WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are seeking an exceptional candidate for a Lead Knowledge Analyst (LKA) role in POPX, a People & AI Insights, Innovation Unit within BCG's People & Organization Practice Area. The mission of the unit is to accelerate innovation around people and organizational analytics through building a robust partnership ecosystem with leading-edge People Analytics players as well as developing new capabilities and offerings with BCG’s advanced analytics units, BCGX. You will work with POPX innovation director and his global team in building/managing partner relationships, incubating new analytical offerings, providing functional expertise and insights, and working together with BCG case and proposal teams to deliver customized analytics and expert advisory on the people & organizational analytics. You’ll serve as a thought partner and content expert to case teams and topic/sector leaders, helping structure and solve complex issues.

Additionally, as an LKA you will drive development of intellectual property and knowledge assets, serving as an active contributor to commercialization efforts for the people analytics topic, whilst working with business leaders to drive proposals & go-to-market efforts. As an LKA, you may line manage a team of junior colleagues, taking responsibility for their goal setting, ongoing feedback and career development support.

BCG's People & Organization Practice (POP) is a premiere consulting organization offering advisory and transformation services with a clear focus on business value creation through People and Organization. BCG's POP expertise is concentrated in three critical areas: Organization Design/Agile, Talent & Skills, Culture & Change Management. Our clients are senior business and functional executives who value BCG's strategic, fact-based, and impact-oriented approach supported by highly experienced senior expert teams and rich benchmarking databases and analytical capability.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Applying topic/sector expertise to solve complex client problems through relevant analytical approaches and customized solutions, taking into account different client contexts.
• Driving the development and maintenance of knowledge assets, such as products, tools, data, analytics, and topic/sector materials.
• Communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to engage effectively, and being credible and proactive.
• Managing a portfolio of projects with a strong awareness of business priorities and commercial impact.
• Framing, structuring, and developing intellectual property, with the ability to write clearly and concisely.
• Working creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment.
• Being flexible, bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new ideas, and able to propose innovative solutions.
• Training, coaching, and mentoring junior team members.
• Working in an ever-changing and complex environment, comfortable with ambiguity, and navigating a fast-paced setting.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 3+ years consulting experience
• In lieu of consulting experience, 4+ years minimum industry experience required; 6-10+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred), with demonstrated high academic achievement
• Expertise in relevant business, people and organizational analytics (Advanced Excel skills, Alteryx and Python preferable)
• Fluency in English
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment

Our knowledge and research specialists collaborate with global colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Knowledge Team (KT) is a group of functional and/or industry experts leveraging deep domain knowledge to enable insight for case teams and clients. KT members are affiliated to BCG Practice Areas, plugged into the strategic agenda and building and deploying leading edge IP data tools/assets to deliver insight.
BCG's Knowledge Team members are staffed on cases and help co-create insights with case teams and clients through expert perspectives on industry trends, delivery of proprietary data or tools in a particular function and complex research and analysis of market information. KT members also support the PA’s business development and proposals and help to organize and codify the knowledge that enables BCG to deliver superior business value for its clients.