Manager Pipe (principal Investors & Private Equity) (all Genders) - Bcg Platinion

BCG BCG · Consulting · Cologne, Germany +6 · Consulting

Manager in Principal Investors & Private Equity (PIPE) practice at BCG Platinion, focusing on technology due diligence for investors. The role involves assessing technology's impact on investment theses, analyzing technical AI capabilities, and identifying value-enhancement levers. It requires leading tech due diligence, developing implementation plans, and working with C-level stakeholders. The role is client-facing and involves project management within the private equity deal cycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will lead and conduct tech due diligence and specifically assess the impact of technology on investment theses, risk profiles, and value potential
  2. You will analyze application landscapes, software architectures, technical AI capabilities, product and tech organizations, and digital business models, and translate these into concrete deal implications You identify and quantify value-enhancement levers (e.g., AI strategies, scaling, platform strategies, tech transformation)
  3. You develop concrete implementation plans and execute them together with our clients post-transaction (e.g., Full Potential Plan, carve-out, post-merger integration, etc.)
  4. You work closely with C-level stakeholders (e.g., deal teams, operating partners, CFO, CTO, CIO) and act as a sparring partner on equal footing
  5. You manage internal and external project teams and ensure fast, precise, and decision-oriented execution—often in highly dynamic transactions

Skills

Required

  • at least six years of experience in IT consulting and in transactions with a strong IT focus
  • experience leading projects
  • fluent in German and English

Nice to have

  • degree in (Business) Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field with above-average grades
  • consistently think from an investor’s perspective
  • strong, cross-industry understanding of business models, value drivers, and investment logic
  • skilled in efficient resource planning
  • serve as a motivator and catalyst within your teams
  • know how to present complex issues in an understandable way
  • calculate business cases, and drive them to a decision

What the JD emphasized

  • technical AI capabilities