2025 Chief of Staff Compensation Report for Strategy Consultants
This report provides insight into the compensation and experience level associated with strategic chief of staff positions.
Jacob Watkins
Practice Leader
Practices
About Jacob
Jacob Watkins is a practice leader who leads the financial services strategy practice at Charles Aris Executive Search.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Guilford College, where he also competed as a member of the varsity baseball team.
Jacob lives in Greensboro, North Carolina where, in addition to his work at Charles Aris, he also serves on the board for The Kellin Foundation, a nonprofit focused on providing mental health support and services to Guilford County.
In his free time, Jacob enjoys engaging in community-based activities, playing sports, reading and hiking with his black Labrador Retriever, Simba. Jacob is also a student pilot who is close to earning his private license.
CONTACT JACOB
Direct: (336) 217-9151
Email: jacob.watkins@charlesaris.com
Candidate Testimony
“I felt like I had a partner that was on my side. I never felt like I was alone in the process. The team was there to answer any questions. The whole life cycle of the process was just awesome.” – Senior vice president Charles Aris placed at a publicly traded financial services firm
View our annual strategy compensation studies here.
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2024 Strategy & Go-to-Market Mid-Year Compensation Report
Our latest compensation report includes offer data from a subset of the strategy and go-to-market roles we completed during the first half of 2024.
2023 Chief of Staff Offer Report for Strategy Consultants
This new Charles Aris offer report provides insight into the compensation and experience level associated with strategic chief of staff positions.
Jacob’s Content
Professional Development
Our firm’s favorite books and podcasts of 2024
To kick off the new year, we asked team members to share the books and podcasts that inspire, inform and entertain them.
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The path to owning a P&L: how to get promoted in corporate strategy
Learn consulting exit strategies to affect change in your future company and work your way toward P&L ownership.
Strategy & Go-to-Market
Current and former strategy consultants see largest pay differential since 2020
In this article, we dive deeper into the key findings from this year’s compensation studies and share our opinion on what they say about the marketplace.
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