EY-Parthenon Senior Consultant Software Strategy

Location: Amsterdam

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Salary: Competitive

Date: Jun 25, 2026

Job description

Requisition ID: 1720509

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Your new job | About your main responsibilities

You will rapidly build a mix of hard and soft skills during projects. You will gain experience creating data-backed analysis and insights, learn what makes software companies tick, hone your ability to craft a compelling narrative and present findings to senior executives, and manage and mentor others on your team. You will have a seat at the table with CEOs and investors, helping these clients make more informed decisions and gaining first-hand insights into how investors and management teams operate and make decisions.

As a senior consultant, you’ll be part of the EY-Parthenon Software Strategy team. In this role, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

Support the development of business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, macroeconomic forecasting and portfolio optimization.

Review and manage deal documents to identify critical business issues and risks relating to a proposed transaction.

Perform technical analysis and translate findings into financial implications, being able to present outcomes to a non-technical audience.

Support workstreams and teams with planning, reporting and setting up meetings and working sessions.

Your new team | About your colleagues and the office

Your team

The Software Strategy Group (SSG) is the specialized software sector practice within EY-Parthenon, and is uniquely positioned in the intersection of strategy and technology, offering Commercial and Software Strategy services. As an integrated team, we are exposed to the cutting-edge tech market dynamics and engage in truly creative and thought-provoking projects.

Senior consultants are the backbone of our case teams. On any given day, you may conduct market research, interview industry participants, meet with technology company executives, conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis, or participate in client discussions.

What we do

Product strategy and roadmap: EY-Parthenon teams analyze product roadmaps and provide recommendations to enhance commercial positioning, packaging, and pricing using market and competitive research.

Technology strategy and roadmap: We help companies build suitable tech strategies and architecture roadmaps to meet growth targets, incorporating internal efforts and new technologies.

Software development effectiveness: The team assesses software development capacities, talent, and processes, offering actionable recommendations to improve productivity, timeliness, quality, and alignment with corporate strategy

Product and technology diligence: SSG provides top-tier product and technology diligence, assessing product capabilities, roadmaps, software architecture, technical debt, and associated processes.

Integrated diligence: EY-Parthenon teams combine product and technology