WHAT YOU'LL DO

As the Practice Area (PA) Manager you will shape and drive the People agenda for the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) PA.

You will work closely with our Global People Leader (MDP) and wider Leadership team to define and deliver our PA agenda, build and execute programs to develop our people base and manage the wider people agenda. In this role you will develop a deep understanding of the TMT business, work closely with senior stakeholders and drive our teams as they seek to deliver against our growth and affiliation ambitions. You will build strong partnership with stakeholders, develop strategic perspective, draw clear recommendations from insights and create materials which drive outcomes.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

In this role you will have 3 core areas of responsibility and focus:
Strategic People Plan & agenda – together with PA Leadership you will develop overall people plan for TMT, defining and driving a set of global initiatives against priority themes:

Derive insights on our people base and sentiment and, alongside our senior leadership, define initiatives and interventions and set targets, working with global teams to deliver
Manage overall team priorities and own implementation/tracking of progress via clear KPIs.

Pyramid Management – develop our pyramid plan for the PA:

Drive insights and strategic recommendations around resource planning & strategy
Oversee our affiliation process working with Regional teams
Ensure dynamic best practice support for TMT members at key career points
Understand capacity and expertise by region and sector and identify gaps for planning
Provide clear global insights and oversight for Lateral Hire efforts, working with Regional teams
Oversee People announcements – innovate around communications

Affiliation and Engagement – set strategy and ensure excellence across internal affiliation activities:

Alumni
- Drive overall global Alumni strategy defining priority interventions
- Oversee Regional Alumni Councils, guide relevant Regional teams
- Ensure engagement from Regional, Local or Client teams with relevant Alums
- Operationalize Alumni reporting to drive transparency and outreach
- Increase visibility of Alumni in internal and external communications and events
TMT Academy
- Set strategy and drive evolution of our core internal learning programme
- Oversee and quality control delivery of content, communications and event calendar
- Utilize internal analysis to innovate and evolve program based on results and priorities
Expert Community
- Drive step-change in our Expert engagement – defining opportunities and gaps – work with Sectors and Global ECT Team to define and embed best practice approaches
- Analyse key KPIs and work with Regions and Sectors to enhance career management
Diversity
- Actively track Diversity KPIs – derive opportunity insights across cohorts/regions
- Own and set agenda and define interventions – share and help embed best practices
- Oversee developing and delivery of calendar of events, working with Regional teams
Affiliation Meetings
- Based on rich understanding of PA strategic goals, collaborate with senior MDP leaders to bring vision, set agenda and oversee a large global team to deliver
- PMO - lead large content and logistics team; ensure delivery and budget management

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

Experience and knowledge:

Bachelor's Degree in a business-related field required, MBA Preferred
Ideally you will have 6-8+ years of experience, ideally in consulting experience or similar strategic roles
Excellent storylining and writing skills – develop crisp, well-structured presentations and memos for senior audiences - strong oral communication skills
Excellent analytical skills and rigor (own output and deliver quality) – derive strong insights from analysis – able to manage large data sets, conduct analysis and build models, ideally with experience utilizing tools
Experience managing large budgets & financial systems would be preferred
People Management or mentorship experience would be a plus

Competencies:

Positive mindset – self-starter, with growth mind-set - brings proposed solutions not problems
Autonomous and comfortable with ambiguity – able to develop approaches based on PA strategic priorities and broad guidance and transform ideas into workable solutions
Excellent, collaborative team player with strong networking abilities; strong interpersonal skills, able to work flexibly and harmoniously with senior BCG members and peers, independently collaborates with other functions to problem solve and find appropriate solutions
Able to shape and define a clear agenda for our People team – draws insight from data and qualitative insights to set clear goals and tell clear story around our ambition and milestones
Capable of owning, structuring and driving varied and evolving workload, dealing with senior stakeholders – able to triage/prioritize based on understanding of goals and potential impact
Analytical skills – Structures, analyzes and interprets data and draws conclusions for leadership
Excellent project management skills – brings very high degree of ownership whilst being flexible and adaptable

YOU'LL WORK WITH

You will act as a thought-partner and primary execution counterpart to our Global People Leader (MDP and LT Member), as well as other LT members - Regional Practice Area Leaders, Sector Leaders and PAL. The PA Manager collaborates closely with the PA management team, including our Finance and People Senior Manager, GPMXD, PA Regional Managers - operations counterparts as well as relevant functions at BCG such as the People team, Mobility team, staffers, Women@BCG global team etc.

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. Knowledge@BCG consists of the Knowledge Team (KT), Data & Research Services (DRS) and Knowledge & Collaboration Solution (KCS). KT is a group of experts within respective fields or areas providing industry, functional and geographic expertise to consulting teams. KT members are aligned to Practice Areas, sometimes serving as members of case or project teams. KT offers insight into a topic or function derived from BCG’s knowledge base and case/project experience. The members of our DRS team work alongside consulting team colleagues to bring advanced research capabilities to support projects and clients. KCS team is a cross-functional team equipping BCGers with internal and external knowledge resources and digital collaboration tools, enabling them to work smarter and with increased productivity

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.