Senior Analyst - BCG Vantage, Education & Employment

About the role

Boston Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage to join our Topic Activation path within the Public Sector Practice Area, focusing on Education + Employment. This role requires 2+ years of consulting experience in education, higher education, workforce development, and/or economic development, or 3+ years of industry experience. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree and U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain a security clearance. Key responsibilities include conducting data pulls, performing analysis, supporting proposal development, and contributing to IP initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data pulls and perform analysis from publicly available and proprietary data sources, including IPEDS and U.S. Census.
• Research across different education segments (early childhood, K-12, higher education) on major topics (student experience and pathways, impact of GenAI, affordability, macro trends around enrollment, etc.).
• Handle a large portfolio of knowledge capture and material curation to catalog education credentials, codify casework into vignettes, capture and frequently update value, and contribute to major IP initiatives.
• Support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working, contributing analysis and insights to proposals, client workshops, and marketing materials.
• Contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on topic/sector expertise.
• Assist case teams and stakeholders with business development, including proposal support that draws on credentials and past perspectives and approaches.

Requirements

• Solve client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches across the education to employment pipeline.
• Communicate with case teams and stakeholders, in a credible and confident way.
• Collaborate effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working.
• Be flexible and bring a curious and creative mindset, open to new things (including new ways of working and integrating AI into daily tasks), and able to propose innovative ideas.
• Navigate complexity and ambiguity by proactively identifying and driving high-value activities with minimal supervision and entrepreneurial attitude.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of consulting experience in education, higher education, workforce development, and/or economic development required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred.
• In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred).
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. federal government security clearance.
• Fluency in English.
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.