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What You'll Do
As a BCG Vantage leader within BCG's Northeast Asia (NEA) Geo business, you will be a key contributor towards the strategic agenda for BCG Vantage, mainly in Japan and potentially in South Korea. You will work closely with global BCG Vantage management and local business leaders to build and grow strong business and strategic relationships for Practice Areas (PAs) in the region. You will grow and deploy a team of sector/topic experts and researchers to provide value-added support to the business and be responsible for team’s performance across all KPIs (case billability, quality, asset creation, etc.). You will also take ownership for the team's development and career progression.
BCG in NEA overall is a $500M business, with particularly strong growth across Corporate Finance & Strategy (CFS), Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT), and Operations (Ops). We have 20 Topic Activation, Client Focus, and Research team members covering the NEA geo business today, with aspirations to continuously grow with the business.
What You'll Bring
• 7+ years consulting experience in relevant region and domain required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
• In lieu of consulting experience, 8+ years minimum industry experience required; 12-14+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment
• Can effectively engage with senior stakeholders, demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit and strong credibility to proactively push forward the establishment of BCG Vantage business
• Ability to collaborate closely with NEA leadership peers & global BCG Vantage co-managers and leaders to ensure NEA BCG Vantage work & impact is visible on global platforms
• Able to apply consulting skills to:
o Solve problems for internal clients and drive towards pragmatic solutions tailored to the business or PA context
o Lead team/internal projects in a highly effective manner, mobilizing team to deliver on business priorities and commercial impact
• Experience as an effective coach and mentor, guiding team members to achieve goals efficiently and effectively
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
• Fluency in Japanese and English
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment
Who You'll Work With
As a Director – Northeast Asia, BCG Vantage, 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
• Leading problem solving and driving towards pragmatic solutions tailored to the business context
• Engaging and communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating expert presence and credibility
• Leading projects in a highly effective manner, mobilizing team to deliver on business priorities and commercial impact
• Acting as a highly effective coach and mentor, guiding team members to achieve goals efficiently and effectively
• Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast-paced environment
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.\n
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