducting primary and secondary research on clients’ markets, customers and competitors 
• Developing rigorous analyses to drive business insights and actionable recommendations; examples include statistical models of market growth, discounted cash flow valuation models for companies or products, tests of customer sensitivity to product attributes using adaptive conjoint analysis, and probability distributions of acquisition value
• Translating analytical output into thoughtful conclusions and recommendations, and collaborating with team members to communicate those conclusions and recommendations to clients 

PhD Analysts at L.E.K. typically have PhDs in highly quantitative fields, such as applied mathematics, physics, engineering or something similar.

In our Americas, Europe, and Asia offices, we offer PhDs and MDs the unique position of Life Sciences Specialist (LSS). As an LSS, you gain comprehensive training that integrates science, business and economics to prepare you for strategic leadership in the healthcare and life sciences industry. You will not only be a technical expert, but also a business expert, developing cutting-edge strategic and managerial skills that provide a strong foundation for a career at L.E.K.  

Life Sciences Specialists work collaboratively with peers and senior leadership to define initial hypotheses, direct and control research and analytical work, and produce fact-based and analytically robust conclusions.

While casework needs will vary every day, your role will involve:

• Conducting primary and secondary research on markets, competitors and customers
• Applying your technical and scientific expertise to client issues
• Performing rigorous analysis to pinpoint appropriate, practical recommendations for your clients
• Collaborating with team members to transform research and analysis into thoughtful insights that deliver maximum impact for your clients

For Advanced Degree candidates, L.E.K. offers the opportunity to build on your academic foundation and follow a fast track to the role of Consultant. 

Consultants are the most senior staff at L.E.K. Consulting, and you are staffed 100% on a single case to which you are assigned. You will be responsible for both managing up (Managers, Partners) and down (Associates). Not only will you be using the skills you acquired getting your MBA by leading, mentoring and coaching every day, but you will be assigned to our clients’ most critical projects: those that focus on growth and the creation of value.

As a Consultant, your role will involve:

• Deciding on — and driving — the work plan for each case
• Managing talented teams through leadership and mentorship
• Solving analytical challenges
• Identifying critical client issues
• Assisting with client communications

You’ll be asked to travel less than many other consulting firms would ask — which will allow you to maintain your home life while participating in a true office community — yet you’ll have the opportunity to gain substantial international experience. Not only are many of our projects staffed from around the globe, but we also offer a six-month swap program across all our global offices. Regardless of where in the world you work for L.E.K., the sustainability of your healthy lifestyle will be a top priority. Weekend work is rare, and the number of hours you are expected to work is clearly communicated on every project team, every week, all the way up to the Managing Director level. We also offer extensive support for families, including both primary and secondary paid leave, transitional roles, 1:1 parent coaching, and a Parents’ Network affinity group.

L.E.K. will support your continual growth through an environment of learning and merit-based achievement, including on-the-job training and mentorship from senior leaders and both formal and informal performance feedback, all while being exposed to advanced analytics tools and processes.

Finally, we will provide you with a clearly defined path to promotion for both Manager (two to three years, on average) and Managing Director (four to six years, on average) roles. L.E.K. offers the fastest path from business school to partnership roles of any major strategy consulting firm.

L.E.K. offers Consultants superior, diversified business training. And the immediate management responsibility it will confer on you will quickly prepare you for a leadership and problem-solving role in any business organization.

L.E.K. hires exceptional professionals in finance, human resources, marketing, IT and other functional areas. We seek smart, talented, and highly motivated people who thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding and rewarding work environment. Professional and corporate staff members come from a variety of impressive backgrounds and experiences.

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