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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.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage within BCG's Technology and Digital Advantage (TDA) and Principal Investors & Private Equity (PIPE) Practice Areas you will work in a growing global team, providing industry and functional expertise and insights whilst working together with case and proposal teams to provide knowledge assets, analysis and expert advisory.
You will support Tech due diligences and translate technology assessments into clear, investment-relevant insights, quantifying risks, required transformation efforts, and post-deal value creation levers for clients. Your work will include developing benchmarks, conducting surveys and assessing market competitors, products, and tech organizations. You’ll serve as a thought partner and content expert to case teams and topic leaders, helping structure and solve complex issues. You will support commercialization efforts, working in conjunction with business leaders, through contributing analysis and insights to proposals, client workshops and marketing materials.
Additionally, as a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage, you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business as well as manage unique BCG offerings developed by the team for top BCG clients such as Code Scans and Tech Surveys.
Beyond content, your role will require independently managing your own workstreams, building strong working relationships with Managers and Principals, and helping case teams navigate BCG’s internal landscape to access the right experts, tools, and resources.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
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Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches at the intersection of Principal Investors & Private Equity and Tech
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Communicating with case teams and stakeholders, in a credible and confident way
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Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic, often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working
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Being flexible and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas
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Building strong relationships with senior consulting team members, acting as a proactive and trusted thought partner
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Driving your own work forward independently, managing competing priorities, and delivering high-quality outcomes under tight timelines
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Grasping key concepts in technology and software development, and applying them effectively in the day-to-day work
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Navigating complexity, ambiguity, and unfamiliar topics with confidence
What You'll Bring
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2+ years of consulting experience required; candidates with consulting experience in Private Equity or IT/Tech background strongly preferred
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In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years of hands-on experience in an IT/Tech function (e.g., IT management function, software development, product management, engineering) or in Private Equity is required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
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Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
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Fluency in English
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Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities
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Strong written and verbal communication skills
Who You'll Work With
As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage, focused Tech in Principal Investors & Private Equity, you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.
Additional info
BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.
With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.
BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.
Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
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Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets
Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)
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Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients
Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)
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Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
