Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures-and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
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BCG Platinion As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial - nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.
Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.
Practice Area Profile
BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group's existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design. We support our clients' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion's interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.
What You''ll Do
As a Senior IT Consultant, you will work closely with our Consumer Practice Area focusing upon helping the worlds largest Consumer companies to address their most strategic technology challenges, whether they are buying or selling a business. You will get exposure to a unique mix of C-Level (CTO/CIO/CEO), industry professionals and BCG network experts on high impact decisions to accelerate your learnings & development journey. You will help our client's leadership teams to understand their key challenges, define IT strategies, win buy-in for your recommendations and collaborate with BCG case team members to transform client potential into performance. You will work on a variety of technology topics, applying your technical consulting skills to strategic technology questions. You will also be supported by an extensive training curriculum, plus technology-specific training and mentoring to help build upon you technical skills. You will also help guide junior members of the team, help with project proposals, client care, building relationships with peers and identifying new business opportunities. We differentiate ourselves from the competition through bringing real-world technology experts to determine deal and commercial implications. Our highly skilled team consists of battle-proven technologists such as ex CTO, ex CDO, full stack developers, ex Cyber warfare commanders, Digital Product Owners from the world''s leading brands, and innovative AI/ML researchers.
What You''ll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
6+ years' experience in IT strategy and consulting, professional software development or IT project management in a tech related corporate development or start-up.
You will have relevant experience from a top consulting firm (focused on technology, digital initiatives)
A basic understanding of IT/technology financials and how it impacts deal value
SAP experience; preferably in front end retail systems
e-commerce technology experience
A strategic thinker with a basic understanding of IT / technology financials and how it impacts deal value. Must be able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, strong customer focus and mental agility with a results orientation
A University degree with above average academic performance in a STEM related field or business management
Who You''ll Work With
BCG Managing Directors and Partners (MDP's)
PLA Managing Directors (MD's)
BCG Consultants at all levels
PLA Consultants at all levels
* Clients, vendors, partners