Digital Strategy Project Leader / Principal (DigitalBCG)

at Boston Consulting Group
Published May 17, 2023
Location London
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

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.

Digital BCG

BCG has a long history of driving growth by embracing innovation and new ways of thinking.  Through DigitalBCG, we bring together a diverse mix of consultants and digital specialists to ensure that we are supporting our clients throughout their digital transformation journeys. We work with our clients to fully understand the impact of digital on their business and set priorities that will transform their vision into value. Whether it be developing new technologies to support their core business, making better use of their data, or pursuing entirely new sources of revenue, our aim is to achieve radical improvements in productivity, flexibility, and speed. We are innovating how our clients are using artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, internet of things, personalization, blockchain technologies, and more to gain competitive advantage.

DigitalBCG encompasses a broad set of data, digital, and technology capabilities from BCG consulting teams and practices, along with our business units such as BCG Digital Ventures, BCG Platinion, and BCG GAMMA.

Practice Area Profile

DigitalBCG focuses on helping clients deliver competitive advantage and business-superior performance through the use of data, technology and digital. We are the fastest growing practice at BCG and central to the strategic impact we have with our clients. Our consultants and experts globally work across all industries and provide deep experience and expertise across a number of topics, including: Digital Transformation, Data & Digital Platforms, Software & Agile, Digitizing the Tech Function.

What You'll Do

In this role, you’ll direct diverse teams of consulting talent across different industries. You’ll be responsible for supporting those teams to flourish through thought leadership, team mentoring and business development, and clients will seek your advice on business issues that extend beyond the immediate scope of your project work.

You’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders from both BCG and clients to transform our clients’ organisations. You’ll typically oversee a team of BCG Associates and Consultants, as well as digital specialists, such as engineers, designers and data scientists, to deliver game-changing outcomes for our clients.

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

We’re looking for exceptional talent from consulting or industry to join us. You would typically have:
  • 6+ years’ consulting experience, including managing consulting teams OR held a leadership role in industry, combined with 5+ years consulting experience
  • A demonstrated history of building credibility and relationships with senior stakeholders, technical and non-technical people to align on strategy, inspire, and execute on a day-to-day basis
  • Demonstrated experience managing the end-to-end product lifecycle, shaping the product vision and roadmap, delivering strong customer experiences, and managing stakeholder interactions
  • Advanced quantitative analysis, solid business acumen and problem solving
  • Able to think strategically/end- to-end 
  • An outstanding academic track record; a bachelor’s degree and/or Advanced graduate degree; or equivalent work experience;
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
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.

TO JOIN US
All candidates must complete an online application to be considered.