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About McKinsey Business Technology
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McKinsey Business Technology is a group of consultants within McKinsey that helps our clients think strategically about technology. We believe that technology is fundamentally reshaping business as we know it and we share a passion for helping our clients achieve revolutionary impact using technology—to change industry value chains, transform business models, or create a competitive advantage. McKinsey Business Technology works with some of the largest, most innovative companies in the world from a variety of sectors, including high-tech, banking, asset management, insurance, telecom, media, industrial, healthcare and pharmaceutical. Through a combination of technology-related and general consulting engagements, our Junior Associate grow to become CEO counselors fluent in one of the most important strategic levers of today and tomorrow.
McKinsey Business Technology has over 500 consultants in 47 cities in 23 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
For more information on McKinsey Business Technology, please visit our Web site.
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Role Description
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When you join McKinsey as a Junior Associate, you are joining a firm that will challenge you and invest heavily in your professional development. You will build leadership skills beyond what you thought possible and gain access to the most extraordinary leadership network in the world. As a Business Technology Junior Associate, you will have the opportunity to help clients with high level business and technology-related strategy issues in a variety of industries that could include but are not limited to financial services, media and telecom, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals.
The Junior Associate at McKinsey is a full member of the client engagement team. You will work closely with your McKinsey colleagues and with the client team on the client site and you will “own” your piece of the project. Some examples of the specific work a Junior Associate might do include: interviewing clients, building financial models, making presentations, leading client teams and working with McKinsey subject experts to develop perspectives and insights for the client.
Typically, our engagements last between 6 to 12 weeks. As a Junior Associate, you will be assigned to one engagement at a time.
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Locations
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The McKinsey Business Technology Junior Associate role is offered in Helsinki/Stockholm. Travel is required.
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Candidate Qualifications
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Ideal candidates for the Junior Associate position:
- Are about to complete, or have just completed, an undergraduate or masters degree or have 1 to 3 years of work experience after completing an undergraduate degree
- Have a strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth
- Have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for analytics
- Have a strong record of leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities
- Enjoy working in teams
- Find problem solving exhilarating
- Are resourceful, responsible, patient, tenacious, informed, independent, confident, and full of energy
Additional Qualifications for Business Technology Junior Associate:
- A strong interest in technology and business
- Some relevant internship or work experience is ideal
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Training
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You will attend a 1-week learning program upon joining the firm that is designed to equip you with the basic consulting skills you need on your first engagement team.
Other programs and learning resources will also be available to you, depending on your personal development needs to build specific skills (such as problem solving or communications), and/or provide additional industry (e.g., electronics, consumer goods, health care, financial services) and functional knowledge (e.g., marketing, sales, corporate finance, business dynamics, strategy).
In addition to formal training, your professional development continues through the range of experiences you gain on engagement teams, which may involve working in other offices or other countries. Every Junior Associate has a Development Group Leader, a senior member of the firm who offers guidance on career choices and engagement assignments. Also, you will naturally build informal mentor relationships with team members and office colleagues.
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