Associate Partner - Financial Services / Data & AI

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. Partnerpromotionpossible , 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 arein the midst ofbuilding 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.

Foundedin October 2022 by Johanna von Geyr (build-up and led Financial Services Practice for a NASDAQ-listed strategy consultancy) and 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.

• 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 deepFinancialServicesdomainexpertiseas 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 foryour team— challenge them, develop them, raisetheir 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 buyingcenters. 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 partnerpromotionforyou 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 . Thatisnot aslogan—itisyourTuesday.

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. Thinkinstructures, not gut feel.
• Street-smart. Read the room fast.Prioritiseruthlessly. Grasp commercial reality.
• People-smart. Communicate with precision — clear, direct, persuasive. Buildtrustacrossfunctionsandseniority.
• 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 youoperate. 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, ora track recordthat speaks for itself.
• Track Record. A track recordof buildingaleading practiceatastrategicconsultancyormajor 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 madethe hardcalls 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.Additionallanguages are a plus.
• Partner track within reach. From Associate Partner to Partner possible.
• Compensation. Above market with very entrepreneurial-driven bonus structures.

“My biggest economic misunderstanding was that people got rich from high salary, but almost no one on Forbes got there through salary but only with equity.”

— Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

• Stellar Network. Shoulder-to-shoulder with financial services executives running today’s giants and the founders buildingtomorrow’s.
• Offices. Munich and Barcelona. More coming.

Plus: the essentials done right — EGYMWellpass, bike leasing, a kitchen stocked with healthy food and team events worth showing up for: Oktoberfest, team dinners, and more.

Advise the leaders. Build what comes next. Invest in the future of Financial Services.

Equal Opportunities for all

Our team spirit celebrates diversity. We want you to be your true “you” and offer everyone an open culture and safe space with equal chances and opportunities.