Senior Consultant - Innovation

The Roland Berger Amsterdam DNA Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm that assists clients to grow and adapt to the challenges of today. Founded in 1967 in Munich, we are one of the leading representatives of our industry, with more than 50 offices and 3,500 dedicated colleagues around the world.  Our young, dynamic and fast-growing office in Netherlands employs 120 consultants and supporting colleagues. 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 You will mainly work on a variety of projects at the intersection of innovation and public-private partnerships. You will gain exposure to sectors such as life sciences, biopharma, and high-tech, and collaborate with clients ranging from private companies to universities and research institutions. Together with partners and (senior) colleagues, you will help drive innovation management, growth strategies and business model development. At Roland Berger we differentiate ourselves by listening carefully to our clients and working intensively with them on tailor-made solutions. In doing so, you will get the opportunity to engage with societal and cultural challenges around technology and innovation while helping to bridge the gap between science and society. As a  Senior Consultant   at Roland Berger you will: • Take the lead for modules in larger projects, and complete project management of smaller projects (typically leading three to five 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.  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 between four and seven years of experience in strategy and/or management consulting or in strategic and/or operational roles within the life sciences, biopharma, high tech, public-private industry or working on innovation ecosystems. • Prior experience in strategic and project-based work is required. • Having prior involvement with mobilizing funds is highly advantageous. • Having a technical (academic) background and knowledge is highly advantageous. • You have technical affinity and commercial insight. • You can think analytically and structure arguments clearly. • You work with precision