Job Description & Summary

Manager Strategy – Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

Do you fancy working on strategic issues in a fast-paced, exciting and continuously changing deals environment? Where you help clients develop their M&A strategy. Where you help clients build investment cases and help prospective buyers analyse business plans in detail. Where you help clients transform the companies they have acquired. Where you work in a growing, diverse and international team setting on important transactions. Then PwC Deals Strategy is the place for you!

The PwC Deals Strategy team is part of PwC’s global Deals practice and we support companies, investors and governments in their assessment of key strategic issues. We often collaborate with our Transaction Services, Delivering Deal Value, Business Restructuring, Corporate Finance and other PwC colleagues to bring in the sector expertise, holistic insights and broader deal support to our clients.

Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) is one of the leading sectors in our Deals practice. We have a market-leading position in the Netherlands having completed 44 successful TMT transactions in 2021 alone. Our team is growing quickly, and we are looking for strategy professionals to join us through the next phase of our journey.

Responsibilities

You will work with a wide variety of large and mid-tier private equity clients, as well as corporate clients undertaking Merger & Acquisition investment opportunities. Your work will be a mix of transaction-related (commercial due diligence, synergy assessment, pre and post-deal value creation) and strategy development (growth strategy, market entry and initiative prioritisation). You will report directly to one of our Strategy directors and be an integral member of our Deals TMT team.

You will work on client projects in teams of varying sizes and often across other PwC competences and advisors as well as geographical boundaries. As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Typical duties include:

Leading a team of consultants and taking responsibility for project delivery
Running projects on a day-to-day basis, managing the work streams and supervising delivery
Coordinating with key project stakeholders including clients and other internal teams
Planning initial hypotheses and analysis; formulating initial hypotheses based on previous experience, knowledge of the sector and understanding of the scope of work
Leading interviews with customers & market experts
Contributing to conclusions and supporting other senior team members in presenting insights to the client based on factual and independent research and data analytic
Contributing to the wider business through business development, knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring junior team members and other activities
Playing an important role in the further development of the team and of the TMT practice

Requirements

We are looking for talented professionals that have a strong personal drive to take the next step in their career. Your key characteristics:

You are a professional with 5-8 years of strategy consulting experience from either a strategy consulting firm, Big 4 firm, or experience in the strategy department in a corporate environment
Direct experience of managing strategy and commercial due diligence assignments for private equity or corporate clients, with the ability to act independently
Strong technical skills in:
- Market and competitor analysis (market sizing, excel modelling, multi-source data triangulation, drivers and dynamics, competitive intensity, etc.)
- Customer analysis (management of customer surveys, data segmentation & analysis, customer journeys etc.)
- Internal analysis (capabilities, business model review, financial assessment)
You have some knowledge and strategic experience within TMT industries, with passion/interest in further developing the sector expertise
You have a university degree in business administration, science, engineering or related discipline. An MBA is not required, but is considered an asset
You are analytical, commercially minded and you have good communication- and social skills
You are a team player and have developed your leadership skills in your current role
You have a good command of English (both spoken and written). Fluency in another (European) language is considered a plus.

Who are we?

We are PwC, established in 1849. Through various mergers, we have now become a worldwide business service provider with activities in the field of Digital Technology, Assurance, Tax and Advisory. We operate in this field within a large range of sectors and clients.

We employ 223,000 people, across 157 countries. PwC Nederland employs a total of over 5,000 people. Our relevance and purpose is ‘building trust in society and solving important problems’. This manifests itself in the way we work and who we are, guided by our values – Act with integrity, Make a difference, Care, Work together and Reimagine the possible. For more background information about us, visit our website.

What do we offer?

Working at PwC means working with diverse clients and inspiring colleagues. We will devote much attention to your personal and technical development. New employees soon get to join our professionals at clients and are immediately involved on a strategic level.

Project based work with flexible working conditions
Multicultural team with strong growth ambition
Career opportunities to further grow your role in the DS TMT team and within the broader PwC network
Personal Development and Leadership programs
International opportunities within our deals network
Excellent primary and secondary employment benefits. These benefits include a 'well-being budget'. This is a personal yearly budget of €1000,- that you can spend on your health, e.g., mindfulness, sports, lifestyle coaching, a second screen for your home office and noise cancelling headphones
Monthly internet allowance
A lease car or car allowance, laptop and an iPhone
32 holiday days per year
Informal and interesting (virtual) events with colleagues

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