Overview In this role, you will join McKinsey's Agriculture Practice to drive sustainable, inclusive growth for clients through sector expertise and advanced analytics. You'll work on client engagements, shaping hypotheses, analyzing markets, and crafting actionable investment and growth strategies. You'll contribute to thought leadership and translate data into clear narratives for senior audiences, accelerating client impact and firm credibility. This role offers mentorship, global collaboration, and a fast-paced learning environment to develop into a stronger leader.
Compensation / Benefits- competitive salary
- comprehensive benefits package
- global learning opportunities
- mentorship and apprenticeship culture
- structured learning programs
- diverse, global team
Responsibilities- Accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth using sector expertise and advanced analytics to shape client strategies and drive innovation in global food systems
- Support the Agriculture Practice and own a workstream to tackle challenging client issues
- Analyze market data, test hypotheses, and develop investment strategies; present recommendations
- Provide market intelligence and actionable insights to shape strategic decisions for private capital and agriculture clients
- Track and interpret global agriculture and agribusiness trends; develop forward-looking pricing, margins, and inflection point views
- Deliver competitive intelligence by evaluating leading agribusiness players and building repeatable evaluation frameworks
- Support strategy and due diligence engagements by refining hypotheses and injecting sector context into case teams
- Shape thought leadership by translating datasets into clear data-driven narratives for senior audiences
- Empower the practice by acting as a trusted advisor to senior consultants, partners, and leadership
Key requirements- 4+ years' experience in agribusiness banking, equity research, commodities analysis, strategy consulting, or industry economics
- Deep knowledge of global and regional agricultural value chains and market drivers
- Experience with complex datasets, including time series data and financial statements
- Excellent organizational and task management abilities; capable of independent initiative
- Proficient in data-driven decision making and logical reasoning
- Ability to create work-product materials (PowerPoint decks, Excel models, articles, etc.)
- Strong time management in a complex, autonomous environment; ability to travel and work outside traditional hours
- Strong written and verbal communication in English and local languages
- Excellent communication skills
- Adaptability and resilience
- Curiosity and data-driven mindset
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Time-series data handling
- Excel modeling
