Strategy Consultant – Software & Platforms

Your responsibilities

• Join our Strategy practice as part of Industry Strategy – Software & Platforms team and play a key role in shaping the future of leading organizations.
• Partner with global software and platform clients to design and implement strategic initiatives across product growth, operations, and platform services.
• Support end-to-end business reinvention projects, identifying opportunities to streamline operations, optimize costs, and transform client operating models.
• Develop and apply your understanding of software industry trends, translating what is happening in the market into relevant implications for client engagements
• Help clients identify, assess, and implement AI-driven solutions (including agentic workflows and automated reporting) to optimize internal business processes and increase productivity.
• Support advisory projects focused on digital marketplaces, trust & safety operations, product-led growth, or go-to-market (GTM) strategy.
• Lead workstreams on complex projects from initial diagnostic through to strategic design and implementation roadmap planning.
• Contribute to the creation of client proposals, offering documents, points of view (POVs), and other strategic materials.
• Develop trusted relationships with clients by delivering value, sharing industry expertise, and identifying opportunities for additional business impact.

Our requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, economics, engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience within:
• Strategy consulting environment (e.g. strategy consulting firm or in-house strategy unit) and/ or
• Software & platforms companies (e.g. SaaS, cloud providers, marketplaces, and social media platforms)
• AI & Digital fluency: Hands-on experience or familiarity with Generative AI tools, data modeling, prompt engineering, or agentic workflows. Ability to connect industry trends to client challenges and contribute meaningfully to strategic discussions
• Platform Industry Knowledge: General familiarity with the software-as-a-service (SaaS) landscape, digital marketplaces, or platform operations
• Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to collect, transform, and interpret complex data to derive strategic insights and tackle business problems effectively.
• Communication & Workshop Facilitation: Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with a proven ability to facilitate client workshops, interviews, and group discussions.
• Client Engagement & Influence: Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, bringing structure and clear thinking to support stakeholder alignment; experience working with senior client teams to understand problems, co-create solutions, and support cross-functional change
• Awareness of partner and developer ecosystem dynamics, and how co-sell, marketplace, and ecosystem strategies are changing how software businesses grow and distribute
• Language Skills: Fluency in written and spoken English is required; additionally, German, French, Spanish, or another European language is a strong asset.
• Mobility: Willingness and ability to work at client locations across Europe and other locations for short or long-term travel as required by project needs.

What we offer

• Employment contract.
• A flexible working model - mostly remote, but with opportunities to collaborate directly with clients across Europe.
• Individual support of a People Lead and a specific path of professional development, as well as the possibility of a session with a Coach.
• A wide training package (soft, technical, and language training offer, access to the e-learning platforms, Gallup test, GenAI training, possibility of co-financing courses, and certification).
• Employee Assistance Program - legal, financial, and psychological consultations.
• Accenture employees eligible for the Employee share purchase plan automatically become eligible for quarterly dividends if they own company shares.
• Paid employee referral program
• Company car provided
• Private medical care, life insurance.
• Access to the MyBenefit platform (possibility of using a wide range of products and services, including the Multisport card).

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• remote work opportunities
• employee referral program

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