Job Description

WHAT YOU\'LL DO

Climate & Sustainability (C&S) is a fast-growing Practice Area (PA) and a driving force for BCG\'s ambition to become the most positively impactful company in the world.

As part of our commitment to protecting the planet and helping clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, BCG is deepening and broadening its focus. C&S brings together more than 650 experts covering the full range of climate and sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics across all industry sectors to support our clients around the world.

As a Practice Area Manager within BCG s Climate & Sustainability Practice Area (PA), you will execute and coordinate business operational support for PA tasks globally, working as part of the C&S PA Management Team to ensure all activities run smoothly. Working closely with PA leadership and senior stakeholders across the PA, you will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations and processes this includes this includes budgeting & reporting, planning PA meetings, providing inputs to marketing & communications, and support in people related topics such as secondments and affiliation management. You will also help to manage key PA infrastructure, knowledge sources and folders and help others to navigate the PAs ecosystem.

YOU\'RE GOOD AT

• Driving complex, ambiguous PA projects or processes that routinely require independent judgment, trade-offs or prioritization
• Independently collaborating with other functions on initiatives/recurring issues to find solutions or establish best practices
• Staying calm under pressure, prioritizing effectively and driving to results
• Self-starting with a strong work ethic, proactively identifying opportunities, improvements and innovations, and independently driving to completion
• Operating effectively in a matrix organization
• Showing robust business/content understanding

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• 6-8 years of relevant experience
• A positive, high-energy, can-do attitude and friendly communication style
• The ability to manage your segment of work or sub-functional team independently, incl. projects
• Exceptional organizational, planning and project management skills; strong at conceptualization, follow-through, ownership and accountability
• Demonstrated business understanding
• Ability to lead teams or the defined work area with varied level of complexity as well as coach others
• Ability to independently resolve diverse problems and establish guidelines
• Solid analytical skills (e.g. for business reporting tasks) and a structured way of thinking
• Ability to effectively influence and work with senior stakeholders
• Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a matrix organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced knowledge in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel

YOU\'LL WORK WITH

Your key stakeholders in this role are the Global Practice Management Executive Director as well as the broader C&S management team. You will be working alongside PA Managers and Coordinators (within C&S and across other PAs) and colleagues in adjacent BCG functions like Marketing, Finance, Meetings & Events etc. You will also interact directly with other Leadership Team members like the PA Leader, e.g. in the context of PA Meeting or Leadership Team meeting organization.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Practice Area Management & Operations team members keep BCG s industry and functional practice areas operating responsively and efficiently. As a member of this team, you will contribute directly to the success of our business through a number of roles, including content development, process management, marketing, meeting and conference management, and internal/external communications.

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