Associate Partner - Financial Services / Data & AI

Job description

Advise. Invest. Build. Meet ALAIKA — a new kind of Financial Services firm — globally scaling, headquartered in Munich. The work is hard. The bar is high. **Partner promotion possible**, for the ones who can keep up and actually build a business themselves on our platform. ## **About ALAIKA** At ALAIKA, our vision is to build the future of Financial Services with three brands under one roof — Advisory (Strategy Consulting), Capital (Private Equity), Building (Company Builder). Right now, we are in the midst of building our trojan horse ALAIKA Advisory. The ambition: building the leading Financial-Services-specific entrepreneurial holding — Fortune 500 access, PE discipline, Silicon Valley technology-depth and thinking. **Three networks that compound and multiply.** - **One industry.**Financial Services. Nothing else. - **One focus.**The intersection of business and technology — across Strategic Transformations, AI & Data Intelligence, and Cybersecurity. - **One goal.**Being the go-to partner for the world's leading Fortune 500 financial services companies — and the ones we might help build into that. Founded in October 2022 by [**Johanna von Geyr**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-von-geyr-374b81/) (build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and [**Harald Braunstein**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-braunstein/) (serial entrepreneur with exits incl. IPO), we bring together deep functional domain expertise and networks in global Financial Services, with a proven track record in building, scaling, and investing in leading software product companies.  Curious what ALAIKA is all about? Explore our [website](https://www.alaika-advisory.com/) and [introduction deck](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pX8HFTMUueKa5bTrP3k22kR1kFjq2Ot9/view). **Join the movement — apply now.** ## **The role and what you will work on** - **Advise.**Take on the most pressing strategic and technology challenges of the world’s leading financial services companies —**across Strategy, Data & AI, and Cyber, with deep Financial Servicesdomain expertise as your anchor**. You are the guiding thought leader for your clients’ topics before the problem is fully defined. - **Own.**Own client holding groups end-to-end — the relationships, the revenue, the team, the outcomes. You do not own pieces or projects; you own accounts. - **Lead.**Run project teams and large key initiatives. Set the standard for your team — challenge them, develop them, raise their game. **Multiply the output of everyone around you** — not just your own. - **Sell.**Own the full sales process end-to-end, independent of deal size. Open new buying centers. Originate mandates. Turn one client into three. Your pipeline is your business — and you run it like one. - **Connect.**Industry-shaping relationships. C-suite at the leading Financial Services firms. Your network walks in with you, extends with the role, and becomes the platform for everything the practice does next. - **Grow.**Sharpen the rare profile the market is short on — analytical mastermind, data & AI expert, entrepreneurial dealmaker. **The partner promotion for you is not a question of IF. It is a question of WHEN.** - **Build.**We are scaling, with real building left to do — IP, processes, go-to-market, strategy. **You are a strategic partner in shaping what ALAIKA becomes**. That is not a slogan — it is your Tuesday. ## **When you are a fit** *“Show me an athlete who did well academically. An athlete because they know what it takes to win and they have had to experience loss.”* *— Kenneth C. Griffin, Founder of Citadel* You will work alongside intrinsically driven people chasing an uncapped career — people who do "what it takes". You fear "being one more number stuck in middle management". - **Book-smart.**Strong academic foundation. Think in structures, not gut feel. - **Street-smart.**Read the room fast. Prioritise ruthlessly. Grasp commercial reality. - **People-smart.**Communicate with precision — clear, direct, persuasive. Build trust across functions and seniority. - **Athlete performance mindset.**High aspirations. Grit. Learn faster than the environment changes. - **Entrepreneurial guts.**You have built something, owned something, or bet on yourself at some point — and it shows in how you operate. P&L is not an abstraction. Ambiguity is not a problem. Youmove. ## **What you bring** - **Background.**Outstanding degree in an analytical field from a top-tier university, or a track record that speaks for itself. - **Track Record.**A track record of building a leading practice at a strategic consultancy or major Financial Services firm. - **Senior Network.**Established C-Level and Tier 1-3 relationships across financial services. Your network walks in with you. - **Sales Track Record.**Proven ability to originate and close mandates at €2m+ scale. You have built a book before. - **Leadership.**You have hired, developed, and graduated, as well as made the hard calls on people. **You understand that it is your task to build the best sports team — not a family.** - **Analytical edge.**Data-driven by default. Leverage data to drive decisions, not just decorate slides and / or make sure your team does not. - **Languages.**Fluent in English and German. Additional languages are a plus. ## **Why join ALAIKA** - **Partner track within reach.**From Associate Partner to Partner possible.