Head of Insight and Foresight Consulting
Likely
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer has issued visas recently. Possible if it's SOC 1258
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£50,200
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2431 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 53% sure that is the right code. INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE) is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Likely 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts) · 53% match
- Possible 1258 (Directors in consultancy services) · 32% match
- Likely 2434 (Business and related research professionals) · 6% match
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New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Most likely code | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
1258 Directors in consultancy services Also possible | £49,100 | £70,100 | £70,100 | £70,100 |
2434 Business and related research professionals Also possible | £33,400 | £33,400 | £37,500 | £41,700 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
At IGD, we’re proud to be a Great Place to Work, where our people are empowered to grow, inspired to lead and ready to make a difference. At the heart of that experience is how we attract, welcome, and support new colleagues to join us.
That’s where you come in.
We’re looking for a Head of Insight & Foresight Consulting who will drive revenue, profitability and build a world class team of consultants.
What you’ll do
Delivery and client leadership
Accountable for the quality, commercial value and profitability of every
Insights & Foresight consulting engagement.
- Lead IGD’s largest and most complex engagements, especially where briefs are ambiguous or senior stakeholders are involved
- Lead senior client meetings and workshops with a clear point of view, challenging where evidence supports it
- Set the standard for project structure, thinking and recommendations that are commercial, practical and useful
- Review work early, spot issues before clients do and step in when projects or relationships need unblocking
- Own scope, resourcing and profitability, ensuring the practice sells what it can deliver
Business development
Owns the Insights & Foresight consulting pipeline and revenue number, working with the Director of Consulting, new business and client success.
- Generate opportunities by understanding client challenges and spotting where IGD can help
- Turn conversations into projects by shaping the approach, bringing in expertise and writing strong proposals
- Own proposals,
scope and pricing, including £50k+ bids
- Keep the pipeline moving and build upsell opportunities into delivered engagements
- Help new business and client success teams sell consulting clearly and confidently across IGD
Team and practice
Leads the Insights & Foresight consulting team and builds its commercial and consulting capability.
- Lead and develop the team, improving utilisation, performance, commercial confidence and client impact
- Provide accurate resourcing, forecast and project profitability inputs to the Director of Consulting's practice review
- Turn recurring client needs into clear, repeatable propositions with a buyer, price and business case
- Connect retail knowledge, insight, data, learning and expertise around client problems
What we’re looking for
You’ll be client-facing, commercial and curious, with strong consulting judgement. You’ll know how to ask the right questions, build credibility and bring the right expertise together around a client problem.
Essential
- Proven success selling and closing consulting or advisory work, including shaping and pricing proposals
- Experience leading senior consulting engagements in or around UK retail, FMCG or foodservice
- Experience managing consultants and raising team standards
- Operational grip on live engagements: scoping, resourcing and project profitability
- Comfortable leading senior workshops and challenging clients with a point of view
Strongly preferred
- Experience creating, pricing, launching and repeatedly selling a proposition
- Experience working across a matrix organisation to bring insight, data and expertise together
- Credibility with retail category, commercial or supply chain leaders
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Where this offer sits in the market
Management consultants and business analysts (SOC 2431) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~251k in sample- Middle half £40,196–71,188
- Median £53,820
- Going rate £50,200
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £35,100–45,200
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Not necessarily. INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE) holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2431 going rate of £50,200. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.