CE Staffing Director or Senior Manager

Locations

München | Budapest | Prague | Warsaw | Zürich

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We are looking for an experienced and strategically minded Staffing Expertise Director/Senior Manager (all genders) to lead and shape our CE Staffing function within the Talent Management Unit (TMU). This role sits at the intersection between delivering on our people promise—providing rich development experiences to our consulting staff—and mobilizing effectively against our commercial agenda by ensuring our talent is deployed to deliver on our business priorities.

• Ensuring seamless weekly staffing operations, including running a smooth and efficient process to identify resourcing requirements and deploy talent, taking into account both commercial needs and individual development needs and preferences, with a clear focus on maximizing utilization across our CE consulting staff.
• Providing leadership to the G&A Staffing team, guiding and coaching team members in their day‑to‑day operations, supporting in problem‑solving, and navigating local and cross‑CE escalations as required.
• Working closely with the CE Staffing MDP and the CE BD Chair, serving as a critical thought partner on investment decisions and trade‑offs, grounded in a strong understanding of the broader business agenda, commercial priorities, and available capacity.
• Shaping and driving strategic staffing projects across CE to address priorities that emerge, drawing on data and insights to identify challenges and work through solutions; current priorities include adopting team builder, harmonizing new hire staffing across CE, and supporting digital tool adoption, with the portfolio evolving with the needs of the business.
• Defining and maintaining CE-wide staffing standards, decision frameworks, and escalation paths, ensuring consistency of practice across G&A, SUI, and CEE. Proactively identifying evolving business needs, proposing solutions, and seeking opportunities for continuous improvement in the staffing operating model to enhance transparency, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Preparing and presenting regular, transparent updates to leadership covering supply, demand, and utilization (both historical and forecast) in collaboration with the People Analytics team within TMU and our Finance teams.
• Representing CE staffing in global and regional forums and contributing to best‑practice exchange across BCG as well as leveraging digital tools and GenAI to continuously improve how the team works.

• University degree, ideally with a focus on business management, human resources, psychology, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant professional experience in HR, staffing, or a comparable role within a dynamic, service‑oriented, or professional services environment.
• Proven experience managing complex staffing or workforce topics, including end‑to‑end process ownership and implementation responsibility.
• Strong stakeholder relationship skills at all levels of the organization; credible, responsive, and able to navigate complex discussions and hold positions under pressure, including at senior leadership level.
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including direct people management and/or functional leadership responsibility.
• Experience driving cross‑functional projects and process improvements, ideally within a regional or multi‑office setup.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; you frame complex topics clearly, drive to conclusions based on data and expertise, and bring people with…