The Boston Consulting Group

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The BCG X Portfolio Strategy & Practice Area Commercial Activation team plays a critical role in shaping a differentiated portfolio of digital & AI offerings and driving X business in strong partnership with the 20 BCG Practice Areas to help accelerate BCG's commercial agenda. Your objective will be to drive activities/projects that will accelerate business growth across a subset of our BCG Industry and Functional Practice Areas, and to focus our investments on the most critical digital & AI solutions that we develop, build, and sell to clients

Responsibilities include the following for a subset of IPAs and/or FPAs

• Working closely with a handful of BCG X Industry & Functional Practice Area Leaders and Leadership teams to drive X (digital & AI) business for the PA, including: 1) helping to shape the right portfolio of digital & AI offers for their industry or function, and 2) unlock GTM across sectors/functional topics/regions
• Driving & supporting leadership meetings and facilitating a strong partnership model between BCG X and BCG Industry/Functional Leaders
• Strengthening community engagement (e.g., running meeting/events)
• Conducting ad hoc analysis for the practice area on different topics
• Developing & sharing best practices across practice areas

This role offers the opportunity to work core strategic topics for both BCG & BCG X to support continued growth of the firm

• Direct engagement with BCG X global leadership team, BCG X and BCG Practice Area Leaders, and Product/Offering Leaders
• Active management of X PA specific offer portfolio tackling a variety of challenges for clients
• Day-to-day support to drive X business for a subset of ~20 industry/functional practice areas
• Opportunity to consistently introduce new approaches and process improvements with impact across BCG X

Job ID

22921BR

WHO WE ARE

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible—and unlocking your potential to advance the world. Our team called Global Services (GS) provides corporate support to business areas such as Finance, Legal, HR, Marketing and IT. This diverse team of experts, operators and specialists represent all levels from Partner to entry level staff, operating across the globe in multiple countries. Global Services is in short, the backbone of BCG.

YOUR EMPLOYEE TYPE IS

Regular

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• Bachelor’s or Master's Degree or equivalent in business, finance, engineering, or related field
• 4+ years of work experience in strategy consulting for a top tier firm, ideally as an Associate/Senior Associate/Consultant or as Knowledge Team Mgrs at BCG (or 
• equivalent)
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment with people at all organizational levels
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, networking, and teaming skills, with ability to manage and influence a variety of senior stakeholders
• Proactive, highly organized and pragmatic – must be able to smartly manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams on a consistent basis
• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, and presentations skills

Good to have

• Interest in technology, digital, data science, product management topics
• Knowledge of BCG industry/functional Practice Areas and/or software/data products helpful

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

CITY

London

JOB FAMILY

Business Management & Operations

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Strategic thinking and decision support on key offering investments and direction
• Problem solving and analytical skills, with ability to apply strong business judgment in ambiguous environments
• Entrepreneurial mindset to proactively drive new ideas & activities
• Senior stakeholder management & influence
• Ability to manage complexity and juggle across multiple parallel workstreams

JOB TITLE

BCG X Portfolio Strategy & PA Activation Manager

YOU'LL WORK WITH

Please provide overview of key stakeholders

• BCG X Global Leadership Team
• BCG X & BCG Industry & Functional Practice Area leads
• BCG X & Practice Area Product/Offering leaders
• BCG X Finance (Product and Commercial)
• Other BCG X & BCG functional teams (Marketing, Business Management & Staffing, IP/legal, etc.)