Boston Consulting Group Hiring for Consulting Team Talent Manager Job at New York, NY Full Time

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Consulting Team Talent Managers act as holistic owners of the Consulting Team employment experience with a close focus on the business needs of BCG and the professional development of our consulting staff.

Talent Managers drive overall objectives of the business (e.g. team balance and staff utilization), identify patterns across the cohort and use that knowledge to drive strategies and support individuals in their staffing and developmental needs. In addition, this role is a member of the larger consulting talent team community in North America.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

In the Talent Manager role, you would be good at and focus your time and talents on the following.

Staffing:

• Responsible for optimizing the deployment of a specific cohort(s) of consulting resources to meet our business needs while ensuring that each consulting staff member in the cohort(s) receives the right set of opportunities to support their immediate BCG Career Development objectives and their overall long-term professional goals

• Optimize team design, billability and achievement of business priorities through a deep awareness of current available skills, cases, leads/proposals, and office/firm goals; maintain a view of staffing pipeline at a macro and micro level (overall business outlook as well as specific staffing needs)

• Build strong relationships with Consulting Team staff to understand development needs, preferences and constraints for staffing; discuss upcoming projects; advise on staffing choices to achieve balance between BCG’s business needs and personal preferences if possible; communicate staffing decisions and related rationale; set and enforce staffing policies and expectations

• Maintain an acute awareness of business environment; openly communicate information relative to case opportunities with individuals and with Partners and teams looking to confirm staff to projects

• Coordinate with local, system, regional, and global staffing teams; participate in weekly North America staffing call and as a member of the NAMR Staffing team

Career Development:

• Actively engage in all CDC (Career Development Committee) meetings for relevant cohort(s) of individuals; review meeting inputs and outputs; provide committee with market view of performance, and calibrate Advisors during meeting, ensuring best practices and consistent CDC decisions for relevant cohort(s)

• Act as strategic thought partner with CD Head(s) and CD Ops team to drive functional agenda; provide leadership for committee(s) in partnership with CD Ops team on matters such as committee composition, training, and quality

• Partner with Advisors to communicate CDC outcomes with individuals; reinforce and interpret meeting outcomes, provide ongoing advice, and help guide counsel out discussions; understand and appreciate the values of BCG and work to preserve these values in interpreting and resolving career development issues

• Reinforce CD messages through staffing and development discussions to aid individual and cohort development

• Implement consistent policies and procedures in line with regional and global guidelines on promotion timing, promotion criteria and termination

Recruiting:

• Actively engage with candidates and hires early in their BCG experience; participate in the conversion process; adapt early experiences to meet likely development needs in first cases

• Work closely with Talent Acquisition team to effectively manage staffing process for summer programs, especially individual staffing and CDC needs

Cohort engagement:

• Work closely with Cohort Dean to drive engagement and development of cohort; adapt affiliation to the specific needs of cohort

• Monitor staff activity and participation in key aspects of morale, retention and affiliation (e.g., integration and affiliation programs, red zone reports, PTO support, etc.)

• Provide analytic support and ownership over projects related to office People Team, including but not limited to annual PEOPLE Survey and pyramid planning

Diversity and Inclusion:

• Partner closely with diversity network owners and mentors to drive and support inclusion efforts for individuals and across networks

• Drive proactive retention through efforts such as leading Segment of One discussions, ensuring successful deployment and development on early cases, and providing program input based on individual needs

Mobility:

• Set the broader mobility strategy for cohort of focus; understand all offerings and manage individual participation in various mobility programs

Career Navigation:

• Motivate, help to develop, and provide coaching and advice to all members of the team

• Coach and guide consulting staff throughout their employment lifecycle on career options and opportunities; act as a trusted advisor to guide individuals into mutually beneficial outcomes

• Understand and communicate key programs including career services and flexibility; coordinate use of programs to balance employee needs and business priorities

Other HR:

• Work with HR team to resolve issues faced by individuals; contribute thought leadership on initiatives crucial to addressing people issues

• Manage transition support through effective communication, working closely with HR team

• Provide input to rest of staffing and HR team to maintain up to date accurate information on staff including case assignments, training, vacation, recruiting and LOA

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 8+ years total work experience
• Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, PhD, etc) preferred
• Prior consulting experience is preferred in order to ensure a deep understanding of our target audience’s needs and skills in their roles

YOU’LL WORK WITH

In this role, you will partner with other Talent Managers and the local office Business Management Director to support the consulting cohorts, focusing on the needs of the firm, cohort and individuals.Candidates should be aware that BCG currently maintains a policy requiring all US & Canada based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. BCG is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under applicable federal, state, provincial and local law.