BCG X Portfolio Strategy & PA Activation Manager

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 area

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

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

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

YOU’LL WORK WITH

• 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 Commerical)
• Other BCG X & BCG functional teams (Marketing, Business Management & Staffing, IP/legal, etc.)