Project Manager

At Roland Berger we differentiate ourselves by listening carefully to our clients and working intensively with them on tailor-made solutions. You are responsible for analyzing business challenges, developing data-driven recommendations, and guiding clients in implementing strategies to drive growth, improve performance, and achieve long-term objectives. You will be working for national and international clients from a variety of different industries and often will report to senior management.

• Amsterdam
• Our young, dynamic and fast-growing office in Netherlands employs 120 consultants and supporting colleagues.

The Roland Berger Amsterdam DNA

We are proud of the close-knit culture within our Amsterdam office. We are creative, dedicated, ambitious, entrepreneurial and passionate - and at the same time social, energetic, open-minded and respectful. We help each other to bring out the best in each other and the best for our clients. Besides our client work, we foster our office culture through many social activities together, from sports and drinks to office trips and celebrations of holidays.

What we offer

Your success is our success. We offer plenty of opportunities for development, (inter)national training courses and a mentor to support your development. In addition, we offer excellent benefits, including 30 days of vacation, transportation benefits, a non-contributory pension and a contribution to your health insurance.

What you will be doing

As a Project Manager at Roland Berger you will:

• Manage complex projects and be ultimately responsible for large projects (staffed typically with more than three consultants).
• Coach and develop the consultants in your project teams.
• Work closely with industry experts at Roland Berger.
• Contribute to Roland Berger’s knowledge development by capturing insights and drawing lessons from client work.
• Participate in office-wide projects (e.g. in-depth studies on current topics) that further develop Roland Berger or its thinking in a specific area or sector.

Qualifications

Who we seek

At Roland Berger we are looking for people who are genuinely interested in our clients and their challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to work hard to deliver the highest quality. The values of “empathy”, “entrepreneurship” and “excellence” are the foundation of our work and our culture. We are looking for people who recognize themselves in these values, who can think big, dare to dream, see connections and make connections, are self-starters and can enrich our team.

Our requirements

• You have completed an academic university education (i.e. WO).
• You have > 5 years of experience in strategy and/or management consulting or in strategic and/or operational roles at a large company or in the public sector.
• Prior involvement in retail, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), agribusiness, energy, utilities, circularity, life sciences, healthcare, chemicals, industrial products and services, technology, media and telecom (TMT), mobility, automotive, investor support or financial services is highly advantageous.
• You have leadership potential and extensive experience managing others and delegating work to more junior team members.
• You have technical affinity and commercial insight.
• You can think analytically and structure arguments clearly.
• You work with precision.
• You are open-minded.
• You are familiar with/experienced in (financial) modeling (Excel), visualizing presentations (PowerPoint) and storytelling.
• You have good oral, written and presentation skills and an excellent command of the English language.

Healthy work-life balance

The right work-life balance is critical to performing at such a high level. We understand that this balance differs per person and life phase. Your mentor will help you to organize your work in a way that suits you and your goals.