Make the next jump out of generic advisory into an owner-operator seat: PE portfolio-co chief-of-staff, BizOps lead at a growth-stage startup, or a corp-dev associate role at a top-tier acquirer — converts credential into P&L ownership, which is what moves OVR from low-70s into the 80s.

Within the current seat, lock in named MD/partner sponsorship and own one publishable thought-leadership artifact per year (whitepaper, industry index, named framework) — moves visibility from 'passive_profile' toward 'active' and protects against the consulting-pyramid washout.

Add C1+ in a strategically-rare third language (Mandarin, Arabic, or German for a US national) — at MBA-track comp levels the geographic-mobility premium is real, and trilingual deal teams price 15-25% above monolingual peers in cross-border PE/M&A.