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Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—and play an active role in all aspects of client engagement. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes having a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as several weeks of formal training in your first two years. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you develop your skills and build your network. While all consultants develop specialized knowledge and a focused program as they progress at McKinsey, most are initially very broad in their focus and do not need specific industry or functional expertise to be successful.

For consultants who join McKinsey as experienced professionals, this can mean building on previous knowledge or developing unique experience in an area that is completely new.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree
• Outstanding record of academic achievement
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and German

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Munich, Stuttgart, Tel-Aviv, Vienna 

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate, and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. You’ll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.

When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm that will invest in your professional development. As a business analyst, you will receive training and coaching on how to better:

• structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them
• synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods
• work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution, and motivate people and organizations to act
• establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations
• communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders
• develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or master’s degree or at least one year of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree; Requirements may vary by country or practice
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English and local office language(s)

Locations: Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—and play an active role in all aspects of client engagement.

This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

Junior associates receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first few years. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you develop your skills and build your network.

Qualifications

• University degree
• Outstanding records of academic and managerial or professional achievement
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and the local office language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Kyiv, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. You'll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. In some cases, you will be asked to travel to your client site.

When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm that will invest in your professional development. As an associate, you will receive training and coaching on how to better:

• structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them
• synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods
• work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and motivate people and organizations to act
• establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations
• communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders
• develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; Advanced graduate degree, such as an MBA or PhD, or equivalent work experience of at least five years preferred; Requirements may vary by country or practice
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to help clients achieve new performance highs. In this role, you will lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members. You’ll work directly with clients—usually onsite—and you’ll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

You will have the opportunity to build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others and building strong relationships. In a collaborative team setting, you’ll work closely with others but also autonomously. Your superior analytical, quantitative and conceptual thinking skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure successful client projects and team performance. Client project work typically includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.

You’ll also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on their teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Advanced degree or MBA is preferred
• 8+ years of business management or consulting experience
• Proven record of high performance and substantial achievements in your past positions
• Deep expertise in industries such as financial services, high-tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, or travel and logistics
• Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, business development, manufacturing, supply chain, product development, project management, and marketing and sales
• Outstanding records of academic and managerial or professional achievement
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment
• Initiative taker, eager to break new ground and create opportunities for others
• Willingness to take personal risks—as seen through leadership roles—in work environment and extracurricular activities
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of an organization
• Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Fluency in English and local language

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will work with C-suite executives and senior managers, problem-solve on key issues as well as provide actionable recommendations leveraging your technological know-how and business sense. You will play an active role in all aspects of a client project, typically working in teams of three to five consultants alongside experts and colleagues of all tenures, including developers, designers, data engineers, agile coaches and others.

Client work includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations for client presentations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. Our consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years as an associate. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you to develop your skills and build your network.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering, science or another technical or related field; advanced degrees advantageous
• Several years’ work experience in a blue-chip or start-up environment within the pharmaceutical, financial services, high tech, engineering, aerospace, media, telecommunications, fast-moving consumer goods or public sectors
• Previous experience in a technology or IT strategy-related role combined with expertise in areas such as digital strategy and transformation, IT infrastructure and architecture, IoT, e-commerce, AI and machine learning, robotics, cloud, big data and analytics, cyber security
• Combination of strategic and analytical insights with a passion for technology
• Excellent track record of academic and managerial or professional achievement
• Proven experience of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Fluency in English and local language

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants— and play an active role in all aspects of client engagement.

In this role, your responsibilities will include gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You will also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams. This support includes a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as several weeks of formal training in your first two years. Additionally, you will receive guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you to develop your skills and build your network.

While all consultants develop specialized knowledge and a focused program as they progress with McKinsey, most are initially very broad in their focus, meaning they do not need specific industry or functional expertise to be successful. For consultants who join McKinsey as experienced professionals, this can mean building on previous knowledge or developing unique experience in an area that is completely new.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or master’s degree or one to three years of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree
• Outstanding record of academic achievement
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and German

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—coordinating the day-to-day management of our client project teams while keeping the high-level goals of the project in mind.

This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members. Beyond the problem-solving tasks of a typical client project, you’ll lead a team of associates and business analysts in their work, guiding and developing individual team members as part of our apprenticeship-based model. You’ll also work directly with client executives, usually onsite.

You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams. This support includes a partner from your local office assigned to you to help guide your career as well as formal training. Additionally, you’ll receive initial guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you to develop your skills and build your network.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree
• 8+ years of business management or consulting experience with a proven record of high performance
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Ability to communicate effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and German

Location: Paris

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—and will be engaged in every aspect of the client project. Working hand-in-hand with clients from all major industries—including consumer goods, financial services, telecommunication, pharmaceutics, and global energy and materials—will be at the core of your responsibilities. You will gather and process information, formulate and test hypotheses as well as develop recommendations for presentation to client management. Your team will help set the strategic direction, develop marketing and sales capabilities and connect their organization to realize the full potential of today’s omni-channel opportunities and deliver above-market growth in today’s market.

When you join McKinsey, you are joining a firm that will invest in your professional development. As a business analyst, you will receive training and coaching on crucial areas such as how to better structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them, how to synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods, how to work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and motivate people and organizations to act.

You will also learn how to establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organization and communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders.

Finally, you will develop your own leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths, and personal values. McKinsey believes in strengths-based development and coaching, and you’ll receive frequent mentoring from colleagues. You will have a partner assigned to you to help navigate your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years with McKinsey. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your professional development team in the selection of client projects, helping you develop your skills and build your network.

We view the business analyst position as the start of a rewarding, challenging and highly flexible career with McKinsey. During your first few years with the firm, you will serve as a business analyst on multiple client engagements and work with a number of colleagues and clients in a range of industries as well as well as marketing and sales topics.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree, preferably in management, business engineering or related field
• 1+ years of experience in the marketing or sales in sector, such as consumer goods, financial services, telecommunication, pharmaceutics; consulting experience focused on growth-related topics
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Track record of self-motivation and entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and French

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—and will be engaged in every aspect of the client project. Working hand-in-hand with clients from all major industries—including consumer goods, financial services, telecommunication, pharmaceutics, global energy and materials, and AI—will be at the core of your responsibilities. You will gather and process information, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop recommendations for presentation to client management. Your team will help set the strategic direction, develop marketing and sales capabilities, and connect their organization to realize the full potential of today’s omni-channel opportunities and deliver above-market growth in today’s market.

As an associate, you will have an opportunity to build on your previous experience and as well as explore growth, marketing and sales topics that are new to you. You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams. You will have a partner assigned to you to help navigate your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years with McKinsey. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your professional development team in the selection of client projects, helping you develop your skills and build your network.

There is flexibility to hire at the junior associate or associate level, depending on candidate experience.

Qualifications

• University degree
• 3+ years of experience in operational or strategic marketing in sectors, such as consumer goods, financial services, telecommunication, pharmaceutics, or in consulting focused on growth-related topics
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Self-motivation and entrepreneurial spirit
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and the local office language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

Focused on Growth, Marketing & Sales topics, your primary goal will be to drive engagements alongside our clients with decisive support in the development, introduction and implementation of strategic concepts in sales and channel, pricing, go to market, commercial excellence and efficiency, and marketing topics.

You will gain powerful experience across a number of industry sectors—including automotive, banking, aerospace, chemicals, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, high tech, oil and gas, pharma, retail, telecommunications, and electric power—and deliver sustainable change that incorporates McKinsey’s latest thinking.

You will build on your previous experience as well as explore Growth, Marketing & Sales topics that are new to you. You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams. You will have a partner assigned to you to help navigate your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years with McKinsey. Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your professional development team in the selection of client projects, helping you develop your skills and build your network.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in either marketing, sales, commercial or pricing roles, ideally with team leadership experience
• Ability to build trustful and peer-like relationships with clients and senior management
• University degree
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate analysis into recommendations
• Passion for coaching and building sustainable capabilities within client organizations
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment across all levels in an organization
• Skills to communicate ideas effectively to operational teams and senior management—both verbally and in writing—in English and the local office language(s)

Locations: Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You will work across industries and deliver real impact by supporting clients transform their marketing strategy and operations to power growth through digital expertise. In this role you’ll help top organizations leverage digital to deepen their connection with customers and drive revenue growth quickly. During your client facing work you will either be supporting the project team with a part of your time and bring in your specific digital marketing skills or you will be full-time on the ground, especially when the project is entirely focused on deep digital marketing work.

Qualifications

• 3-9 years of experience executing or leading digital marketing programs end-to-end for digital agencies or client marketing organizations
• Detailed knowledge of at least one of the key digital performance marketing channels—search engine marketing (SEM), paid social, display and programmatic, e-mail—and experience in executing and optimizing campaigns using standard tools, such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Business Manager
• Understanding of the digital marketing funnel, advertising technology ecosystem and digital agency landscape
• Entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on can-do attitude and a keen interest in proactively developing an important new suite of services and capabilities inside the firm
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively in English and local language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You will shape the digital agenda of the clients, create the next generation of operational models, and digitally transform end-to-end journeys, using advanced analytics, robotics, and agile methodologies in service-oriented industries. In addition, you will assist our client teams in developing strategies and technology road maps for implementing processes and operating systems that support digital service operations applications.

You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in modern technologies, digital solutions, and robotics—preferably gained in the banking, insurance, or software industry or from specialized consultancies, such as digital service operations, end-to-end process digitalization, lean or Six Sigma, zero-based-budgeting
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations. You’ll work with colleagues and clients from a wide range of business areas across Europe to develop supply chain strategies that support clients’ business objectives and give them a competitive edge.

You will carry out lean construction project implementations and capability building. As part of this, you’ll develop short- and long-term capability-building plans for all relevant levels of client leadership and McKinsey client service teams, with anticipated deliverables, outcomes, and required resources.

You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in a capital excellence topic, such as capital projects, capital management systems, real estate, infrastructure, construction
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

Additionally, you will design new product development processes based on the principles of lean R&D and you’ll work jointly with clients on putting those recommended changes into practice. You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in product development, such as product optimization and value analysis, leading R&D projects, technical supplier management
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You’ll work with colleagues and clients from a wide range of business areas across Europe to develop purchasing strategies that support clients' business objectives and give them a competitive edge. You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in strategic purchasing or supply management, such as global sourcing strategies, cross functional category management, request for quote processes and negotiations, talent development and capability building
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You’ll work with colleagues and clients from a wide range of business areas across Europe to develop supply chain strategies that support clients’ business objectives and give them a competitive edge. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of lean manufacturing and management approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in lean manufacturing, such as the Toyota Production System, Kaizen methods, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), just in time (JIT), Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You’ll work with colleagues and clients to develop innovative supply chain solutions that support clients’ business objectives and give them a competitive edge. You will also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training, frequent coaching, and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on your teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in supply chain management, such as design and implementation of logistics strategy, network design and optimization, transportation, warehouse design and optimization, supply chain planning and management processes, supply chain modeling and optimization
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lyon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will play an active role in problem solving for clients including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing, and conducting analyses, and synthesizing conclusions into recommendations.

You will help clients build capabilities in delivery and execution, both during an active project and continuing after our consultants have shared their recommendations. Your primary long-term projects will be closely related to our traditional projects and will provide clients with decisive support in the introduction and implementation of strategic consulting concepts in lean manufacturing, lean services, procurement, and supply chain management.

You will gain powerful experience across a number of industry sectors—including automotive, banking, aerospace, chemicals, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, high tech, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications, and electric power—and deliver sustainable change that incorporates McKinsey’s latest thinking.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Broad experience in operations or line management, continuous improvement, change management, supply chain management, procurement, lean services, principles of change management and performance metrics and dialogs
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Mobility and enthusiasm for taking on longer, international assignments
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local office language

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to help clients understand and quantify risk exposures, evaluate risk strategies, and build and maintain risk models. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations.

Working as part of our client service team, you’ll have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with team members. You will be expected to contribute to knowledge development by helping define and expand distinctive risk-based methodologies to support top management-level strategic decisions.

You’ll gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes a partner from the Risk & Resilience Practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as several weeks of formal training in your first two years.

Qualifications

• University degree in business or economics or a quantitative discipline, such as statistics, mathematics or physics
• 2+ years of relevant work experience and profound knowledge in risk management in a consulting firm, investment bank or major corporation
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and the local office language(s)

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to help clients understand and quantify risk exposures, evaluate risk strategies, and build and maintain risk models. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations.

Working as part of our client service team, you’ll have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with team members. You will contribute to knowledge development by helping define and expand distinctive risk-based methodologies to support top management-level strategic decisions.

You’ll gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes a partner from the Risk & Resilience Practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as several weeks of formal training in your first two years.

Qualifications

• University degree in business or economics or a quantitative discipline, such as statistics, mathematics or physics
• 5+ years of relevant work experience and profound knowledge in risk management in a consulting firm, investment bank or major corporation
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional, or extracurricular setting
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and the local office language(s)

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You will help resolve our clients’ strategic technology and cyber risk issues. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You will use your expertise and handle a variety of cyber risk topics, including IT infrastructure and technology risk. You’ll help us to integrate strategic perspectives and approaches with actual operations and process redesign capabilities.

Additionally, you will help McKinsey develop our expertise in this area and you’ll have the opportunity to shape this fast-growing initiative. As a consultant, you will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues.

Qualifications

• University degree ideally in computer science, mathematics or business degree with specialization in technology management
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a professional services environment or tech industry company
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• Proven experience in cyber security strategy and risk based digital resilience transformations
• Practical knowledge in IT risk management, information security and technology risk
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local language(s)

Locations: Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You will help clients validate their models and assess their modeling frameworks across a variety of risk functions, including market and trading risk, credit risk, and model risk management.

In this role you will advance McKinsey’s overall knowledge base by providing rigorous analysis to and problem solving for our proprietary knowledge investments. At more senior levels, you’ll focus on developing new analytical approaches and techniques, working with an outstanding knowledge structure and international network of experts in order to codify existing knowledge and develop new knowledge.

Some work at the client site is expected. Working on projects and exchanging experiences with your colleagues means you will face new intellectual challenges on a daily basis, while continuously building your methodological knowledge and skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Advanced quantitative degree—Master’s degree or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics or statistics, engineering, or financial engineering—is a plus
• 2+ years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis and modelling to solve real world problems
• Experience in development, implementation and testing of risk models—vendor or “in-house” models
• Experience in programming beyond simple scripts in a modern scientific language, such as Python, R, knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, such as MongoDB, Ignite, and SAS would be a plus
• Experience in one of the following machine learning or AI areas: natural language processing, anomaly detection, graph-based techniques would be a plus
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Exceptional communication skills, especially around translating technical knowledge into forms that can be digested by leadership and non-technical project teams—verbally and in writing—in English and the local language(s)

Please note that this role requires an additional online assessment before proceeding to interviews.

Locations: Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You’ll work with clients to further develop their understanding of specific market “hot topics” in risk management.

You’ll work closely with your colleagues, help clients validate or optimize their models across a variety of risk scenarios, and enhance Risk Dynamics’ model validation and optimization methodologies and guidelines. Additionally, you will understand and take into account client expectations, constraints and dependencies, and you’ll independently define a work plan and anticipate potential obstacles.

You’ll produce and present high quality materials and contribute to business development initiatives like round table discussions, events, conferences, and client meetings, and you’ll contribute to the drafting of proposals. You will prepare and give high quality reports and presentations and contribute to the packaging of methodologies based on field work experience and/or the development of thoughtful leadership documents.

You will be part of client assignments which combine in-house work at the consultants’ primary Risk Dynamics office along with further, onsite client work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Advanced quantitative degree—Master’s degree or Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics or statistics, engineering, or financial engineering—is a plus
• 5+ years of relevant experience in quantitative analysis and modelling to solve real world problems
• Experience in development, implementation and testing of risk models—vendor or “in-house” models
• Experience in programming beyond simple scripts in a modern scientific language, such as Python, R, knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, such as MongoDB and Ignite, and SAS would be a plus
• Experience in one of the following machine learning or AI areas: natural language processing, anomaly detection, graph-based techniques
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Exceptional communication skills, especially around translating technical knowledge into forms that can be digested by leadership and non-technical project teams—verbally and in writing—in English and the local language(s)

Please note that this role requires an additional online assessment before proceeding to interviews.

Locations: Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris

What you’ll do

You will serve clients by leveraging a holistic, execution-centric approach, providing interim management and transformation leadership capabilities.

To achieve proven results, you will apply all levers, including revenue, strategy, organization, and capital. Your client engagements will often span 12-24 months, and will include three phases: Independent Diligence Phase of six to eight weeks, Bottom-Up Phase of six to eight weeks, and Implementation of six to 12 months or longer.

You will combine a strategic perspective with disciplined implementation to identify the strategic, operational, organizational, and financial levers that will deliver rapid and dramatic client impact. You will apply the firm’s results-oriented and proprietary McKinsey Transformation processes which is backed by tools, benchmarks, and methodologies. You will have the opportunity to work in both transformation and turnaround situations, driving holistic turnarounds, and corporate restructuring situations, assisting clients in deep distress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree or MBA is preferred
• Experience in distressed situations, such as liquidity issues, covenant breaches, debt refinancing, plus working toward restoration of financial profitability and operational excellence
• Track record of consistently delivering high-impact results to meet clients’ needs
• Experience working in professional service environments, especially management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or “Big Four” accounting is preferred
• Robust understanding of financial and operational levers, such as business plan modeling, working capital management, financial statement analysis
• Experience with financial modeling and proficiency in financial analysis, such as linkages between financial statements, accrual versus cash accounting, or trial balances is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with various valuation methodologies, such as discounted cash flow, peer comps and transactions, as well as comfort with capital structure and debt analytics, also strongly preferred
• Experience working with large datasets, and performing complex financial analyses and expertise in both Excel and PowerPoint
• Prior coursework in accounting, corporate finance, valuation, or restructuring
• Ability to communicate effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English as well as local language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You will work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants—to support private investor clients and their portfolio companies throughout the deal lifecycle including diligence, value creation topics and exit support.

In this role, you will assess and identify market attractiveness, provide targeted information and specialized financial analysis on potential acquisitions as well as prepare and deliver high-impact verbal and written communication of your synthesized findings. You will also have the opportunity to work directly with portfolio companies on value creation agendas, spanning a diverse set of topics as well as be a subject matter expert on topics related to our service to investors. You will be recognized as a valuable resource of experience, information and expertise, both inside the firm and by our clients.

You will receive training on how to better structure ambiguous problems and take action to solve them, synthesize complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative method. You will work effectively with diverse teams to come up with the best solution and motivate people and organizations to act. You will establish trust-based relationships with clients to better serve their organizations, communicate effectively with all audiences including senior leaders and develop your leadership style, leveraging your own passions, strengths and personal values.

During your first few years with the firm, you will serve as an associate on multiple client engagements and work with a number of colleagues and clients in a range of private investor settings across different industry and functional areas to develop significant business experience as well as an investor mindset. You will likely intersect with many elements of our firm’s work including digital, implementation, and tech and analytics capabilities.

This role differs from McKinsey’s generalist associate role in its focus. Your role will focus entirely on serving investor clients and their portfolio companies. However, because our clients invest across sectors and types of companies, the role still offers exposure to a wide variety of sectors and functional levers. PEPI consultants will be staffed full time to client engagements.

There is flexibility to hire at the associate or junior associate level, depending on candidate experience.

Qualifications

• University degree
• 3+ years of work experience after completing your degree
• Previous experience investment banking, venture capital, or private equity environment with exposure to transactions or working in a private equity or venture capital backed company is a plus
• Investor mindset and experience or strong interest in private equity, real estate or venture capital
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local language(s)

Locations: Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Milan, Munich, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You will work in small teams—typically comprising two to three consultants—and play an active role in all aspects of client engagement.

You will combine traditional management consulting skills with issues and techniques of applied corporate finance, playing an important role in leading-edge knowledge development in areas relevant to corporate finance and strategy. This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on your teams. This support includes a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years as an associate. Additionally, you will have a professional development manager who manages staffing to help you choose projects based on your priorities as well as the needs of client service teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree, MBA or finance-related postgraduate degree is an advantage
• 2-3 years of strategy, corporate finance, M&A or commercial due diligence experience in a consulting firm, investment bank, accounting firm or major corporation; experience in a corporate development or strategic finance is preferred
• Intellectual curiosity, creative thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Adaptability and openness to collaborate in a flexible environment
• Sensitivity on social responsibility and ambition to have a real impact on clients and on our communities
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Strong record of leadership in an academic, professional or extracurricular setting
• Thoughtful, empathic and comfortable communicator
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively—both verbally and in writing—in English and local language(s)

Locations: Budapest, Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid, Prague, Warsaw

What you’ll do

You will be supporting transformation projects in different industries and service sectors. You will support project workstreams and assist project leaders in setting up and running project management offices. As you gain experience, you will gradually assume responsibility for managing workstreams largely independently supported by senior colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience in project environment and in process optimization
• Ability to hold workshops and coaching sessions
• Trained in common project management methods and use of project management office tools
• Fluency in English and local language

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Prague, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will have the opportunity to independently and actively manage individual work packages, lead client teams and perform workshops. You will confidently and steadily apply common project management methods, techniques, and project management office tools. You will drive change and execute initiatives successfully, coaching clients across organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading small client teams and coaching clients
• Experience in process or organizational transformations
• Ability with preparing and performing larger client workshops
• Trained in common project management methods and use of project management office tools

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Prague, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Zurich

What you’ll do

You will be managing the delivery and implementation business change programs to ensure they are delivered fully and consistently across organizations.

Backed by a solid foundation in the lean management philosophy, you will systematically apply project management methods in all project phases. You will independently and actively manage your own project workstreams and instruct and manage complete project management offices. You will actively guide internal and client resources and teams towards project goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated business transformation experience
• Comprehensive experience in adapting and using various project management methods and techniques in different settings and for all project phases
• Routine and creativity in preparing, performing, and orchestrating workshops

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You will lead on transformation projects by engaging at a deep level across our clients’ businesses, leading a team to build the capabilities, systems and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and then ensure those results will be sustained.

You will take full end-to-end responsibility for transformation projects by leading and coaching your team of consultants and client employees in each project towards common goals.

Qualifications

• Consulting experience, and experience managing engagement teams
• Expertise in process or organizational transformations
• Extensive experience in applying all common project management methods and techniques in every possible setting and project phase
• Routinely passing experience to internal and client managers with regard to workshops and trainings
• Highly experienced in actively instructing and guiding internal and client senior resources and teams toward common goals

Locations: Berlin

What you’ll do

As a consultant, you will accompany challenging strategy projects and identify digitization opportunities for our clients in the public sector.

Together with our clients, you will translate strategic objectives into practical implementation concepts and measures.

Working in a team, you will design and implement innovative solutions in the fields of new services, task portfolio, organizational structure, governance, process management, and personnel management. The design of the collaboration between business and IT is above all an organizational task that you as a consultant will tackle with appropriate management tools and solution scenarios.

Qualifications

• University degree; Advanced degree such as a Mater’s or PhD preferred
• Demonstrate some experience with transformation projects in the public sector and knowledge of important initiatives at European as well as German federal and state level
• Interest in digital business models and trends in the public sector including the cultural change perspective
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills, combined with entrepreneurial spirit, dedication, and creativity
• Experienced user of PowerPoint and Excel
• Target-group-oriented communication skills, also in politically influenced environments
• Excellent German and English communication skills and confident manner

Locations: Berlin

What you’ll do

As a senior consultant, you will accompany challenging strategy projects and identify digitization opportunities for our clients in the public sector. With your implementation expertise, you will support our clients in translating strategic objectives into practical implementation concepts and measures.

You will design and implement innovative solutions in the fields of new services, task portfolio, organizational structure, governance, process management, and personnel management.

The design of the collaboration between business and IT is above all an organizational task that you as a senior consultant will tackle with appropriate management tools and solution scenarios.

Qualifications

• University degree; Advanced degree such as Master’s or PhD preferred
• Project experience in the public sector and knowledge of public administration structures and important initiatives at European as well as German federal and state level
• Interest in digital business models and trends in the public sector including the cultural change perspective
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills, combined with entrepreneurial spirit, dedication, and creativity
• Target-group-oriented communication skills, also in politically influenced environments
• High-level user of PowerPoint and Excel
• Excellent German and English communication skills and confident manner

Locations: Berlin

What you’ll do

You will accompany IT strategy and implementation projects in which you will help shape digitization and modern IT management for our clients. Based on the strategy, you will design and implement the structural organization of IT, governance structures, process landscape, IT personnel development, and interaction patterns with the business.

With the help of practical implementation concepts and action plans, you will support our clients in transforming IT into a modern and future-oriented organization that plays a driving role in the digitization process. As a project manager, you will be responsible for one or two IT consulting projects and will serve as key contact for our clients. You will ensure the quality of project work and mentor your project staff.

Qualifications

• University degree; Advanced degree such as Master’s or PhD preferred
• Professional experience accompanying IT management and IT transformation projects in the public sector – ideally, you have already served in a project management role.
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills, combined with entrepreneurial spirit, dedication, and creativity
• Enjoy working in a team, always ready to help out your colleagues, and very sociable
• High-level user of process management tools as well as MS PowerPoint and Excel
• Ideally, individual relevant certifications in IT management frameworks such as IREB, ITIL, COBIT, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, PRINCE2
• Compelling German and English communication skills and confident manner

Locations: Dusseldorf, London

What you’ll do

You will provide data analytics expertise in client service. In this role, you will gain deep exposure to our healthcare insights proprietary assets and actively engage with front-line client teams across verticals to set up and deploy these assets.

You will be core to driving the problem solving that McKinsey is known for in an open and collaborative way as part of teams including other consultants. You will be expected to bring your perspectives and challenge based on your work and insight and get personal energy from solving our clients’ most important challenges.

You will be fluent with upstream data models and focus on downstream visualization tools, both of which are critical in producing quality outputs. You will ultimately contribute to knowledge and capability building by working closely with front-line client teams to develop our next-generation tools using advanced analytics. Our solution delivery analysts work to provide technical and business translation, systems thinking, and industry expertise in client service. As part of a diverse and collaborative client service team, you will engage with clients and/or client engagement teams on a regular basis, both on-the-ground and behind-the-scenes, to help achieve client objectives.

On a day-to-day basis, you will collaborate with our data engineering colleagues to identify and transfer relevant client data into McKinsey’s big data platform and support the execution of our advanced analytics solutions. Additionally, you will generate insights working on low-code or no-code tools and create visualizations on business intelligence solutions. Over time, your role will grow to manage more complex asset deliveries and participate in problem-solving sessions with clients and consultants.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to contribute to developing industry-leading capabilities. You will collaborate with product teams to innovate on the end-to-end solution delivery chain, injecting quality assurance tools and processes, increasing automation, and recommending user-centric product enhancements.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field like computer science, engineering, statistics, mathematics or healthcare-related field; Advanced degree is a strong plus
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with large datasets and data visualization tools
• Working knowledge of business intelligence tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, Domo is a must
• Working knowledge of language such as SQL, R, Python or equivalent is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills; ability to process complex information, break it into logical steps or tasks and present it clearly to a range of audiences
• Strong entrepreneurial drive; committed to team and personal development
• Client service and operation mindset
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong team player in a dynamic and changing environment; ability to work well with multi-disciplinary teams across continents and time zones

Please note that this role requires an additional online assessment before proceeding to interviews.

Locations: Dusseldorf, London

What you’ll do

You will provide data engineering expertise in client service and analytics asset building. As part of diverse and collaborative client service and solution team, you will be expected to contribute your expertise of data and technical approaches to help structure and solve complex business problems.

Working in an entrepreneurial environment, you will build technical expertise and deliver impact across primary responsibilities:

• Design and build data pipelines for client-specific and reusable data models following software engineering best practices
• Engineer complex data enrichments, including the development of novel algorithms and data features meeting the business requirements of our client service teams
• Contribute to core architecture and tooling, by coding, testing and delivering tools and technology for high-quality analytics for our client service teams
• Ensure information security standards are maintained at all time

You will be an integral part of our team with opportunities for coaching and mentorship from your senior colleagues. To be successful, you will be an active learner and seek opportunities for growth. We have an environment that thrives on variation in people’s experiences and skillsets to create better solutions. You will equally split your time between supporting client engagements and creating reproducible assets and products to improve delivery efficiency and create new insights. In collaboration with product team members, you’ll grow your engineering toolkit and product development mindset.

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, we often leverage the following technologies: Python, PySpark, EMR, and our own operational support system called Kedro, container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and cloud solutions such as AWS and Azure. You will also work with latest data visualization tool such as Tableau, Power BI, Domo and more.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent experience; Advanced degree is a strong plus
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with large datasets and data visualization tools
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and robust code in Python, Scala, Java or similar languages
• Knowledge of software engineering concepts and best practices
• Familiarity with the latest operational support systems, cloud, container, query languages and database technologies
• Confirmed experience building data pipelines in production; ability to work across structured, semi-structured and unstructured data
• Client service and operation mindset
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong team player in a dynamic and changing environment; ability to work well with multi-disciplinary teams across continents and time zones
• Experience preparing data for analytics and following a data science workflow

Please note that this role requires an additional online assessment before proceeding to interviews.

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lisbon, Madrid, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Stuttgart

What you’ll do

You will serve clients on sustainability-related engagements to help them achieve their sustainability and decarbonization goals.

In this role, you will contribute to the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy, which is becoming increasingly important not only in the context of environmental sustainability but also as a source of competitive advantage. You will have the opportunity to serve clients directly, further develop and own proprietary tools and knowledge for McKinsey and mentor more junior colleagues. You will also be responsible for identifying new opportunities and developing strategies in the renewable energy field in order to serve clients.

Examples of the work you will do for client service include developing the economy decarbonization roadmap for a government, helping an oil and gas company develop a new electric vehicles business, identifying portfolio reshaping opportunities for a sustainable financing institution or supporting a steel company on innovative options to decarbonize its operations.

Working with senior client executives directly or by providing deep expertise to our teams, you will deliver significant transformational impact. You will have plenty of growth opportunities to specialize in a particular area of the sustainability space that is in line with your interests.

Qualifications

• University degree with a quantitative study background in economics, econometrics, optimization, engineering, physics or equivalent
• 3+ years of work experience in the sustainability space
• Basic understanding of complex energy systems is a big plus
• Track record of strong interest in sustainability, energy transition and decarbonization, relevant experience in renewables—solar, wind, hydrogen, hydro, geothermal—asset decarbonization, decarbonization policy, sustainable financing, carbon offsets, carbon audit or carbon modelling
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary environment with steep learning curve
• Strong people skills; ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Excellent problem-solving skills with comfort working with numbers/quantitative models
• Familiarity with sustainably integrating energy efficiency considerations into a complete system for performance management
• Fluency in English and local language(s); Additional language ability is a plus

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, Munich, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You will support senior level executives across leading global organizations achieve their sustainability and decarbonization goals.

In this role, you will contribute to the fields of energy which is becoming increasingly important not only in the context of environmental sustainability, but also as a source of competitive advantage. You will have the opportunity to serve clients directly, further develop and own proprietary tools and knowledge for McKinsey and mentor more junior colleagues. You will also be responsible for identifying new opportunities and developing strategies in the renewable energy field in order to serve clients.

Examples of the work you will do as an expert for client service include developing the economy decarbonization roadmap for a government, helping an oil and gas company develop a new electric vehicles business, identifying portfolio reshaping opportunities for a sustainable financing institution or supporting a steel company on innovative options to decarbonize its operations.

Working with senior client executives directly or by providing deep expertise to our teams, you will deliver significant transformational impact. You will have plenty of growth opportunities to specialize in a particular area of the sustainability space that is in line with you interests. As a people leader, you will inspire, lead and develop less tenured colleagues.

Qualifications

• University degree with a quantitative study background in economics, econometrics, optimization, engineering, physics or equivalent
• 6+ years of work experience in the sustainability space
• Track record of strong interest in sustainability, energy transition and decarbonization, as well as relevant experience in renewables, asset decarbonization, decarbonization policy, sustainable financing, carbon offsets, carbon audit or carbon modelling
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary environment with steep learning curve
• Strong commitment to coaching and development
• Experience leading cross-functional teams; Experience managing technical and analytics resources to create meaningful and measurable impact
• Excellent problem-solving skills with comfort working with numbers and quantitative models
• Deep knowledge in integrating sustainability efficiency considerations into a complete system for performance management
• Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
• Fluency in English; Additional language ability a plus

Locations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Vienna

What you’ll do

You will help new green businesses that have the potential to make a real difference—for the world and for investors.

In this role, you will drive lasting innovation and breakthrough engagement either as a standalone start-up or as part of an incumbent at arm’s length. Depending on the client’s needs, you will help create a new sustainable unit for an existing business or help incubate and ultimately scale a new standalone business. Either way, you always start with a strong mandate for innovation and seed teams with client-side and McKinsey practitioners—product owners, user-centric designers, engineers, agile experts, and more—as well as a strong interim leadership team to operate the new entity.

You will partner with clients to transform their businesses using our build-operate-transfer approach. You’ll leverage your experience in defining and leading sustainable and innovative transformations. You will work daily alongside colleagues from varying backgrounds to deliver on client needs, helping create a vision and a roadmap for their new green business, products, or service lines. You will architect the future of these enterprises and be at the center of innovation for clients as you help expand their business and establish a functioning organization.

Your role will be a mix of venture leader, entrepreneur in residence, and C-suite-type leadership for the businesses you help create. Sometimes you’ll also be a coach to the new venture leadership and corporate leaders, advising on how to maximize their odds of success in making a corporate start-up work. You will be part of multiple cross-functional teams working together to build a sustainable green business you can hand over to our clients.

Qualifications

• University degree with a background in sustainability, environmental sciences, economics, econometrics, optimization, engineering, physics, or equivalent; More than four years of professional experience in the sustainable start-up ecosystem
• Experience as a highly entrepreneurial venture leader or business founder who has built or scaled a business and continues to do so with successful exits
• Substantial experience in building a new business or business unit, or as an executive in the start-up ecosystem
• Ability to build and maintain long-term relationships and operate with very senior clients; Comfortable functioning at the highest levels of client organizations
• Interest in all aspects of building a high-growth company and teams, including concept, strategy, funding, technology, branding, go to market strategy, and building high-functioning leadership teams
• Familiarity with sustainably integrating energy efficiency considerations into a complete system for performance management as a leader, chief technology officer, product owner, or similar
• Experience leading cross-functional teams; Experience managing technical and analytics resources to create meaningful and measurable impact
• Strong people skills; Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Strong commitment to coaching and development
• Excellent problem-solving skills and comfortable working with numbers and quantitative models; Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills

Locations: Brussels, Munich

What you’ll do

You will help grow the firm’s capacity to deliver client impact through preeminent, scalable assets and distinctive knowledge and capabilities in the hydrogen space.

In this role, you will split your time developing, tech-enabling and managing proprietary hydrogen insights assets and supporting clients and engagement teams with your asset-backed expertise—applying your work in a client setting. You will become a highly sought-after expert in hydrogen discussions and can live your passion for entrepreneurship, leadership and sustainability. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy and get responsibility to work closely with leading thinkers on hydrogen including internal McKinsey colleagues as well as external clients.

This is a highly entrepreneurial role with significant space for initiative taking and personal growth. You’ll have the opportunity to gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. You will receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring.

There is flexibility to hire at different levels, depending on candidate experience.

Qualifications

• Graduate or post-graduate degree in management, engineering, economics, energy, chemistry or any other quantitative focused discipline from a top tier university
• 1+ years of professional experience
• Background or proven passion in hydrogen, sustainability and clean-energy transition through degrees, courses, internships or work experience
• Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; Basic Alteryx and Tableau experience desired
• Demonstrated success as a collaborative team player who is capable of working with others, but also autonomously with little direction
• Strong personal drive and motivation as well as a hands-on, action-oriented style
• Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to thrive in a complex and dynamic environment
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Proficiency in English

Locations: Stockholm

What you’ll do

You will join Material Economics, a McKinsey company, and the Sustainability Practice where you will typically lead a small team of three to five consultants to help clients achieve new performance highs.

In this role, you will lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members. You’ll work directly with clients—usually onsite—and you’ll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

You will build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others, building strong relationships, and creating a true followership. In a collaborative team setting, you’ll work closely with others but also autonomously with little direction.

Client project work typically includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.

You’ll also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Alongside the Material Economics and Sustainability teams you will develop your knowledge of sustainability, material transformation and circularity. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on their teams.

Lastly, you will play a key role in helping us to grow both our sustainability practice and our reputation as leaders in the market, so we can continue to fulfill our mission to help all industries get to net zero by 2050 and cut carbon emissions in half by 2030.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in engineering, finance, economics or related disciplines
• 8+ years of experience in business management or consulting experience with a proven record of high performance
• Demonstrable interest in sustainability, materials, renewables or energy
• Technical leadership experience, with a solid business acumen and understanding of project economics, financing, and cost analysis
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization
• Drive and passion about making a difference
• Ability to interpret data and communicate the results to team members and clients

Locations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm

What you’ll do

You will support senior level executives across leading global organizations achieve their sustainability and decarbonization goals.

You will typically lead a team of three to five consultants and focus on hydrogen and clean energy engagements that would include working on the hydrogen value chain, project development, energy infrastructure and equipment implementation, electrolyze manufacturing, fuel cells design or capital excellence.

In this role, you will lead the day-to-day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members. You’ll work directly with clients—usually onsite—and you’ll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.

You will build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others, building strong relationships, and creating a true followership. In a collaborative team setting, you’ll work closely with others but also autonomously with little direction.

Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on their teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent ideally in engineering, chemistry or environmental science
• 8+ years exposure of business management or consulting experience with a proven record of high performance
• Demonstrable experience in the energy sector delivering hydrogen projects, developing gas/ energy infrastructures, implementing hydrogen equipment—electrolyze or fuel cell technology—or delivering large capital-expenditure industrial energy or construction projects
• Technical leadership experience, with a solid business acumen and understanding of project economics, financing, and cost analysis
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented, multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary environment with steep learning curve
• Strong people skills; Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Excellent problem-solving skills with comfort working with numbers/quantitative models and ability to interpret and communicate results to team members and clients.
• Drive and passion about making a difference

Locations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Lisbon, Madrid, Wroclaw

What you’ll do

You will support client studies and apply advanced analytics tools to help trading groups and departments make smarter decisions in their day-to-day participation in the commodity markets.

In this role, your responsibilities will include managing risk exposure, optimizing asset dispatching, reducing the risk for market deviation penalties and enhancing clients’ prop trading activities. It may also fall under capability building, transformation of end-to-end process, such as deal origination or middle-office processes.

You will be part of the team that converts public, proprietary and client data into optimization algorithms required to optimize the energy assets of our clients and deliver the insights on specific challenges they face. During deployment, you will work with cross-functional client teams including trading experts, industry executives, engineers, data scientists, IT and software specialists, and business managers. You will develop a deep understanding of market dynamics and clearly articulate results and insights to external clients and internal colleagues. You are simultaneously a business lead, an expert and a data scientist.

You will engage with clients as part of a cross-functional team on studies to drive step-change impact while applying the traditional McKinsey toolkit to gain breadth and depth on the potential options that our clients have to resolve their most complex challenges. You will actively contribute to internal and external outreach efforts to grow the brand awareness and support our client development efforts while identifying new opportunities for McKinsey to develop new digital products to better services our clients.

You will play an active role in the delivery of our value proposition while helping a build a new entrepreneurial knowledge-based business unit as Power Solutions is an extension of McKinsey’s service and is expected to grow substantially within the next five years.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or Advanced degree in management, engineering, economics, or any other discipline with a quantitative focus; degree in engineering ideally with technical knowledge of power systems is a plus
• 2-4 years of prior experience in the trading departments of electric power, natural gas, oil and bulk companies with a focus across front, middle and back-office or alternatively specific experience in risk or liquidity experience associated with trading
• Outstanding record of academic achievement and demonstrated an aptitude for analytics
• Experience in digital or advanced analytics, or willingness to learn is a plus
• Strong quantitative skills; Expert modelling and experience in large data sets is a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a keen interest and drive in developing a new offering with massive potential and strong sponsorship
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team with steep learning curve and a strong commitment to coaching and development
• Strong problem-solving skills and conceptual abilities
• Interpersonal effectiveness and leadership potential
• Fluency in English and local language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Lisbon, Madrid, Wroclaw

What you’ll do

You will help shape global energy supply and demand views for our clients globally through our proprietary models and by leveraging unique components built on top of existing market simulation solutions.

In this role, you will focus on several geographies and work closely with experts from our experts across the oil and gas, electric power, chemicals, basic materials, sustainability and resource productivity sectors. This will involve coordinating macroeconomic, technological and policy trends with McKinsey’s insights on industry level and overall energy system development.

You will engage with clients as part of a cross-functional team on studies to deploy our models, customize them to client settings and derive the relevant strategic insights relevant to set the course of their strategy, their decarbonization pathways or the best way to optimize their portfolio. You will develop the traditional McKinsey toolkit to gain breadth and depth on the potential options that our clients have to resolve their most complex challenges. You will actively contribute to internal and external outreach efforts to grow the brand awareness and support our client development efforts while identifying new opportunities for McKinsey to develop new digital products to better service our clients.

You will play an active role in the delivery of our solution to power utility clients and will help build a new entrepreneurial knowledge-based business within Power Solutions, which is an extension of McKinsey’s service and is expected to grow substantially within the next five years. We will build the future of the energy sector together.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in management, engineering, economics or any other discipline with a quantitative focus
• 1-5 years in the energy sector with specific experience in power market modelling, forecasting, and analysis; Experience with existing power market modelling software like Plexus a plus, but not a prerequisite
• Outstanding record of academic achievement and demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• Passion for energy transition
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team, with steep learning curve and strong commitment to coaching and development
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and can work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Fluency in English and local language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Lisbon, Madrid, Wroclaw

What you’ll do

You will help shape the fourth industrial revolution for our clients globally through our proprietary models and leveraging unique components built on top of existing market simulation solutions.

In this role, you will focus on several geographies and work closely with experts from our oil and gas, electric power, chemicals, basic materials, transport, travel and logistics, and resource productivity sectors. This will involve coordinating macroeconomic, technological and policy trends with McKinsey’s insights on industry level and overall energy system development.

You will engage with clients as part of a cross-functional team on studies to deploy our models, customize them to client settings and derive the relevant strategic insights relevant to set the course of their strategy, their data & IoT strategy, maintenance practices and reliability strategy. You will develop the traditional McKinsey toolkit to gain breadth and depth on the potential options that our clients have to resolve their most complex challenges. You will actively contribute to internal and external outreach efforts to grow the brand awareness and support our client development efforts while identifying new opportunities for McKinsey to develop new digital products to better services our clients.

You will play an active role in the delivery of our solution to power utility clients, and will help build a new entrepreneurial knowledge-based business as Maintenance AI is an extension of McKinsey’s service and is expected to grow substantially within the next five years. We will be building the future of the heavy industry sector together.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or any other discipline with a quantitative focus
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team, with steep learning curve and strong commitment to coaching and development
• 1+ years in heavy industry sector with specific experience in reliability and maintenance
• Experience developing or deploying digital tools, machine learning models or cloud infrastructure
• Outstanding record of academic achievement and demonstrated aptitude for analytics
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting or through extracurricular activities
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and can work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Passion for energy transition
• Fluency in English and local language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Lisbon, Madrid, Wroclaw

What you’ll do

You will help deploy specialized advanced analytics tools and generate insights that will help our Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure clients make more informed decisions.

In this role, you will support client engagements in a consulting capacity and you will also support client development efforts. You will master the analytics and methodology embedded in our solutions as well as the data concepts related to transport infrastructure. You will also develop a deep understanding of the sector to clearly articulate results and insights to colleagues and clients using the traditional McKinsey consultant toolkit.

In addition to client engagements, you will contribute to internal and external outreach efforts to grow awareness for our solutions, support our client development and knowledge-building efforts, and identify opportunities for McKinsey to develop new digital solutions to better serve our clients.

You will build your McKinsey consultant toolkit by joining client engagement teams to deploy our world-class advanced analytics solutions whilst working with global, industry-leading clients to tackle their top-priority challenges. You will also deepen your expertise in transport infrastructure across our four key sectors—roads, rails, airports, and seaports.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in management, engineering, economics or any other discipline with a quantitative focus; technical or working knowledge of other transport infrastructure solutions in the market is a plus
• 4+ years of work experience, preferably in transport infrastructure, such as roads, rails, airports, seaports)
• Outstanding record of academic achievement and demonstrated an aptitude for analytics
• Ambition to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team with steep learning curve and strong commitment to coaching and development
• Strong conceptual problem-solving skills with a proven ability to think strategically
• Strong quantitative skills; experience in modelling and large data sets is a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a keen interest in driving a new offering with massive potential and strong sponsorship
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and can work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Fluency in English and local language(s)

Locations: Amsterdam, Lisbon

What you’ll do

You will apply proprietary perspectives, tools, and methodologies to solve the most challenging problems our clients are facing today.

In this role, you will develop the next wave of McKinsey’s decarbonization perspectives and capabilities. You will take ownership of our distinctive suite of tools that address all levels of decarbonization, from an entire sector down to an individual industrial asset.

You will be spending at least 50 percent of your time working directly with clients, shaping their decarbonization agendas, including evaluating potential decarbonization pathways, analyzing value-at-stake, estimating strategic implementations, or initiating entire decarbonization transformations. You will also engage in recruitment activities on-the-job and provide coaching to more junior colleagues.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering, with a focus on oil and gas, chemical, mining, process, industrial
• 3+ years of work experience; Industry or consulting experience from previous positions or internships
• Strong interest in energy topics and understanding of complex industrial systems and decarbonization technologies
• Advanced problem-solving skills; Comfortable working with numbers and quantitative models
• Intermediate proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented team with a steep learning curve and a strong commitment to coaching and development
• Enthusiasm to work in a start-up environment with a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people at all levels in an organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Additional language ability is a plus

Locations: Geneva, Zurich

What you’ll do

You’ll work in small teams—typically comprising three to five consultants— and play an active role in all aspects of client engagement.

This includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing and communicating recommendations. You’ll also have the opportunity to present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

Associates receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues on their teams. This support includes a partner from your local office or practice assigned to you to help guide your career as well as up to five weeks of formal training in your first two years as an associate.

Additionally, you’ll receive guidance and support from your local office or practice in the selection of client projects, helping you to develop your skills and build your network.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree
• 3-5 years of work experience in a life science discipline with an outstanding record of academic achievement
• Internships or work experience in life science related areas, such as pharmacology, biotech, pharmaceutical and medical products, chemicals, medical affairs, healthcare and public health
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
• Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
• Fluency in English is a must, German (Zurich) or French (Geneva) language skills are a strong advantage
• Working or studying experience in Switzerland is a must