Regional Practice Area Senior Manager - Technology, Media and Telecom
Boston Consulting Group
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What You'll Do
As a Practice Area Senior Manager within BCG's Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Practice, you will own, structure and drive the management and coordination of the regional PA agenda, business and people plan, ensuring that all activities in the region run smoothly across Asia Pacific (AP).
You will work closely with PA leadership to drive the business, and to establish BCG as a TMT leader in the AP region. You will shape and drive the implementation of the strategic plan and partner with the AP Regional PAL and LT on their other strategic priorities. You will oversee the commercial rhythm and help drive pipeline (e.g. lead flow, proposal pipeline and cases). As a member of our AP leadership you will also play a key role connecting our commercial plans and execution into our People strategy and delivery. You will also team with our AP People Leads to play a strong role in our TMT People agenda, providing strategic insights and direction on some of key People topics including the size and health of our People base and leading initiatives such as ensuring effective engagement of our critical Experts.
The TMT Practice area works with high tech, media, and telecommunication clients to make sense of the changes transforming their industries, define winning business models suited to the new competitive environment, and implement those models in ways that create competitive advantage. BCG TMT’s vision is to be recognized as the transformation partner with leading TMT companies who are changing the world.
What You'll Bring
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Preferably Master’s degree or MBA
• Preferably Consulting experience as a BCG Associate/Consultant/PL or equivalent
• Structured thinker with strong analytical problem-solving skills demonstrated in previous strategy, consulting, in-house consulting, projects or related roles
• Exceptional organizational, planning and project management skills; strong at conceptualization, follow-through, ownership and accountability
• Ability to manage your portfolio of work independently, including managing projects, resolving a diverse set of problems, assuring appropriate stakeholder involvement and establishing guidelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a complex matrix organization
• Demonstrated business understanding with strong interest in topics from Tech, Media and/or telco space; TMT experience a plus but not condition
• Ability to resolve complex issues and non-defined problems autonomously
• Strong interpersonal skills, credibility; ability to influence and collaborate independently with senior PA members and beyond
• Ability to respect client, BCG and people information as personal and confidential
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills – particularly Excel - and strong experience in PowerPoint
Please note this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.
Who You'll Work With
You will work closely with the TMT AP Regional Practice Area Leader (RPAL) and his leadership team and TMT Practice Management Director. For additional tasks, you will collaborate with the wider Practice Area Team. Further interfaces exist with other Finance & People Director, Regional Managers, Sector Managers, and regional BCG functions and teams as needed.
Additional info
YOU'RE GOOD AT
• Self-starting with a strong work ethic, entrepreneurial drive to work autonomously
• Managing ambiguity with a high level of comfort – not requiring a reference guide for each process but willing to use independent thinking and judgement to move forward
• Bringing a positive and highly collaborative approach to working with colleagues across a multinational environment
• Operating effectively in a matrix organization with the ability to prioritize and make decisions; highly effective project management of a range of tasks
• Earning the respect of a very senior cohort, all MDPs, that are remotely located, juggling the various priorities and viewpoints of the LT, showing influence to compile inputs and opinions from LT members, while meeting demanding deadlines
• Complex project management with the ability to multi-task and drive advanced strategic analysis (beyond data) to clearly articulated recommendations for impact
• Data manipulation and analysis to deliver rich strategic insights
• Affiliation and communications - organizing internal/ external events and calls, developing agendas and content for meetings and preparing internal communications
• Working closely with AP People Leads to develop and enhance people initiatives
• Working independently to identify need for, scope, gain endorsement and drive implementation of commercially impactful initiatives
• Supporting others, including senior business leaders, in clarifying problems and developing solutions by building cross-PA partnerships - building consensus
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