Program Manager / Junior Consultant

About the role

We're looking for a curious, driven Program Manager / Junior Consultant with strong growth potential to join our team. You'll work closely with our internal program/project team and support across a range of responsibilities and projects — from AI transformation and workforce enablement to operational efficiency and organizational change — depending on client needs.

You are a generalists rather than specialists, and future successor who can develop into the next level of seniority over time.

This means you won't be siloed into one function — you'll get exposure to AI transformation strategy, operations, workshop facilitation, and client management from day one.

What you’ll do:

• Project management: support end-to-end program delivery including research, analysis, hypothesis testing, and synthesis
• Build models, frameworks, and analyses to support client recommendations
• Design and create client workshops and co-working sessions
• Help design AI solutions for both our internal needs and for our clients
• Help facilitate workshops, contributing to the flow, structure, and energy of the room
• Prepare client-ready materials (decks, reports, memos)
• Participate in client meetings and workshops, taking an increasingly active role over time
• Work across sectors and problem types — no two programs will look the same
• Contribute to internal initiatives (proposals, knowledge-building) as the firm grows

What we're looking for:

• 1–3 years of experience in consulting, professional services, or another fast-paced analytical role
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
• Solid business acumen and consultative approach
• Able to create clear, partner-ready workshop materials
• Experience with (or strong interest in developing) workshop facilitation skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a fast-changing scope of work
• A genuine generalist mindset — you're energized by variety, not thrown off by it
• Strong ambition to grow into a more senior role over time, with a genuine interest in long-term development
• Excellent written and verbal communication in German and English
• Bachelor's degree in any field (we care more about how you think than what you studied)
• Side projects or self-directed initiatives are a plus — we would love seeing what you built on your own time

Key capabilities:

• Data and AI fluency (especially Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot)
• Analytical thinking
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Project management
• Communication and stakeholder management

What we offer:

• Direct mentorship from experienced program leads — no getting lost in a big firm
• A clear, supported path toward the next career level
• Fast-tracked responsibility, client exposure across variety of industries and problem types

And to make work even more enjoyable:

• 30 days of paid leave annually (based on a five-day working week)
• Personal development budget
• Company pension scheme ("Betriebliche Altersvorsorge")
• Possibility for mobile work (up to 50% of the working time)
• Possibility for remote work, also outside of Germany, for up to six weeks in total annually
• Regular team offsites, team events and parties
• Employee Benefits like Urban Sports Club or shopping vouchers

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

The DO is an inclusive organization and explicitly welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, whether that’s ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, disability or alternative professional paths.