Overview

As a Project Manager at Roland Berger in international strategy consulting, you take responsibility for demanding strategy and transformation projects. You lead teams, plan budgets and timelines, and act as a central point of contact for our clients. You can join us after successfully completing your academic education and gaining several years of strategic experience - with responsibility for projects, teams, or clients.

What responsibilities does a Project Manager take on at Roland Berger?

As a Project Manager, you are responsible for strategy and transformation projects that have a direct impact on the future of companies. You manage entire projects or key project workstreams, develop the project approach, prioritize work packages, and ensure that results are delivered in the best quality, within the agreed timeframe, and with clear impact.

You lead your project team in day-to-day work, provide direction, and support colleagues in their professional and personal development. For clients, you act as a central point of contact, facilitate workshops, present results at management level, and translate strategic recommendations into concrete next steps. You use digital tools and AI thoughtfully to deepen analyses, assess scenarios, and prepare well-founded decision-making materials.

You bring your professional experience into international project teams and sharpen your specialization within an industry or function. At the same time, you contribute your expertise to current studies, thought leadership, and expert exchange within your practice, build long-term client relationships, and further develop your professional focus in line with your career goals.

Beyond project work, you can contribute to firmwide initiatives - for example, as an interviewer in recruiting, where you play an important role in assessing candidates’ professional qualifications and fit with the team, or by helping to advance internal topics and structures. In this way, you actively shape client relationships, business development, and the growth of our teams while continuing to develop your professional focus in line with your career goals.

What do I need to bring to join Roland Berger as a Project Manager?

To join Roland Berger as a Project Manager, you should have completed an academic degree, gained extensive strategic work experience, and demonstrated a proven track record in managing projects, teams, or client relationships. The role is aimed at experienced professionals with consulting experience, industry expertise, or experience in analytical, project-oriented functions who have already taken responsibility for projects, clients, and teams.

You have shown that you can structure complex questions, evaluate strategic options, and develop sound recommendations. You think entrepreneurially, take responsibility for results, and can set priorities even in dynamic situations. Strong analytical skills, confidence in working with digital technologies and AI tools, and the ability to communicate complex content convincingly are key requirements. Very good English skills are required. Please check the specific requirements in the relevant job posting, as they may vary by location.

How does Roland Berger support Project Managers on their path to Principal?

As a Project Manager, you develop toward broader responsibility, business development and entrepreneurial leadership. With your next career step to Principal in mind, you strengthen your influence on the strategic development of client relationships and business areas while taking on increasing responsibility for winning new projects. Together with your mentor, you define your next development steps and deepen your professional, methodological and personal skills. Training, coaching and regular feedback support you along the way.

A multi-day bootcamp prepares you specifically for your new responsibilities as a Project Manager. In addition, you can take part in digital and in-person training courses covering topics such as project steering, leadership, communication and business development. Continuous AI upskilling enables you to use the latest technological developments strategically. This allows you to expand your expertise and continue building your network across the company. Find out more about our training and development opportunities at Roland Berger .

How flexible and sustainable is work in management consulting?

Working in management consulting is demanding and strongly shaped by the specific project context. It requires commitment, flexibility, empathy and team spirit. At Roland Berger, our “New Ways of Working” initiative promotes sustainable ways of working and a good balance between professional and personal life. Our B&me program creates a flexible work environment that accommodates different life phases, individual needs and personal goals. In practice, this means:

• Flexible working models such as home office, part-time arrangements and sabbaticals
• Initiatives that support sustainable workload management, flexible work arrangements and health
• Thoughtful project planning mechanisms for greater transparency and effective collaboration within teams

What benefits does Roland Berger offer Project Managers?

We create conditions that allow you to do challenging work, develop further and shape your career for the long term. These include structured development programs, flexible working models and offerings related to wellbeing and company culture.

Please note: The benefits listed below reflect our offerings in the DACH region. Benefits may vary depending on your location.

Development and career

• Structured development programs with comprehensive training and coaching
• Flexible working models such as sabbaticals, part-time options, and international transfer opportunities

Wellbeing and corporate culture

• 30 days of vacation as well as unpaid vacation days
• Personal wellbeing budget for new joiners
• Bike leasing
• Subsidies for sports and wellness memberships
• Vibrant corporate culture with team events, affinity groups , and international networking events, for example as part of our LGBTQ+ network JustBe or Women@Roland Berger

You can find a full overview on the Roland Berger benefits page.

How do I prepare for the interviews at Roland Berger?

Prepare to clearly reflect on your previous experience, your motivation, and your next career step. In the interviews, we want to understand how you structure complex questions, how you take responsibility in demanding project and client situations, and how you transfer your experience to new contexts.

In the personality interview, we discuss your professional background, your motivation, and your next development steps. Prepare concrete examples that show how you have set priorities, worked with clients or teams, and driven results in demanding situations.

In the case interviews, the final solution is not the only thing that matters. What is particularly important is how clearly you think, how effectively you communicate, and how you challenge assumptions. For Project Managers, it is also relevant how you understand client perspectives, take responsibility for content and results, and lead project teams.

Why join Roland Berger as a Project Manager?

Roland Berger combines European roots with a global perspective. Since 1967, we have supported companies in making decisions that shape their future — from strategy and performance to transformation, innovation, and sustainability. As a Project Manager, you play a central role in this work: You lead strategy and transformation projects, develop client relationships, manage teams, and ensure that strategic ideas create tangible impact.

At Roland Berger, you work on demanding questions in management consulting and take responsibility for clients, teams, and results. You benefit from room to shape your work, opportunities to specialize by industry or function, training, mentoring, and a culture that promotes initiative, team spirit, and personal development.

If you think strategically, enjoy taking responsibility, and want to take the next step toward Principal and Partner, we look forward to receiving your application as a Project Manager at Roland Berger.

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