Strategy Consultant – Software & Platforms

The Work

Join the Strategy practice within the Industry Strategy – Software & Platforms team and help shape the future of leading organizations.

• Partner with global software and platform clients to design and implement strategic initiatives across product growth, operations, and platform services.
• Support end-to-end business reinvention projects by identifying opportunities to streamline operations, optimize costs, and transform client operating models.
• Apply knowledge of software industry trends and translate market developments into implications for client engagements.
• Help clients identify, assess, and implement AI-driven solutions, including agentic workflows and automated reporting, to optimize internal processes and increase productivity.
• Support advisory projects focused on digital marketplaces, trust and safety operations, product-led growth, or go-to-market strategy.
• Lead workstreams on complex projects from initial diagnosis through strategic design and implementation-roadmap planning.
• Contribute to client proposals, offering documents, points of view, and other strategic materials.
• Build trusted client relationships by delivering value, sharing industry expertise, and identifying opportunities for additional business impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience in strategy consulting or within software and platform companies, such as SaaS providers, cloud providers, marketplaces, or social media platforms.
• Hands-on experience or familiarity with Generative AI tools, data modeling, prompt engineering, or agentic workflows.
• Ability to connect industry trends to client challenges and contribute to strategic discussions.
• Familiarity with the SaaS landscape, digital marketplaces, or platform operations.
• Ability to collect, transform, and interpret complex data to develop strategic insights and solve business problems.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, and client-workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments, align stakeholders, collaborate with senior client teams, and support cross-functional change.
• Awareness of partner and developer ecosystem dynamics, including co-sell, marketplace, and ecosystem strategies.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; German, French, Spanish, or another European language is an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel to client locations across Europe and other locations for short- or long-term assignments as required.

What We Offer

• Employment contract.
• Flexible working model, mostly remote, with opportunities to collaborate directly with clients across Europe.
• Individual support from a People Lead, a defined professional-development path, and coaching sessions.
• Training package covering soft, technical, and language training; e-learning platform access; Gallup test; Generative AI training; and possible co-financing for courses and certifications.
• Employee Assistance Program with legal, financial, and psychological consultations.
• Employee share purchase plan with eligibility for quarterly dividends for employees who own company shares.
• Paid employee referral program.
• Company car.
• Private medical care and life insurance.
• Access to the MyBenefit platform, including a Multisport card.