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Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · 1 week ago

Consulting Team Talent Senior Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $173K/yr

10+ years exp

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges. The Consulting Team Talent Senior Manager will optimize the deployment of consulting resources, drive career development, and ensure a balanced staffing strategy to meet business needs while supporting individual growth.

Business DevelopmentConsultingInnovation ManagementManagement ConsultingMarketing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Optimize the deployment of a specific cohort(s) of consulting resources to meet our business needs while ensuring that each consulting staff member in the cohort(s) receives the right set of opportunities to support their immediate BCG Career Development objectives and their overall long-term professional goals

Optimize team design, billability and achievement of business priorities through a deep awareness of current available skills, cases, leads/proposals, and office/firm goals; maintain a view of staffing pipeline at a macro and micro level (overall business outlook as well as specific staffing needs)

Build strong relationships with Consulting Team staff to understand development needs, preferences and constraints for staffing; discuss upcoming projects; advise on staffing choices to achieve balance between BCG's business needs and personal preferences if possible; communicate staffing decisions and related rationale; set and enforce staffing policies and expectations

Maintain an acute awareness of business environment; openly communicate information relative to case opportunities with individuals and with Partners and teams looking to confirm staff to projects

Coordinate with local, system, regional, and global staffing teams; participate in weekly North America staffing call and as a member of the NAMR Staffing team

Weigh staffing decisions with financial implications on local and regional revenue

Partner closely with the Finance team to uphold fair and consistent application of case management and finance principles in staffing decisions

Act as a business partner to case team leadership, helping them understand how staffing moves impact case team economics

Manage office and individual billability via effective oversight of revenue recognition for entire roster of consultants

Actively engage in all CDC (Career Development Committee) meetings for relevant cohort(s) of individuals; review meeting inputs and outputs; provide committee with market view of performance, and calibrate Advisors during meeting, ensuring best practices and consistent CDC decisions for relevant cohort(s)

Act as strategic thought partner with CD Head(s) and CD Ops team to drive functional agenda; provide leadership for committee(s) in partnership with CD Ops team on matters such as committee composition, training, and quality

Partner with Advisors to communicate CDC outcomes with individuals; reinforce and interpret meeting outcomes, provide ongoing advice, and help guide counsel out discussions; understand and appreciate the values of BCG and work to preserve these values in interpreting and resolving career development issues

Reinforce CD messages through staffing and development discussions to aid individual and cohort development

Implement consistent policies and procedures in line with regional and global guidelines on promotion timing, promotion criteria and termination

Motivate, help to develop, and provide coaching and advice to all members of the team

Coach and guide consulting staff throughout their employment lifecycle on career options and opportunities; act as a trusted advisor to guide individuals into mutually beneficial outcomes

Understand and communicate key programs including career services and flexibility; coordinate use of programs to balance employee needs and business priorities

Partners with local leadership to set and execute mobility strategy for office CT staff annually, considering business needs and capacity constraints

Actively engage with candidates and hires early in their BCG experience; participate in the conversion process; adapt early experiences to meet likely development needs in first cases

Work with HR team to resolve issues faced by individuals; contribute thought leadership on initiatives crucial to addressing people issues

Drive optimal case team experience via partnership with BCG’s Teaming@BCG team

Actively engage in summer intern program by pairing interns with the right case teams to provide a positive and developmental summer experience

Manage transition support through effective communication, working closely with HR team

Manages affiliation / integration programs in partnership with local office support (e.g., class deans, section leaders)

Identifies and raises issues across cohort, ensuring they are being address

Monitor staff activity and participation in key aspects of morale, retention and affiliation (e.g., integration and affiliation programs, red zone reports, PTO support, etc.)

Provide analytic support and ownership over projects related to office People Team, including but not limited to annual PEOPLE Survey and pyramid planning

Ensures all have fair access to all staffing opportunities; play an active role in helping create and influence diversity on case teams

Partner closely with diversity network owners and mentors to drive and support inclusion efforts for individuals and across networks

Drive proactive retention through efforts such as leading Segment of One discussions, ensuring successful deployment and development on early cases, and providing program input based on individual needs

Qualification

Consulting experienceCareer developmentStaffing optimizationFinancial acumenInterpersonal skillsAnalytical skillsProject managementCommunication skillsTeam playerProblem-solving

Required

10+ years' total work experience

Candidates must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, global, intellectually intense, service oriented environment, keeping with BCG's values and culture

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with all organizational levels inside and outside BCG through establishing positive and productive working relationships

Able to engender trust from senior local and regional leadership as well as more junior resources, and serve as a broker or liaison between the two groups

Strong communication skills; able to communicate confidently, articulately; able to influence multiple stakeholders to adopt a new point of view and be simultaneously flexible with adjusting own perspective in light of new information or constraints

Maturity and seasoning that engenders respect and trust from others; good judgment, professionalism, strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative style

High integrity, tact, a positive attitude, and an ability to maintain absolute confidentiality

Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages and addressing all people related issues

A quick study; a can-do attitude; a creative solution seeker with a readiness to try new approaches; decisive, pragmatic, and reason-minded

Quick to learn BCG policies, practices, structure, and how decisions are made

An active team player with strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills

Comfortable in both working in detail and understanding the big picture; able to consider the ramifications of decisions on various constituencies

Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self-motivated

Preferred

Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, PhD, etc.) preferred

Prior consulting experience is highly preferred in order to ensure a deep understanding of our target audience's needs and skills in their roles

Benefits

Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children

Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs

Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits

Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually

Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities

Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan

Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement

Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)

Paid sick time on an as needed basis

Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

Company

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities.

Founded in 1963

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.bcg.com

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