The Boston Consulting Group

WHAT YOU'LL DO

To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. We are looking for people who are passionate about Digital Products Transformation and Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise further within the teams. 

We are seeking a senior leader to bring our Digital Products vision to reality in partnership with BCG’s Recruiting team. As a senior technology leader, you will act as a pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product teams, enabling them to go faster, safely, and prevent solutions that are hard to change and stifle innovation. You will be responsible for the technology roadmap and implementation of digital recruiting solutions that enable our recruitment teams to create the best candidate experience and drive towards the BCG goal of attracting the best talent in the market enabled via transformation of digital recruiting products. You will bring industry best practices to design and implement secure, performant and scalable solutions. You will lead a group of engineers and architects embedded in the Digital Products team and be responsible for their growth, upskilling and ongoing development. You will work closely with several technology teams to align to an enterprise vision for IT services across BCG’s internal business functions. 

• Partnering with the Recruiting Product Team Lead and Recruiting Transformation Program team to define roadmaps and priorities for the technology portfolio 
• Manage the end-to-end technical delivery across all phases/lifecycle of product/program roadmaps 
• Steering the recruiting transformation program, managing and delivering on the program plan in close collaboration with functional stakeholders, architects, development teams and PMO 
• Applying Agile software development methodologies and principles, including work estimation techniques, TDD, BDD etc. 
• Overseeing technical architecture, tooling, platforms & systems in coordination with Enterprise Architecture, and ensuring compliance with standards and guardrails 
• Working closely with key stakeholders to understand business problems and surfacing technology options to address those problems – including experimenting with emerging technologies 
• Coaching the team of engineers, technical specialists, and architects -- and introducing new technologies and practices as needed 
• Leading technical analysis of both packaged software solutions and custom-built applications 
• Advocating for release management and automation best practices 
• Ensuring proper root cause analysis and remediation is executed during any incidents or outages 
• Working with vendors to augment team capacity and knowledge 

Job ID

22361BR

WHO WE ARE

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

YOU'LL BE TRAVELLING

Yes (20%)

YOUR EMPLOYEE TYPE IS

Regular

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• BA/MS degree in computer or information sciences or similar field 
• 15+ years of relevant experience in delivering large scale IT Transformation initiatives, preferably in large international organizations with focus towards recruiting transformations 
• Leadership of technical teams and vendors during large implementation programs with hands-on roles around program management and leadership 
• Hands-on technology implementation experience – both custom and off-the-shelf applications; knowledge of multiple Applicant Tracking and Candidate Relationship Mgmt packages preferred 
• Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC 
• Ability to lead/perform software platform assessments, as well as make architectural recommendations pertinent to business needs and related dependencies 
• Good understanding of security best practices from development and deployment perspectives 
• Strong technical competence, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies 
• Financial literacy and an understanding of budget and funding processes 
• Flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit to adapt easily to changing requirements and priorities 
• Technical acumen to understand the importance of below technologies and effectively navigate creation of technical solutions using: 
• Databases and EDW technology like Snowflake 
• SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns 
• On-premise/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards 
• Software delivery including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud based platforms such as Azure or AWS 
• Application testing, automation and performance testing tools 
• Data ingestion pipelines 

YOUR JOB TYPE IS

Full time

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

COUNTRY

United Kingdom, United States

CITY

Atlanta, London

JOB FAMILY

Risk

YOU'RE GOOD AT

To be successful, you should bring sound development and program leadership experience leveraging technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integration and cloud-oriented strategies. 

Ideally, you thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision making skills, and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication. 

• Thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation 
• Exceptional communication skills with strong emphasis towards collaborative and creative problem-solving 
• Proven ability to actively work with and influence senior business and technology stakeholders 
• High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness and collaboration 
• Working well independently as well as part of a team, with a hands-on approach as needed 
• Building relationships and reliable team player, displaying consideration and respect for others 
• Performing successfully in a fast-paced, multi-cultural and service-oriented environment 
• Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG’s values and culture 
• Exhibiting ownership and accountability for self and driving the behaviour in the team 
• Attention to detail, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions 
• Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed 

JOB TITLE

Global IT Senior Director – Recruiting Products

YOU'LL WORK WITH

Members of our risk team develop and implement strategies for identifying and managing significant risk exposures at BCG. Alongside BCG’s global risk-review program, those with risk management jobs help the firm’s functional groups clarify risk ownership, evaluate risk management approaches, perform functional reviews, and implement solutions.