Just hit the 1 year mark as a post-MBA consultant at a T2 and realizing consulting isn’t for me. Are there any industries where someone with 5 YOE and MBA can get a senior manager or director role with $200k+ total comp or should I expect a pay cut?

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Why not? Why dont you like it, ive been considering T2's very strongly recently l

Agreed - not as much industries in my experience, but more functional areas / types of projects

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