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.
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Practice Area Profile
Through People & Organization, BCG works with our clients - senior business executives - who value BCG's strategic, fact-based, and impact-oriented approach supported by senior teams, rich benchmarking databases and analytical capabilities. We provide expertise to our clients across all industries through our capabilities in areas like Organization Design; Change Management; Shared Services and Support Functions; Culture, Purpose and Engagement; Leadership & Talent; and Agile Ways of working.
What You'll Do
BCG is looking for a Consultant to successfully meet our clients' demand for deep expertise, and advanced capabilities in People & Organization topics. We are looking for outstanding candidates to join one of our offices in Germany or Austria.
Ideal candidates have passion for and expertise in People & Organization topics, especially People Strategy, Talent, Culture & Leadership across one or multiple industries. As a Consultant, you will be given end-to-end responsibility within a BCG project, and begin to develop specialized knowledge to help you solve our clients' problems. You'll work closely with clients to understand their issues, create strategies for change, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance. Your role will include:
Working jointly with your BCG colleagues and the client project teams, bringing expertise to the team and to the client on site
Working independently at a module level on select topics
You will have the opportunity to delve deeper into specific areas of expertise within People & Organization field
Support case teams, especially those with need for deep expertise and a hands-on approach
Contribute to the quality of the work, question results with sanity checks and with the project team
Becoming a member of our global practice area engaging with colleagues beyond projects across topics and geographies
Educate and inform clients proactively about state-of-the-art technologies, methodologies and tools within People & Organization Practice and how it can bring value to their business
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
Minimum 4 years of functional or consulting experience in delivering value to internal or external customers and clients
Deep expertise and knowledge across People & Organization topics, with a special focus on People Strategy, leadership, culture, talent, reskilling, and HR
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment
Excellent persuasion skills to interact at high levels and manage stakeholders
Analytical and structured with excellent problem-solving skills
Actively managing multiple client and stakeholder relationships and networking within the client organization in order to understand their needs and help to influence the client agenda is part of your business
Flexibility, ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel frequently are necessary
You have an exceptionally good academic background, ideally from a leading university
You have strong communication skills in German and English