Consulting Team Talent Senior Specialist

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) • Denver, CO

3d • $94,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Staffing function is the holistic owner of key components of the BCG consulting team employee experience. Most notably, the function drives the development and deployment of BCG's most important asset - its people - while supporting overall business objectives (e.g. staff utilization, project team balance). The Consulting Team Talent Senior Specialist will play a key role in driving strategic and operational support for the Staffing function in the West Talent Management team within BCG's West Coast system, while also serving as a team member of the larger consulting talent community in North America. The role is ideal for someone passionate about a career in the HR/People space, and who thrives in fast-paced environments while maintaining a keen attention to detail. A qualified candidate is a strategic thinker who can effectively prioritize competing tasks and collaborate with, influence and manage stakeholders (including all levels of Consulting staff + Business Services Team members across key functions like Finance/HR) to meet the needs of individual consultants, the firm, and our clients.

Requirements

• Prior experience at a consulting firm and/or in an HR, Consulting, Talent or Finance role is preferred
• 4+ years' total work experience
• Undergraduate degree required
• Thrives in a fast-paced, global, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment, keeping with BCG's values and culture
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate confidently and articulately with all organizational levels inside and outside BCG via positive and productive working relationships, influencing others while simultaneously maintaining own flexibility
• Maturity that engenders respect and trust from others; good judgment, professionalism, integrity, and the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality
• Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages and addressing all people related issues
• An actively collaborative team player who leverages slide writing, organizational, analytical, and project management skills to seek innovative and creative solutions and incremental improvements
• Comfortable both working in detail and understanding the big picture; able to consider the ramifications of decisions on various constituencies
• Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self-motivated; receptive to feedback & quick to action it; can-do attitude and a creative solution seeker

Responsibilities

• Owning and driving the end-to-end process of short-term staffing in the time between formal assignments for consultants, communicating and coordinating with consulting staff and Talent Managers - prioritizing demands in real time as needed
• Owning and driving the summer staffing process for the system, including coordination with stakeholders (summer interns, consulting staff, case team leaders, NAMR Talent Managers, etc.)
• Building a keen understanding of consultant experience including the type of case work and toolkit needed for success; leverage understanding to provide sound advice and judgement for case opportunities
• Deploying a specific roster of consulting resources, ensuring each resource receives the right set of projects to support their development & professional goals; communicating opportunities to roster and communicating roster's skills & experience for projects looking for staff
• Supporting CDC (Career Development Committee) by speaking to individual staff's deployment, performance, and trajectory; surfacing themes and calibrating outcomes across the cohort; and implementing consistent policies and procedures in line with regional and global guidelines
• Building a strong relationship with roster to understand their needs, preferences, and constraints; signing off on staffing decisions, communicating decisions and rationale; progressively able to strategically advise roster on staffing and mobility choices; helping them navigate their personal learning & development, connecting them to beneficial programs and services
• Monitoring staff across key aspects of morale, retention, and affiliation; bubbling up trends and providing analytic support and ownership of projects related to office morale, culture, and feedback
• Developing fluency with finance and business mechanics to understand the impact each individual staffing decision has on cohort, roster, office, and ultimately system success
• Collaborating with other functions at relevant points of intersection (Career Development, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Teaming@BCG, Career Services, Finance, etc.)
• Ensuring all staff have fair access to all opportunities; partner with diversity network owners and mentors to drive inclusion for individuals, including proactive retention based on individual needs
• Coordinating inputs and outputs with a diverse group of stakeholders at various levels of seniority; work as a team contributor within local, system, regional, and global staffing structures to ensure day-to-day outcomes are in line with policies
• Leveraging digital tools and access to People and Finance reports to ensure data-driven decision making

Benefits

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
• Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
• Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
• Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
• Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
• Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
• Paid sick time on an as needed basis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees