Job Description

WHAT YOU LL DO

To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. We are looking for people who are passionate about Digital Products Transformation and Agile ways of working and want to spread this approach within our teams and business processes. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise further within the teams.

We are seeking a senior leader to bring our Digital Products vision to reality in partnership with BCG s Recruiting team. As a senior technology leader, you will act as a pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product teams, enabling them to go faster, safely, and prevent solutions that are hard to change and stifle innovation. You will be responsible for the technology roadmap and implementation of digital recruiting solutions that enable our recruitment teams to create the best candidate experience and drive towards the BCG goal of attracting the best talent in the market enabled via transformation of digital recruiting products. You will bring industry best practices to design and implement secure, performant and scalable solutions. You will lead a group of engineers and architects embedded in the Digital Products team and be responsible for their growth, upskilling and ongoing development. You will work closely with several technology teams to align to an enterprise vision for IT services across BCG s internal business functions.

• Partnering with the Recruiting Product Team Lead and Recruiting Transformation Program team to define roadmaps and priorities for the technology portfolio
• Manage the end-to-end technical delivery across all phases/lifecycle of product/program roadmaps
• Steering the recruiting transformation program, managing and delivering on the program plan in close collaboration with functional stakeholders, architects, development teams and PMO

• Applying Agile software development methodologies and principles, including work estimation techniques, TDD, BDD etc.
• Overseeing technical architecture, tooling, platforms & systems in coordination with Enterprise Architecture, and ensuring compliance with standards and guardrails
• Working closely with key stakeholders to understand business problems and surfacing technology options to address those problems - including experimenting with emerging technologies
• Coaching the team of engineers, technical specialists, and architects and introducing new technologies and practices as needed
• Leading technical analysis of both packaged software solutions and custom-built applications

• Advocating for release management and automation best practices
• Ensuring proper root cause analysis and remediation is executed during any incidents or outages
• Working with vendors to augment team capacity and knowledge

YOU RE GOOD AT

To be successful, you should bring sound development and program leadership experience leveraging technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integration and cloud-oriented strategies.

Ideally, you thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision making skills, and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication.

• Thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation
• Exceptional communication skills with strong emphasis towards collaborative and creative problem-solving
• Proven ability to actively work with and influence senior business and technology stakeholders
• High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness and collaboration
• Working well independently as well as part of a team, with a hands-on approach as needed
• Building relationships and reliable team player, displaying consideration and respect for others
• Performing successfully in a fast-paced, multi-cultural and service-oriented environment
• Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG s values and culture
• Exhibiting ownership and accountability for self and driving the behaviour in the team
• Attention to detail, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions
• Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• BA/MS degree in computer or information sciences or similar field
• 15+ years of relevant experience in delivering large scale IT Transformation initiatives, preferably in large international organizations with focus towards recruiting transformations
• Leadership of technical teams and vendors during large implementation programs with hands-on roles around program management and leadership
• Hands-on technology implementation experience - both custom and off-the-shelf applications; knowledge of multiple Applicant Tracking and Candidate Relationship Mgmt packages preferred
• Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC
• Ability to lead/perform software platform assessments, as well as make architectural recommendations pertinent to business needs and related dependencies
• Good understanding of security best practices from development and deployment perspectives
• Strong technical competence, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies
• Financial literacy and an understanding of budget and funding processes
• Flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit to adapt easily to changing requirements and priorities
• Technical acumen to understand the importance of below technologies and effectively navigate creation of technical solutions using:

• Databases and EDW technology like Snowflake
• SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns
• On-premise/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards
• Software delivery including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud based platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Application testing, automation and performance testing tools
• Data ingestion pipelines

YOU LL WORK WITH

You ll be part of the HR Digital Products Portfolio team focused towards transforming the recruiting products and technology. Your role will include transformation of the recruiting technology landscape and will comprise team members from many backgrounds and disciplines that will help you in increasing your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and developing new skills and experience to help you at every stage of your career. You ll be able to experience business on a genuinely global scale and learn how to bring together people from different cultures to uncover insights that challenge the status quo. You will work closely with a cross functional team that is collaborative, passionate and that holds themselves to a high standard. Your stakeholders are incredibly intelligent and analytical, and make business decisions with a global lens.

Boston Consulting Group