Senior Associate

Artifer; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifer is seeking a driven strategist to work directly with founders on due diligence, growth, and AI execution. You’ll shape the firm’s offerings and contribute to investment-ready insights in a fast-paced, founder-led environment.

You’ll engage across commercial, technical, and AI strategy, driving real value with tight feedback loops and hands-on execution. This is a boutique, high-trust setting with high expectations.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years in top-tier strategy consulting, private equity, or tech strategy.
• Analytically strong and structurally ruthless.
• Understand SaaS and digital economics.
• Genuinely curious about AI, not just hype.
• Thrive in small, high-performance environments.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with founders on commercial & tech due diligence for software, digital and tech-enabled businesses.
• Develop growth strategy for PE-backed portfolio companies.
• Define AI strategy and real-world use-case realization.
• Cut through noise to build sharp, decision-ready insights.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Private equity

Tech strategy

Analytical

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Tech & AI acceleration for investors and portfolio companies.

Current or former strategy consultant? You’ve mastered the craft. Ready to raise the stakes?

Do you want to:

• Work directly with top-tier entrepreneurs and their investors?
• Be in the room when real investment decisions are made?
• Build a firm while building your own trajectory?

Good. Keep reading.

Who we are

Artifer was founded by former SparkOptimus Private Equity leaders and SaaS founders. We’ve done the decks. We’ve done the boardrooms. We’ve built and exited a SaaS company ourselves. And we believe mid-market PE advisory needs an upgrade.

Less slides. More substance. Less theory. More execution.

We combine commercial due diligence, tech due diligence, growth strategy and AI realization — not as separate boxes, but as one integrated capability. We think like investors. We operate like founders.

Now we’re looking for someone who wants to do the same.

The role

From day one, you’ll work directly with the founders on:

• Commercial & tech due diligence for software, digital and tech-enabled businesses
• Growth strategy for PE-backed portfolio companies
• AI strategy definition and real-world use-case realization
• Cutting through noise to build sharp, decision-ready insights

No hiding in the back. No endless formatting. No corporate machinery. You’ll own workstreams. You’ll challenge CEOs. You’ll help shape the firm as it grows.

Why this is different

• Founder-led. Zero politics. Zero overhead.
• Real AI execution experience — from strategy to code.
• Exposure to both investment decisions and hands-on value creation.
• Small team. High trust. High expectations.
• Direct access to PE funds and portfolio leadership.

Your profile

• 2–5 years in top-tier strategy consulting, private equity, or tech strategy
• You’re analytically strong and structurally ruthless
• You understand (or want to deeply understand) SaaS and digital economics
• You’re genuinely curious about AI — not just the hype
• You thrive in small, high-performance environments

Bonus points if you:

• Can actually work with data (SQL, Python)
• Have done CDD/TDD
• Have operated inside a tech company

But more important than your CV: You think clearly. You take ownership. You have low ego and high standards.

What you get

• Direct mentorship from experienced PE advisors and founders
• Exposure to real investment decisions
• The opportunity to build a boutique advisory firm from an early stage
• Compensation aligned with top-tier strategy consulting
• Flexibility and autonomy

And most importantly: Work that actually feels like it matters.