Overview

As a Senior Consultant at Roland Berger, you take responsibility for several project modules or smaller projects in international strategy consulting. You work on strategic questions, develop well-founded recommendations for clients and apply your professional experience in a targeted way. In doing so, you combine analytical strength, entrepreneurial thinking and confident use of digital tools and AI. Entry is possible with a completed academic degree and several years of strategic work experience.

What tasks does a Senior Consultant take on at Roland Berger?

As a Senior Consultant, you are part of strategy and transformation projects that have a direct impact on the future of companies. You take responsibility for several project modules or smaller projects, coordinate work packages and ensure the quality of key results. You structure complex questions, develop robust recommendations together with the project team, provide professional guidance to more junior colleagues in their day-to-day project work and steer their work packages. You use digital tools and AI in a targeted way to deepen analyses, identify patterns and derive well-founded options for action.

You contribute your expertise to current studies, thought leadership and professional exchange within your practice. This allows you to deepen your industry and methodological knowledge and develop specifically toward project and leadership responsibility. As a Senior Consultant, you bring your professional experience into international project teams in a targeted way and sharpen your specialization within an industry or function. You take responsibility for content and client interaction, continue to build your network at Roland Berger 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 or by helping to further develop internal topics and structures.

What do I need to bring to join Roland Berger as a Senior Consultant?

To join Roland Berger as a Senior Consultant, you have completed an academic degree and bring several years of strategic professional experience. You are already working in consulting or have built a strong expert profile in your industry. Your experience is reflected in your personality, your expertise and your ability to identify strategic opportunities, risks and future trends.

You recognize which developments move companies, can assess risks and translate them into viable solutions that work in practice. You think globally, continuously develop yourself and use AI tools reflectively to deepen analyses, identify patterns and prepare well-founded decisions. A confident and responsible approach to digital technologies is second nature to you. At the same time, you bring clear ambitions for your next career step. 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 prepare Senior Consultants for greater project and leadership responsibility?

As a Senior Consultant, you develop toward project steering, client responsibility and leadership while preparing to take on broader responsibilities. At Roland Berger, you take ownership of your development. Clear career stages , regular feedback and personal sparring partners provide guidance while leaving room for your professional interests and individual goals.

A multi-day Senior Consultant Bootcamp prepares you for your growing project and leadership responsibilities and gives you the opportunity to expand your internal network with colleagues from around the world. In addition, you can take part in digital and in-person training courses covering topics such as project steering, workshop moderation and conflict resolution. Continuous AI upskilling keeps you up to date with the latest technological developments. 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 Senior Consultants?

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, financial support for further academic plans 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 training and coaching
• Flexible working models such as sabbaticals, part-time options and international transfer opportunities

Wellbeing and company culture

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

You can find a complete 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 personal fit interview, we talk about your previous career path, your motivation and your next development steps. Prepare specific examples that show how you have set priorities, worked with clients or teams and advanced results in demanding situations.

In the case-based interviews, it is not only the final solution that counts. What matters most is how logically you think, how clearly you communicate and how critically you challenge assumptions. Draw specifically on your previous professional experience and expertise to demonstrate your subject-matter knowledge. For Senior Consultants, it is also important how you assess client perspectives, take ownership of content and provide professional guidance to project teams.

Why join Roland Berger as a Senior Consultant?

Roland Berger combines European roots with a global perspective. Since 1967, we have supported companies in making decisions that shape the future – from strategy and performance to transformation, innovation and sustainability. As a Senior Consultant, you bring your experience into this work, take responsibility for key project content and develop recommendations that have economic relevance and long-term impact for clients.

At Roland Berger, you work on challenging questions and take an active role in collaborating with clients and international teams. You benefit from room to shape your career, opportunities to specialize by industry or function, training, mentoring and a culture that promotes initiative, team spirit and personal development.

If you think strategically, have strong analytical skills and want to take the next step toward project and leadership responsibility, we look forward to receiving your application as a Senior Consultant at Roland Berger.

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