Project Leader, Consumer

Locations: Chicago | Detroit | Minneapolis

About the role

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.

Practice Area

BCG’s Consumer Practice creates breakthrough strategies for clients across all consumer sectors, including Consumer products, Fashion & Luxury, and Retail. Our aspiration: BCG as the most influential company in the global consumer industry. The consumer environment and consumer behaviors are fundamentally changing as innovation and ecosystems continue to evolve. We work collaboratively to create profound and competitive impact at marquee clients. Inventing the future with the most-industry shaping ideas and capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Play a critical role in enriching project work in your area of expertise and in bringing forward-thinking solutions to clients.
• Manage studies to define client needs and supervise research activities to obtain relevant data.
• Oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation, and perform advanced financial analysis of client, competitor, and industry data.
• Apply knowledge of business principles and industrial organization to develop actionable recommendations.
• Supervise work including strategic due diligence, Consumer insight/primary research studies, change management plans, and evaluation of long-term investment opportunities.
• Manage client contact and play a key role in the development and maintenance of high-level client relationships.
• Deliver formal presentations to management and persuade senior clients to take action.
• Provide “thought leadership” to teams, owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements.
• Identify opportunities to deepen client relationships and grow the business.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise within the Consumer Industry, with a preference for experience in CPG or Retail topics.
• 2-3+ years consulting experience, with 1+ years at a team lead level, ideally in Consumer sectors.
• Track record of collaboration with senior executives and comfort delivering formal presentations to management.
• Strong management and communication skills, with the ability to bring together all stakeholders and persuade senior clients.
• Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking.
• Ability to develop leading-edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximize shareholder value.
• Must thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive reasoning is the norm.
• Proven ability to manage client engagements and relationships.
• A combination of management and “hands-on” delivery experience is critical.
• A solid track record of building strong client relationships with large organizations.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Chicago, Minneapolis, or Detroit.

A technical degree is nice to have but not required. A degree from a top-tier institution is preferred.

Who You'll Work With

You’ll collaborate with BCG team members from many backgrounds and disciplines in a team-oriented, relationship-driven environment. Working alongside some of the world’s top minds on cases that reshape business, government, and society, you will increase your understanding of complex business problems from diverse 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 meaningful, enduring impact.

Benefits

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
• $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits, and prescriptions for generic drugs.
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) 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.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.

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

Pay

The base compensation for the Project Leader role is $225,400 in USD. In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution.