BCG Platinion | Senior AI Tech Consultant, Cybersecurity

Boston Consulting Group•Durham, NC

31d•Onsite

About The Position

BCG Platinion, part of BCG's Tech and Digital Advantage (TDA) practice, focuses on helping clients achieve digital excellence through sustained solutions to complex and time-sensitive challenges. We guide clients into the future, overcoming tech limitations and enabling them to advance their digital journeys. BCG Platinion delivers business value through the innovative and rapid use of technology, transforming business, revolutionizing approaches, satisfying customers, and changing the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application, and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change, transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms at scale.

Requirements

4+ years of practical experience in cybersecurity consulting or cybersecurity management (with teams of five persons or more) in a variety of sectors and contexts.
BS in cybersecurity, information systems, mathematics, natural sciences, business management, or similar degree.
Hands-on experience with, or extensive knowledge of some of the following: Developing cybersecurity strategies or policies, Quantifying and managing cybersecurity risk, Designing, transforming, implementing, and running cybersecurity programs, Assessing cybersecurity risks in AI platforms, Integrating security into applications and systems, Implementing cloud security, Managing cybersecurity risk arising from third parties and the supply chain, Designing / implementing identity and access management, Developing and upskilling a cybersecurity workforce, Delivering cybersecurity culture change, awareness, and training, Designing continuous monitoring programs incorporating SIEM tools, APT hunting, implementing UBA, etc., Designing / implementing vulnerability management, including conducting vulnerability assessments, Performing penetration testing, incident management, BCP, and/or DRP.
Broad knowledge of cybersecurity technologies throughout organizational and acquisition lifecycle.
Working knowledge of at least two different cybersecurity frameworks: NIST Cybersecurity Framework, C2M2, NIST SP 800-53 and companion publications, ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, etc., Cloud Security Alliance CCM.
Team-oriented attitude.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills.
Results-orientated mindset.
Confidence and persuasiveness.
GenAI tool fluency (e.g., demonstrated use of GenAI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude) and validation of responses.
Business-fluent written and spoken English language skills.
Willingness to travel around the globe to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects.

Responsibilities

Given end-to-end responsibility for an individual 'module' within a BCG client engagement.
Develop specialized knowledge to help solve client problems.
Work on a variety of cybersecurity and digital risk topics, applying generalist consulting skills to strategic cybersecurity & digital risk questions.
Address clients’ strategic, organizational, managerial, and operational issues using the most advanced cybersecurity methodologies, tools, and techniques.
Act as technical experts, critical thinkers with extensive cybersecurity expertise that drives innovative solutions.
Leverage deep-technical understanding of cybersecurity challenges and translate that into implications across the business value chain.
Understand and leverage cutting-edge cybersecurity approaches and tactics to create customized solutions for clients.
Make change happen across an organization, aligning and onboarding teams to implement new cybersecurity processes and toolsets.
Embrace complex challenges and guide an organization to optimize their cybersecurity practices.
Act as interdisciplinary team players who seek alignment and establish relationships ranging from cross-functional stakeholder groups to existing security teams.
Understand the role technology plays in enabling businesses to execute their strategies and decomposing the cybersecurity implications of this relationship.
Analyze cybersecurity requirements, current tools, and best practices to translate into a meaningful set of recommendations tailored to a client’s unique environment and circumstances.
Communicate complex and technical concepts in a concise and business value-centric written form.
Implement cybersecurity transformation and culture change initiatives.
Conduct cybersecurity assessments including gap analysis and roadmap development in multiple contexts, including organizations, product development, and cloud security.
Develop cybersecurity strategies, policies, processes, and procedures to protect clients’ internal infrastructure and their customers.
Understand data protection, data security, and privacy drivers that influence organizations today.
Develop cybersecurity business strategies for technology product vendors that are integrated in the organizations overall business strategy and increase revenue and profits.
Work with leadership teams, including facilitating board and senior management cybersecurity awareness workshops.
Embed product security and DevSecOps practices into the software development lifecycles, system designs, and IT architectures.
Utilize cyber risk quantification to reduce uncertainty around cyber risk and improve executive decision making.
Create and facilitate table-top exercises.
Deliver operational resilience through incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning.

Benefits

An opportunity to work organically across disciplines and across BCG, offering a unified and unrivaled opportunity that combines strategic thinking with hands-on applications.
A unique experience to work alongside a team of passionate and driven problem-solvers with a mission to deliver innovative and valuable digital solutions in a supportive environment.
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children.
$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs.
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits.
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually.
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not.
Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years.
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.