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What You'll Do

As a temporary Org Design & Operating Model Offer Senior Manager in BCG’s People and Organization Practice Area (POP PA), you will be sought as a thought partner who supports leadership to set and execute the strategic agenda for the Org Design & Op Model (OD&OM) business as well as advance the strategic priorities of the topic, working closely with the leadership of POP and Org Design & Op Model, the expert consulting team, Vantage, and Practice Management & Operations team.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Topic Strategy: Alongside topic leadership, jointly drive strategy & planning around the Org Design & Op Model offerings, articulating the needs / pain points from our clients, how they are evolving, how our offerings respond to these needs, and how we differentiate from competitors.
• Team leadership: Help team to orchestrate meetings; prepare and lead the regular meetings / calls associated to it. Ensure insights and next steps from meetings are disseminated to appropriate audience to action.
• Commercial Planning & Go-To-Market: Drive the commercial plan, including definition and implementation of commercial activities to develop the practice’s Org Design & Op Model business (e.g., IP development, sector mobilization). Go-to lead to understand and monitor the state of the business (e.g. lead flow, proposal pipeline and sold cases) and lead associated analysis, leadership reporting, etc., reaching out to relevant Managing Directors & Partners as necessary
• Prioritization, Backlog Management, and Offer Development: In collaboration with experts and Vantage, help teams align on priorities based on the strategic plan and manage the backlog of activities to support the development and evolution of the offerings. Contribute to the development and dissemination of the topic content; ensure consistency between different content initiatives and ‘connecting the dots’ across various threads.
• Marketing and Communication: Together with the leadership team and marketing teams, develop offer narrative, as well as communication plan and contribute to its execution. Provide input to plan publications, newsletters, internal and external events.
• People. Build genuine relationships with stakeholders, peers and across the global team to collaborate, grow and contribute positively to team culture. Work with regional teams to execute the
• people plan, including providing support to global and regional leads on recruiting, career development and talent pipeline
• Cross-functional engagement: Coordinate across other BCG Practice areas (e.g., Technology & Digital Advantage, BCG X, Industrial Practice Areas) and provide ad hoc support for priority cross-PA initiatives (e.g., Accelerated Cost Advantage)
• As capacity and expertise permits – content creation: in a (Gen)AI world, there are important strategic priorities that we are pushing within the topic. We seek someone who has a passion and interest in driving net new offers to expand our ODOM presence. Key areas of likely focus include the AI-First Organization and Excellence in Support Functions

The POP Practice Area is one of BCG’s functional practices. We develop and provide expertise on People and Organization matters and together with the industry Pas of BCG, support client to design, equip and sustain a high performing organization with capable, engaged and adaptive people.

You’re good at

• Managing ambiguity with a high level of comfort
• Self-starting with a strong work ethic, entrepreneurial drive to work autonomously and in a multinational team
• Earning the respect of a very senior cohort, all Managing Directors, that are remotely located, juggling the various priorities and viewpoints of the Leadership Team members, showing influence to compile inputs and opinions from the Leadership Team members, while still meeting demanding deadlines
• Operating effectively in a matrix organization with the ability to prioritize and make decisions
• Complex project management with the ability to multi-task and drive advanced strategic analysis (beyond data) and leverage results for impact
• Working independently to identify need for, scope, gain endorsement and drive implementation of commercially impactful initiatives
• Leading others including senior business leaders in clarifying problems and developing solutions by building cross-PA partnerships - building consensus, persuading and influencing.
• Motivating others to deliver highest standards, providing direction, mentoring and coaching.

What You'll Bring

• 8-10+ years of relevant industry experience
• University Advanced degree and demonstrated high academic achievement, strongly preferred
• Prior exposure to change, transformation, culture initiatives or relevant industry experience strongly preferred
• Ability to manage and drive area of accountabilities, contributing to higher level agenda setting
• Ability to lead complex sub-functional teams or projects fully independently and provide direction to others
• Ability to resolve complex issues and non-defined problems autonomously, with full business acumen
• Strong interpersonal skills and credibility
• Ability to influence senior members of the Practice Area and beyond
• Ability to respect sensitive client, BCG, and people related information as personal and confidential
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced knowledge in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Strong English skills (written and spoken)

Who You'll Work With

Practice Area Management & Operations team members keep BCG’s industry and functional practice areas operating responsively and efficiently. As a member of this team, you will contribute directly to the success of our business through a number of roles, including content development, process management, marketing, meeting and conference management, and internal/external communications.

Additional info

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.

The base salary range for this role is $124,000 - $172,000.

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