Special Projects Manager
United Kingdom (England - London)
Consulting Finance - Invmt Occupations Management & Strategy
Job Description
Management Consultant - Private Equity - Venture Capital - Strategic Consultant - Strategy - Family Office
We are seeking a dynamic, analytically sharp and highly versatile Special Projects Manager (title TBC) to join a well-established family office and support the Principal across a wide range of projects, interests and commitments. This is a full-time role based in London, working closely and directly with the Principal and the CEO. This individual will form part of a growing, collaborative team.
The successful candidate will be a trusted strategic partner-applying structured thinking and analysis, commercial acumen, and strong operational judgement across everything from philanthropic initiatives and creative ventures to asset-backed investments and special projects. This role could be well-suited to someone from a management consulting, private equity, strategy, or VC background who is looking to transition into a broader, more hands-on environment with real ownership, variety, and long-term opportunity.
This is a chance to step into a personal and entrepreneurial setting, working with a principal who is intellectually curious, deeply committed to his projects, and looking for someone who can help bring ideas to life and turn ambition into impact.
Role & Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will work in deep partnership with the Principal to help analyse, steer and deliver a diverse portfolio of live and emerging projects. This individual will:
- support, help manage and execute strategic initiatives across the Principal's ecosystem-ranging from philanthropy and creative ventures to commercial opportunities, special events, and property-backed projects.
- analyse, research and assess the feasibility, impact, and strategic fit of potential projects-ensuring time and resources are allocated accordingly.
- bring structured, strategic thinking to every conversationâscoping ideas, framing decisions, and offering sound commercial judgment.
- act as the Principal's thought partnerâsomeone he can bounce ideas off, debate with, and rely on to provide independent perspective and sharp analysis on projects.
- represent the Principal credibly in conversations with third parties-from advisors and consultants to institutional partners and collaborators.
- create light but effective structures for tracking actions, timelines, and outcomes across multiple concurrent workstreams.
- collaborate with other team members and external specialists, ensuring all efforts are aligned and joined-up.
Job Qualifications
Requirements:
Candidate Profile & Attributes:
The successful candidate will possess the following characteristics, skills and experience:
- Strategic Acumen: the successful candidate will have a sharp analytical brain, the ability to frame problems clearly, spot commercial angles, and synthesise complex information into actionable insights.
- Operational Resilience: the successful candidate must enjoy executing as much as advisingâable to "get their hands dirty," run with projects, coordinate moving parts and follow through, end-to-end.
- Commercial & Creative Range: the successful candidate will be comfortable operating across very broad and varied contexts â whether advising on the use of a historic events space, navigating public/private partnerships in sport, or evaluating philanthropic investments.
- Emotional Intelligence & Fit: the successful candidate must build a strong personal rapport with the Principal. Trust, chemistry, and mutual respect are critical. This individual will bring warmth, discretion, and maturity beyond their years.
- Career Trajectory: the successful candidate will be ambitious but not corporate, and excited by the non-linear progression this role offers.
- Initiative & Judgement: the successful candidate will be a self-starter, thoughtful and low-ego, with excellent judgement, a high degree of trustworthiness, and the ability to "read the room" and act accordingly.
- Practical Sophistication: the successful candidate will be polished but not precious â confident in their ideas but happy to roll up their sleeves, whether supporting a strategy session or helping coordinate a complex project.
