Project Leader - Principal, Public Sector and Technology & Digital Advantage

Locations: Chicago | Detroit | Minneapolis

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

BCG is growing! We are looking for experienced consultants to join our team at the Project Leader or Principal levels. Qualified individuals will play a critical role in enriching project work in their respective areas of expertise and in bringing forward-thinking solutions to our clients. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record of strong performance in management consulting and demonstrated leadership in developing client relationships, people, and knowledge.

Project Leaders play a key role on client engagements, managing projects to define client needs and supervising research activities to obtain relevant data. They apply knowledge of business principles and industrial organization, develop actionable recommendations, and supervise work including strategic due diligence, product development studies, change management plans, and the evaluation of long-term investment opportunities. Project Leaders are also responsible for managing client contact and play a key role in the development and maintenance of high-level client relationships.  Additionally, they are responsible for guiding the team to exceptional output while developing and building their skills.

Principals are seasoned Project Leaders who take on increasingly complex and multi-faceted projects, with greater responsibility for managing senior client relationships and driving impact. They also begin to play a broader role beyond individual projects, contributing to the development of client accounts and helping identify and shape future opportunities.

What You''ll Bring

• Demonstrated expertise aligned with BCG''s Public Sector and Technology and Digital Advantage practices, ideally with significant experience leading technology/AI diagnostics, road mapping, and/or subsequent deployments in public sector environments.
• Excels in bridging the gap between end-user requirements and the strategic business objectives set by senior stakeholders.
• 2-3+ years consulting experience, with 1+ years at a team lead level.
• Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking. Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that improve stakeholder experience and drive efficiencies. Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including comfort delivering formal presentations to senior management and the ability to bring together stakeholders and persuade senior clients to take action.
• Strong people leadership and team-building skills, with a demonstrated ability to give and receive candid, actionable feedback across levels, create a positive and high-performing team experience, and build trust and followership among colleagues.
• Proven ability to build and grow senior client relationships, including a solid track record with large organizations, identifying opportunities to deepen those relationships, and growing the business.
• Proven ability to manage client engagements and provide thought leadership to teams, owning responsibility for the quality of engagements. A combination of management and "hands on" delivery experience is critical.
• Strong ownership and attention to detail, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment, manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and maintain a high bar for quality and execution while staying close to the details.
• A degree from a top-tier institution preferred; a technical degree is nice to have but not required.

Who You''ll Work With

You'll collaborate with BCG team members from many backgrounds and disciplines in a team-oriented, relationship-driven environment. Working alongside some of the world's top minds on cases that reshape business, government and society, you will increase your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and develop new skills. At the same time, you'll partner with senior clients, taking on the role of trusted advisor, and work at all levels of the client organization to find and execute value creation strategies that result in meaningful, enduring impact.

BCG''s Public Sector Practice Area helps government leaders cut through complexity - from AI adoption and digital modernization to disaster recovery and workforce transformation - to drive impact that reaches billions of people. Our teams combine deep public sector expertise with proven commercial rigor to help federal, state, and local agencies deliver mission-critical outcomes with confidence. This is a chance to apply consulting rigor to work that changes lives at scale.

BCG''s Tech and Digital practice area unites 3,000+ tech builders, designers, and entrepreneurs to deliver integrated, end-to-end solutions that maximize impact at scale. With deep industry knowledge and world-class expertise in technology, AI and GenAI, and design, the Tech and Digital practice enables clients to comprehensively transform their organizations and rapidly build game-changing new products, services, and businesses that are ready to run from day one.

Additional info

What We Offer:

At BCG, we care about our people, and offer best in class benefits to support you personally and professionally including:

• An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, we offer a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
• A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.

You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office (within 50 miles). As a member of that office, it is expected you will be in the office as directed. This role puts you on an accelerated path of personal and professional growth and development and so, at times, requires extended working hours. Our work often requires travel to client sites. Therefore, our expectation is that you will obtain a valid driver's license and passport within six months of employment. This position is currently hiring in our Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis offices.

Travel is anticipated and will vary based on specific project locations.

For U.S. Applicants:

The base compensation for the Project Leader role is $225,400 in USD.

The base compensation for the Principal role is $268,400 in USD.

In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG''s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members.* That's zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
• $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
• Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.
• Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
• Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

To learn more about our employee benefit please check our Benefits page.

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