Waterland vacancies
Waterland as an investment partner
Waterland is a pan-European private equity firm that helps medium-sized companies grow into market leaders. Its funds invest in sectors such as business services, technology & communications, healthcare, and infrastructure, often focusing on themes such as digitization, aging populations, and sustainability. Buy-and-build strategies are used to develop local champions into international platforms. The portfolio now consists of more than 100 companies with a combined workforce of over 120,000 employees and consolidated revenues of more than €21 billion. Waterland manages billions in commitments from institutional investors worldwide.
The strategy for sustainable growth
Waterland’s approach is based on three strategic pillars. First, it pursues active buy-and-build growth: companies are helped to scale up both organically and through targeted acquisitions. Second, the team uses thematic, proactive deal sourcing to identify opportunities at an early stage that fit the chosen growth platforms. Thirdly, Waterland adapts its strategy, pace, and governance to the situation of each company. This approach positions Waterland among the top three European mid-market buyout managers and among the top ten most consistently performing players in buyout fund management.
Working at Waterland
More than two hundred professionals working from eleven offices in nine European countries collaborate intensively on a single portfolio and a single investment philosophy. The corporate culture at Waterland is entrepreneurial, analytical, and hands-on. Teams are given a great deal of responsibility, work closely with entrepreneurs, and take joint ownership for deals and value creation. Working at Waterland means collaborating in international teams with short lines of communication to partners and to the management teams of portfolio companies. Vacancies at Waterland are aimed at people who are energized by growth, can structure complexity, and want to make an impact on a large scale, both for the companies in which we invest and for the institutional investors who entrust us with their capital.