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.
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 Profile
BCG’s Industrial Goods practice serves four broad industrial segments: Automotive & Mobility, Engineered Products & Infrastructure, Materials & Process Industries, and Transportation & Logistics. We help companies in these sectors think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, choose where and how they should add value, and reorganize to defend themselves against new threats and explore new opportunities.
What You’ll Do
As an Expert in the Industrial Goods practice, you will have two broad focus areas:
Build software expertise in our Automotive & Mobility sector within BCG and increase BCG’s profile externally:
•Develop and contribute to BCG’s intellectual capital – work on BCG content projects to create new techniques and/or capture new ideas
•Build and maintain “fact packs” related to core software topics so there is an ever-available library of educational materials for internal and client usage
•Responsible for supporting the A&M sector in writing external reports, papers, social media contributions of its partners in concert with the TMT practice’s marketing lead
•Identify conferences for BCG’s attendance and help coordinate our participation
Lead and support execution of Software and Services strategy projects for automotive clients:
•Responsible for overall methodology
•Work jointly with BCG and client project leaders, bring expertise to the team, both on issues specific to the industry and on questions asked by the client
•Support multiple case teams, co-lead modules, especially those in need for broad experience and hands-on approach
•Ensure the quality of the work, and the relevance of any synthesis and recommendations. Challenge work in progress, results, and re-orient any analyses if needed
Our Expert Consulting Track (ECT)
The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG’s ability to successfully meet our clients’ demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG’s most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG’s thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the ‘best of BCG’ to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.
What You’ll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
•A minimum of 5-7 years of relevant A&M software experience, including:
oA deep understanding of expertise in A&M software (e.g., specific operational experience)
oA range of responsibilities in software-related activities (architecture, business development, planning, project management, strategy, and operations)
oPrior experience preferred as a software developer or in product management; background or exposure to software investment banking and/or private equity
oAn established network within the software A&M industry
oA proven track record of implementation success
•A relevant undergraduate degree in CS, Engineering or technical degree is preferred
•Team oriented mind-set and strong interpersonal communication skills