Consulting Team Talent Senior Manager

Consulting Manager
• San Francisco, CA, United States

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Consulting Team Talent Senior 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 Senior 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.

• Optimize the deployment of specific cohorts of consulting resources to meet business needs while ensuring each staff member receives the right opportunities to support their BCG Career Development objectives and long‑term professional goals.
• Optimize team design, billability, and achievement of business priorities through awareness of available skills, cases, leads/proposals, and office/firm goals; maintain a view of the staffing pipeline at macro and micro levels.
• Build strong relationships with Consulting Team staff to understand development needs and staffing preferences; advise on staffing choices to balance business needs and personal preferences; communicate staffing decisions and related rationale; set and enforce staffing policies and expectations.
• Maintain acute awareness of the business environment; openly communicate information regarding case opportunities.
• Coordinate with local, system, regional, and global staffing teams; participate in weekly North America staffing calls as a member of the NAMR staffing team.

• Weigh staffing decisions with financial implications on local and regional revenue.
• Partner closely with Finance to uphold fair and consistent application of case management and finance principles in staffing decisions.
• Act as a business partner to case team leadership, helping them understand how staffing moves impact case team economics.
• Manage office and individual billability via effective oversight of revenue recognition for the entire roster of consultants.

• Participate in all CDC meetings for relevant cohort(s), review inputs and outputs, provide market view of performance, and calibrate advisors.
• Act as a strategic thought partner with CD Heads and CD Ops to drive the agenda; lead committee(s) on composition, training, and quality.
• Communicate CDC outcomes to individuals; reinforce outcomes, provide advice, and guide conversations.
• Reinforce CD messages in staffing and development discussions.
• Implement consistent policies and procedures aligned with regional and global guidelines on promotion timing, criteria, and termination.

• Motivate, coach, and advise all team members.
• Guide consulting staff through their employment lifecycle on career options; act as a trusted advisor.
• Communicate key programmes including career services and flexibility; coordinate usage of programmes.
• Partner with local leadership to set and execute mobility strategy for office CT staff annually.

• Engage with candidates and hires early in their BCG experience; participate in the conversion process.
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