Tech Advisory and Delivery Senior Consultant

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 help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.
Practice Area Profile
BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design.
We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Consultant, you'll be given end-to-end responsibility for an individual "module" within a BCG client engagement and begin to develop specialized knowledge to help you solve our clients' problems. You'll work on a variety of digital topics, applying generalist consulting skills to strategic digital & technology questions. Working together with clients to understand their issues, you'll create strategies for change, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance.
Our consultants within the Tech & Digital Advantage (TDA) Chapter are an integral part of BCG's core consulting team; we work side-by-side with all practice areas to create value and competitive advantage for our clients. You'll help your clients answer questions such as "How will AI disrupt my business model?", "How can businesses use data and analytics to create highly personalized outreach delivered through a seamless omnichannel experience?", "How can I ship higher quality digital services to my customers faster by using agile?" and many more.
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
Expertise

• Supporting digital transformation efforts by developing a digital strategy around:
• Data and digital analytics platforms
• Cloud infrastructure and technologies
• Data management capabilities
• Business IT architecture
• Software and product management (including Agile ways of working)
• Tech, Enterprise Architecture and Data governance

• Experience with a wide breadth of tech / digital offerings, including but not limited to:
• Developing roadmaps and current state assessments for IT organizations in large companies across various industries
• Orchestrating technical program delivery across business stakeholders, complex vendor landscapes and technology ecosystems
• IT Benchmarking and recommendations for IT cost take-out initiatives
• Developing future state IT vendor landscape, vendor assessments/selections automation, tech cost benefits analysis, eCommerce, platform valuation and design
• Supporting IT functions during mergers and acquisitions, including the functional and technical transformation of an organization's IT department
• Communicating the differences and benefits between multiple cloud computer providers and strategies for migrating from on-premise architecture
• Utilizing working knowledge and experience with GenAI and its potential use cases and client implications to deliver both practical and visionary solutions
• Optimizing business and IT processes within complex and heavily matrixed organizations and effectively communicating a path forward for clients and internal stakeholders
• Delivering data and digital platforms using techniques such as Agile, DevSecOps, and Cloud native architectures

ERP and packaged software experience

• Designing and implementing feasibility studies as well as recommending various software and platforms vendors within ERP systems and other packaged software
• Considering data and integration related to the business needs and ERP systems and other packaged software
• Managing large-scale ERP and IT projects / programs including overseeing quality assurance, deployment and all other key SDLC activities

Written communication

• Leading the creation of client-specific strategic materials, surfacing key insights gathered from technical experts and observations
• Effectively codifying messaging and data into presentable materials and being comfortable delivering communications output in an efficient manner - accuracy and speed are critical to success of fast-paced, high-profile projects
• Synthesizing wide-ranging conversations, artifacts and best practices into clear, action-oriented recommendations
• Assisting with business development through writing proposals, scoping projects
• Contributing to our thought leadership through written publications and speaking at events and conferences

Presentation and Facilitation

• Presenting materials, case updates and escalations to client and internal teams
• Facilitating technical and strategic working sessions and workshops with both client and internal teams
• Providing direction on key work items and feedback to other team members
• Building relationships with key clients

You Bring:

• Bachelors or Master degree in information technology, computer science, economics, supply chain, logistics or system engineering, business management/administration, or relevant field
• 4+ years of practical experience in IT/ERP consulting, professional software development, product and program implementation. Preferred experience with at least one of the following:
• Custom software solutions
• Ecommerce platforms
• Cloud platforms
• SAP
• Salesforce
• Oracle (Financials, NetSuite, Fusion, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, etc.)
• Exceptional learning and ramp up skills, especially on IT topics such as data and digital platforms
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
• Outstanding ability to work creatively, autonomously, analytically, in a fast-paced problem-solving environment with a focus on customer and results
• Willingness to travel around the globe to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role may involve up to 80% travel to client sites and BCG offices. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
The companies that are winning the digital future are those that embrace digital diversity: diverse perspectives, diverse skills, and diverse capabilities. BCG's digital teams reflect this diversity, combining digital-savvy business consultants and industry experts with a full spectrum of digital specialists.
As you collaborate with BCG Associates, Consultants, and Principals, you will increase your understanding of complex business problems from a wide range of perspectives and develop new skills. At the same time, you'll partner with senior clients, taking on the role of trusted advisor, and work at all levels of the client organization to find and execute value creation strategies that result in game changing outcomes for our clients.
What We Offer:
At BCG, we care about our people, and offer best in class benefits to support you personally and professionally including:

• An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, we offer a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
• A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.
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