Talent Senior Specialist - Pipeline
About the role
The Staffing function is the holistic owner of key components of the BCG consulting team employee experience. Most notably, the function drives the development and deployment of BCG’s most important asset – its people – while supporting overall business objectives (e.g. staff utilization, project team balance).
This role is ideal for someone passionate about a career in the HR/People space, and who thrives in fast-paced environments while maintaining a keen attention to detail.
Responsibilities
Leading the staffing process for individual long & short term projects, from partnering with leadership on case context and needs to identifying, connecting, and confirming the right consulting resources for each individual opportunity
Optimizing team designs across projects as needed, in line with view of overall project pipeline, balancing business priorities with specific staff needs
Serving as a thought partner to project team leadership in evaluating options during the staffing process, understanding the impact on team/client economics and balance, and thoughtfully adhering to regional policies and guidelines
Supporting case intake, triaging, and load-balancing for TM team in collaboration with team leadership
Driving the summer staffing process for the office, including coordination with stakeholders (summer interns, consulting staff, case team leaders, NAMR Talent Managers, etc.)
May support end-to-end process of short-term staffing in the time between formal assignments for consultants, communicating and coordinating with consulting staff and Talent Managers – prioritizing demands in real time as needed
Deploying a small roster of consulting resources, ensuring each resource receives the right set of projects to support their development & professional goals; supporting CDC (Career Development Committee) by speaking to individual staff’s deployment, performance, and trajectory
Collaborating with other functions at relevant points of intersection (Career Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Teaming@BCG, Career Services, Finance, etc.)
Coordinating inputs and outputs with a diverse group of stakeholders at various levels of seniority; work as a team contributor within local, system, regional, and global staffing structures to ensure day-to-day outcomes are in line with policies
Leveraging digital tools and access to People and Finance reports to ensure data-driven decision making
Requirements
Prior experience at a consulting firm and/or in an HR, Consulting, Talent or Finance role is preferred
4+ years’ total work experience
Undergraduate degree required
Qualifications
Thrives in a fast-paced, global, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment, keeping with BCG's values and culture
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate confidently and articulately with all organizational levels inside and outside BCG via positive and productive working relationships, influencing others while simultaneously maintaining own flexibility
Maturity that engenders respect and trust from others; good judgment, professionalism, integrity, and the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality
Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages and addressing all people related issues
Actively collaborative team player who leverages slide writing, organizational, analytical, and project management skills to seek innovative and creative solutions and incremental improvements
Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self-motivated; receptive to feedback & quick to action it; can-do attitude and a creative solution seeker