Senior Consultant - Deep Tech & Innovation

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: €52K to 56K
Starting date: April 30, 2025
A few days at home
Experience: > 4 years
Education: Master's Degree

Hello Tomorrow
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Job description

As Hello Tomorrow blooms, we are looking for a Senior Consultant - Deep Tech & Innovation who will strengthen the team on specific expertise (in Food & Agriculture OR Energy/Climate Tech OR in Material Science/Chemistry OR AI for industrial applications), eager to have a positive impact on driving meaningful projects on sustainable innovation through Deep Tech!

You will be part of the Consulting team and will report to our Director & Partners - Consulting.

YOUR FUTURE RESPONSIBILITIES

Your main mission will be to bring value to our clients (such as L’Oréal, Mitsubishi, Repsol or IFF), assisting them in addressing their most significant innovation and market development challenges. To do so, you will be leveraging Hello Tomorrow’s extensive network of deep tech startups and experts. Mastering the Consulting toolkit, you will collect data and run in-depth analysis to elaborate impactful recommendations for our clients.

As Senior Consultant, you will support your project team and build high-quality deliverables for Hello Tomorrow’s clients. You will also have the opportunity to support the development of junior consultants. You will increase your understanding of the corporate innovation journey, build in-depth technical and business expertise in various fields, and see by yourself how new technologies are reshaping entire industries.

WHAT WILL YOU CONCRETELY DO?

Project management & new market analysis

  • Managing autonomously part of (or sometimes entire) deliverables for clients

  • Analysing and mapping of upcoming technological trends, by leveraging our use cases database and network of experts

  • Analysing and sizing of emerging markets, and formulation of recommendations to help our clients design their way forward

  • Identifying the best innovations, solutions and startups for your client’s needs by running targeted scouting

  • Designing and running acceleration and venture building programs for our clients

Clients interaction

  • Working on commercial proposals valorising Hello Tomorrow’s assets and our team’s experience

  • Interacting with clients on content or project management related subjects

  • Taking part as experts in calls with potential clients to understand their needs

  • Facilitating workshops within consulting missions, using innovation management methods such as Ecosystem Mapping, Design Thinking or Lean Startup (in-house training materials will be provided)

Team mentorship

  • Mentoring and supporting junior team members

  • Transferring know-how to consultants and helping them improve their skills and competencies

  • Getting involved in our internal team activities and taskforces (recruitment, team life, trainings…) as well as external activities (mostly webinars and events)

Innovate & stay ahead

  • Staying up-to-date on market trends and new technologies to enhance your expertise and stay curious about our industry

  • Participating in events, being the face of the company during some of them

  • Working on different transversal projects to expand your knowledge, including evaluations for the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge, our annual startups competition


Preferred experience

  • You have solid foundations in consulting skills with at least 4 years of experience in external client-facing (consulting firms in strategy and/or innovation management) or equivalent role

  • You have a technical, scientific or engineering background in Food & Agriculture OR Energy/Climate Tech OR in Material Science/Chemistry OR AI for industrial applications

  • If you have already managed junior consultants or interns, it would be a plus

  • Experience in the startup/innovation/entrepreneurship world would also be a plus

YOUR SKILLS & TALENTS

  • You are Fluent in English. French is a plus

  • You are an expert in Food/Agriculture or Energy/Climate Technology or Material Science/Chemistry or AI for industrial applications

  • You are rigorous, autonomous and show ownership

  • You have an entrepreneurial mindset and show continuous curiosity

  • You are passionate about deep tech, innovation, science and want to learn more about it

  • You are a team player, curious, empathetic, humble and eager to do your best to create a positive impact!

THIS JOB IS NOT FOR YOU IF

  • You’re not eager to work on various topics or missions, on top of your zone of expertise

  • You prefer working in a formal or highly structured workplace over a dynamic and fast-paced one

  • You don’t have a valid visa to work in France

  • You can’t work in Paris (2 days per week on-site)

WHAT WE OFFER

  • €52-56k annual gross salary (depending on your profile)

  • Full-time contract (CDI), starting Q2 2025

  • A human-sized, international, impact-driven, open and supportive team, at the top of their game

  • The opportunity to work on a wide variety of sectors and to build in-depth technical and business expertise in many different fields

  • People-centered work environment allowing talents to be accountable for their scope, to develop and grow

  • Year-round team-building activities

  • Hybrid model (2 days per week on-site) and additional flexible remote working policy

  • Flexible working hours

  • A very nice office space at Kwerk Madeleine (heart of Paris) with free access to sports and wellbeing classes (gym, meditation, boxing, yoga, pilates, conferences…)

  • Great health insurance (Alan) for you and your loved ones covered 100% by the company

  • 55% of your public transportation pass reimbursed (above the legal minimum)

  • Lunch vouchers with a face value of €8/worked day (Edenred)

  • Prime de vacances as established by our convention collective


Recruitment process

If your profile fits the job description, you will have 4 interviews:

  • one interview with our Talent Acquisition Specialist,

  • one interview with your future Partners,

  • one Cultural Fit with our Head of People,

  • one Case Study to be presented, followed by a coffee with the Consulting team to make sure you would enjoy working with your future colleagues

  • and potential reference checks.

The process usually takes around a month and we do our best to provide timely feedback to all candidates. Please bear with us!

Hello Tomorrow is committed to sustainable, equitable and inclusive economic growth. We welcome collaborators with their diverse perspectives and experiences to power us forward. These often far exceed conventional job requirements and help us create a culture of continuous learning. If this vacancy interests you, we encourage you to apply without hesitation, even if you don’t meet all the criteria.

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