at The Boston Consulting Group in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO
**This is a short-term, temporary role ideally looking for someone to start July 2024 - Feb 2025**
As a Regional Business Senior Manager (NAMR) - Transaction & Integration Excellence, you will have two focus areas within this role - a major and a minor.
Global PMI Senior Business Manager (Major):
You will be responsible for managing BCG's North America Transactions & Integrations business, the hub for the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Carve-Out (C-O) and Post-Merger Integration (PMI) expertise within the Corporate Finance & Strategy (CFS) Practice Area (PA). The North America Senior Business Manager is a key member of T&I's Management & Operations Team, and this person will be responsible for managing projects and operations of T&I, which includes but not exclusive to:
Leadership support: Supporting NAMR T&I Leader with strategic planning and tracking progress on goals. This includes preparation for and supporting presentations at broader BCG PA meetings and leadership meetings to drive the T&I agenda at BCG.
Commercial operations: Monitoring large commercial opportunities, pipeline analyses, and competitive intelligence; improving commercial/proposal excellence of T&I in NAMR, and project managing our GTM analytics tool in NAMR.
Business development: Program managing priority sector commercial efforts, liaising with sector management team, ensuring calling programs are delivered and sector materials ready for client customization.
People agenda: Managing NAMR T&I people initiatives, including liaising on staffing, consultant performance processes, mentorship, training, Expert Career Track & lateral recruitment, new joiner (e.g., cadre meetings, happy hours, next generation events).
Innovation/IP development: Liaising with consulting teams developing IP as well as working with T&I Knowledge Team and GAMMA to create innovative tools or products and ensure momentum of rollout to teams.
Business operations: Planning, budgeting, reporting for T&I North America. Collaboration: Working closely with Global T&I Director on priority initiatives for T&I business; liaising with other NAMR PA Managers and Sector Managers to ensure T&I activities linked to Industry and Functional PAs.
Global PMI Senior Business Manager (Minor)
With the current PMI Global Leader sitting in NAMR, you will be responsible for managing PMI globally within the CFS PA which includes but not exclusive to:
Leadership support: supporting Global PMI Leader with strategic planning and tracking progress on goals, preparation of leadership meetings (Global & NAMR) and presentations at broader BCG PA meetings. Supporting preparation for quarterly connects with Global T&I Leader, and quarterly/bi-monthly connects with Regional PMI Leaders in EMESA and AP.
Commercial operations: monitoring of large commercial opportunities globally and ensuring the Global Leader stays up-to-date on the latest performance and pipeline.
Business development: leading/coordinating PMI Sector Capability Initiative to ensure we have relevant sector specific PMI materials ready for client discussions.
People agenda: hosting PMI Global Council Meetings 2x per year for core PMI Cadre - ensuring the team stays up-to-date on the most relevant PMI updates and we share best practices across regions.
Innovation/IP development: overseeing global PMI Innovation Fund requests - working with T&I Knowledge Team and GAMMA to create innovative tools or products and ensure momentum of rollout to teams.
Marketing: working closely with PMI Global Topic Leader and T&I Global Marketing Senior Manager on publication plan, external websites, video testimonials, etc.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
Technical & Functional Expertise:
Passion for Mergers & Acquisitions, Carve-out and Post-Merger Integration topics
Problem solving, analytical skills, conceptual skills and decision making
Communication, Interpersonal & Teaming:
Ability to work with senior leaders with range of leadership styles
Strong verbal skills, including Influencing and facilitation
Ability to pivot and adjust when priorities shift
Work Management, Organization & Planning:
Autonomous, self-starter
Proactive, anticipating needs of stakeholders
Ability to lead and execute complex projects
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
Stakeholder Management:
High capacity to interface and network with colleagues across different seniority levels, functional expertise,... For full info follow application link.
The 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.
