We are seeking a Senior Vice President to join our Behavioural Economics team, helping clients through the application of behavioural science, economics and evidence-led insights. You will undertake research for and write expert reports of the highest standard for major legal cases or investigations and solve complex business and policy challenges.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Vice President, you will lead the application of behavioural economics and behavioural science across client engagements, partnering with senior stakeholders to translate research, analysis and evidence into actionable strategies that deliver meaningful impact. Examples of projects that you might work on include cutting-edge competition and other litigation cases, consumer protection investigations and digital regulation in the UK and EU. Topics cover all aspects of consumer behaviour – and other human decision-making- including online choice architecture/ digital design, influences on consumer choice in markets and more.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading behavioural science and behavioural economics workstreams across client engagements.
- Designing and delivering behavioural research, including experiments, field trials and behavioural interventions.
- Applying behavioural insights to challenges such as customer engagement, organisational effectiveness, risk management, compliance, transformation and change adoption.
- Translating complex research findings into practical, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Advising C-suite and senior executives on behavioural drivers and evidence-based decision making.
- Developing behavioural science tools, frameworks and intellectual capital that strengthen AlixPartners' client offering.
- Contributing to business development, thought leadership and client relationship management.
- Mentoring junior team members and supporting team development.
What You'll Need
- Significant experience applying behavioural economics, behavioural science, experimental economics or decision science to real-world challenges.
- Strong understanding of empirical research methods and experience applying quantitative and experimental techniques to real-world problems.
- Proven project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
- Experience publishing research, thought leadership, academic papers or policy-focused publications would be advantageous.
- Advanced analytical skills and proficiency in R, Python, Stata or similar analytical tools.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
- A pragmatic, commercially minded and results-oriented approach, coupled with intellectual curiosity and sound judgement.
- A commitment to collaboration, mentoring and delivering memorable results for clients.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Additional languages will be an asset.
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours, and in particular as unique projects/needs arise.
- Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment.
- Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organisation.
The firm offers market-leading benefits that provide flexible options to support our employee’s needs including health benefits to help prioritise their physical and emotional well-being, time-off policies to help to recharge and financial/ retirement benefits that offer income protection and support long-term planning.
The benefit type and level differ per location.
AlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other characteristics, race, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status or status as an individual with disability.
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Skills Required
- Significant experience applying behavioural economics, behavioural science, experimental economics or decision science to real-world challenges
- Strong understanding of empirical research methods and experience applying quantitative and experimental techniques
- Proven project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a client-facing environment
- Advanced analytical skills and proficiency in R, Python, Stata or similar analytical tools
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and communicate complex concepts to non-technical audiences
- Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours as projects/needs arise
- Experience publishing research, thought leadership, academic papers or policy-focused publications
- Additional languages
- Commitment to collaboration, mentoring and delivering results for clients
AlixPartners Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AlixPartners and has not been reviewed or approved by AlixPartners.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Pay is positioned as market-competitive to above-market in core consulting tracks, with sizable variable pay that can meaningfully lift total compensation in strong years. Total compensation is also described as especially competitive within restructuring/turnaround relative to many generalist peers, even if comparisons versus top strategy firms can vary by level and year.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as up to 12 weeks of bonding leave in addition to birth-related short-term disability, which is competitive in U.S. consulting. Family-building support is highlighted via fertility/IVF, surrogacy, and adoption assistance, plus programs to support new parents and caregivers.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A Value Accumulation Plan (VAP) provides equity-linked units after tenure thresholds, giving eligible employees long-term upside that is uncommon below the partner level in consulting. This ownership-like component is positioned as a distinctive wealth-building differentiator beyond standard salary and bonus.
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What We Do
For more than forty years, AlixPartners has helped businesses around the world respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges – circumstances as diverse as urgent performance improvement, accelerated transformation, complex restructuring and risk mitigation. These are the moments when everything is on the line – a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. But it’s not what we do that makes a difference, it’s how we do it. Tackling situations when time is of the essence is part of our DNA – so we adopt an action-oriented approach at all times. We work in small, highly qualified teams with specific industry and functional expertise, and we operate at pace, moving quickly from analysis to implementation. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver. Our approach enables us to help our clients confront and overcome truly future-defining challenges. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters. Recent Awards & Recognition: - Best Firm to Work For – Consulting Magazine, 2023 - Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality – Human Rights Campaign, 2022 - Best Management Consulting Firms – Forbes, 2021 - Ranked in the Top 10 in UHLALA Group’s Pride Index
