Graduate job
Identify the strategies that define the future of business.
You will
advise and collaborate with clients to set their long-term vision and direction
These are right for you if
you're entrepreneurial, impactful through influence and intellectually curious
Start date
September 2027
Location
London
Consider applying for these programmes if:
Start your career in Strategy and you’ll place yourself at the boardroom table, where the biggest decisions are made. We work alongside the world’s leading organisations, helping them to seize advantage and solve their most important challenges. Providing strategic guidance and insights across a broad range of sectors, we give leaders the clarity to make well-informed decisions about the future.
It’s a career path with diverse and challenging assignments. Our teams work with a wide variety of UK, European and Global corporate clients (from large consumer goods companies, rapidly scaling AI-enabled tech platforms to charities, government departments and the public sector), as well as major investors (private equity and investment funds).
We deliver a mix of strategy consulting projects, supporting clients with growth strategy, market entry, mergers and acquisitions, target operating models and value creation. We evaluate each client’s unique proposition and market positioning, identifying innovative opportunities for growth, flagging risks and defining the technology, talent and skills they need for the future.
We analyse market trends, assess business performance and track candidate and consumer behaviours to get a complete picture of the situation.
Next, we help our clients translate our insights into decisive action, developing recommendations that help clients achieve their goals by optimising operations and enhancing performance. To deliver, we combine our strategic advice with the broad capabilities of the PwC network, giving clients access to the expert guidance they need in every situation.
By identifying where to invest and where to pull back, we help businesses to use their time, money and people more effectively. We encourage long-term vision, making our clients stronger and more resilient through sustainable and responsible decision-making.
Strategy is a fast-paced and fascinating place to build your career. You’ll work in diverse teams, full of new ideas and fresh perspectives, using a blend of commercial, analytical, AI, and people skills to solve complex problems and unlock opportunities
Whether your client is a major corporation, a private equity firm or a government department, you’ll help them understand their current position, make the most of their opportunities and move forward with confidence.
You’ll collaborate with industry experts across PwC, drawing on their ideas and experience to challenge conventional thinking and spark thoughtful debate. With an open and entrepreneurial mindset, you’ll find fresher, smarter answers to our clients’ toughest problems.
You’ll work closely with clients on interesting and varied assignments across a broad range of sectors, organisations and projects. Each client’s situation is different, and our approach is always tailored to their needs, so you will gain a broad education across the commercial world.
Our graduate programmes require you to have passed or be on track to pass your degree.
You'll spend a minimum of three days each week in the office or on client site.
A career at PwC means embarking on a transformative learning and development journey.
Our benefits offering is an important part of your total reward package.
If you have a particular preference on business area or location, you'll have the opportunity to express this during the application process. Please note, preferences are considered but not guaranteed.
You may not have a preference at this stage, and that's okay too. As you go through the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the roles we have available in the business category you’ve applied to. After you’ve successfully completed your assessment centre, you’ll be matched to a role that aligns with your interests and ambitions.
As a graduate in Strategy Consulting, you’ll work in project teams on a wide range of strategic questions, moving between industries, clients and challenges. You could be researching a new market, evaluating policy options, testing an investment case, analysing competitors, considering the right strategic operating model or helping turn complex findings into clear recommendations for senior decision markets.
You’ll learn to structure ambiguous problems, form a clear point of view and develop communication skills needed to solve complex questions.
Within Strategy Consulting you could be allocated a role within Strategy& or Public Sector Strategy.
Strategy& is PwC’s global strategy consulting business. We work with chief executives, leadership teams and investors on the choices that matter most to their organisations, from defining where to grow and how to compete, to shaping portfolios, pursuing deals and creating long-term value.
Our Public Sector Strategy specialists help government and public sector organisations set priorities, make complex choices and improve outcomes for citizens and service users. The team applies rigorous strategy consulting approaches to challenges shaped by policy, public value, funding constraints and diverse stakeholder needs.
Our Economics Consulting specialists help businesses, investors and public bodies solve complex challenges. Combining economics, strategy and deep sector expertise, we help clients make better decisions in a rapidly changing policy and regulatory environment. The team combines strategic thinking with economic analysis and deep sector expertise.
As a graduate you could analyse how markets are performing, help shape regulatory submissions, assess the impact of new policy, design customer and pricing strategies, or develop the case for major investment decisions. You’ll develop strong quantitative and commercial skills while learning how economic insight can shape real-world decisions.
Please note that to work in Economics Consulting, 50% of your degree modules need to be Economics based.
The first thing you'll need to do is complete your online application carefully, following all the instructions.
A series of online assessments that measure your cognitive skills, behaviours, natural preferences and reasoning abilities.
The next stage of our assessment process is an on-demand video interview. The questions will focus on how you typically approach your work, for example at school, university or any prior work experience you may have.
The penultimate stage of our recruitment process is a virtual immersive assessment centre.
The final stage of our recruitment process is an interview with a senior leader from the area that you have applied to. If you applied to Strategy Consulting, this stage will also consist of a series of case study interviews with a senior Strategy& leader.
