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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA) is looking for a Senior Strategy Consultant to join our team. This is a hybrid role based out of our Plano, Texas location.

ABOUT MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AMERICA, INC. (MHIA):

For over 130 years, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group's innovative and integrated solutions have demonstrated our commitment to creating a positive social impact around the globe. Our range of products and services is tailored to meet our customers' evolving needs across the commercial aviation, energy, transportation and infrastructure, machinery, defense, and space systems sectors.

Our culture embraces diversity and cooperation, and we promote a healthy balance of professional and personal development, ensuring that your ideas and expertise are valued and respected.

SCOPE:

The Senior Strategy Consultant will lead and execute internal consulting projects that provide actionable, strategic recommendations based on detailed research and analysis. This role will be instrumental in identifying growth opportunities, guiding executive decision-making, and supporting high-impact transactions. The ideal candidate will be able to work across consulting domains, including corporate and growth strategy, market intelligence, and M&A. This position collaborates with global stakeholders across Japan and the U.S. to align priorities, enable effective execution, and support MHIA's long-term business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have at least four (4) years of experience in corporate strategy, market analysis, or business development at a recognized strategy consulting firm, investment bank, or corporate strategy group of a high-performing corporation.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and execute a broad portfolio of internal strategy projects, including market studies, competitive assessments, Voice of Customer/Market initiatives, pricing analyses, and gotomarket strategy.
• Independently drive M&A and portfolio strategy workstreams, including target screening, initial commercial due diligence, valuation modeling, and development of valuecreation and synergy hypotheses.
• Translate market, industry, and financial analyses into clear strategic recommendations, framing tradeoffs and implications to support executive decisionmaking.
• Develop rigorous, factbased, quantitative analyses that integrate market, commercial, and financial insights.
• Support postacquisition integration planning, including defining strategic priorities and valuecapture initiatives in partnership with crossfunctional teams.
• Coordinate and align stakeholders across functions and geographies to drive highquality project outcomes.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, setting analytical standards and ensuring executiveready deliverables.
• This list of responsibilities is not all-inclusive, and an employee may be required to perform other relevant duties as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, or related field.
• Experience: Minimum of four (4) years of experience in corporate strategy, market analysis, or business development at a recognized strategy consulting firm, investment bank, or corporate strategy group of a high-performing corporation
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience managing workstreams and junior team members.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct market sizing, competitive analysis, and synthesize insights from diverse data sources
• Proven experience in M&A transactions (e.g., valuation, commercial diligence, value creation, integration)
• Analytical and financial modeling skills (DCF, pro forma, synergy cases).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Proficient in both primary and secondary market research tools and methods, including familiarity with professional research tools (e.g., Capital IQ, AlphaSense, industry databases).
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to produce clean, executiveready analytical outputs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Professional experience in industrial, data center, electrification, or technology sectors
• Experience leading end-to-end strategy projects
• Ability to independently design, manage, and analyze primary research, including expert interviews and surveys.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Travel: 40%
• Standard Monday through Friday work week. Weekend/late-night work, if applicable.
• Lifting/physical requirements: Regularly required to sit for long periods, stand, walk, talk, and/or hear. Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Why Should You Apply?

• Excellent Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision & 401K Matching)
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
• Paid vacation, sick time, and 15 holidays
• Committed to quality products and services.
• Great working environment and culture

MHIA is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer actively seeking to diversify the workforce and is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. Therefore, all qualified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

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