Strategy Director

BrightHouse • Atlanta, GA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

BCG BrightHouse, a specialist practice of Boston Consulting Group, partners with organizations to define purpose and vision, shape culture, strengthen brands, and bring strategic transformations to life. Its multidisciplinary teams combine business strategy, human insight, and storytelling to align leaders, engage employees, and turn strategy into action.

The Strategy Director joins the Atlanta, Georgia office and partners closely with clients to address complex business challenges, shape strategic direction, and translate ambitious ideas into actionable solutions with measurable impact. The role helps organizations uncover and activate their purpose, connecting what they stand for with how they operate, grow, and create lasting value. It combines business strategy, human insight, and creative thinking to guide clients through challenges and organizational transformation.

The Strategy Director balances creative exploration with practical execution, guiding cross-disciplinary teams in delivering high-quality client work while contributing to intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and professional growth. Travel is typically 15%, but may vary up to 50% based on project needs.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in strategy, management consulting, or related client services, including leading projects, teams, and client relationships.
• Academic or professional experience in business, brand strategy, communications, interdisciplinary studies, or a related field.
• Strong research and analytical capabilities, combined with creativity and curiosity, to uncover insights, challenge assumptions, and develop fresh perspectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience crafting compelling presentations, facilitating client discussions, and communicating complex ideas clearly.
• Organized, collaborative, and entrepreneurial working style; ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, and independently manage competing priorities.
• Experience using digital tools in client engagements, along with curiosity about AI and emerging technologies and their potential to strengthen strategic and creative work.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements involving purpose and ambition setting, strategic storytelling and communications, culture, brand transformation, and AI adoption.
• Shape strategic approaches by guiding research, developing insights, encouraging creative divergent thinking, challenging assumptions, and identifying transformation opportunities.
• Translate complex business challenges into clear, actionable recommendations and contribute hands-on to developing clear, sharp, well-told deliverables.
• Facilitate client discussions and workshops, set and manage expectations, oversee project plans, and keep teams aligned around shared objectives.
• Oversee multiple project workstreams, balancing resources, timelines, budgets, and deliverables to maintain quality and momentum.
• Partner with creative colleagues to express purpose and strategy through organizational initiatives, experiences, and brands.
• Apply commercial thinking to assess the business implications of project decisions and support business development, including shaping and delivering proposals with BrightHouse Managing Directors.
• Collaborate across BrightHouse and the broader BCG organization to share knowledge, build cross-functional partnerships, and develop new ideas and approaches.
• Support the growth of strategy team members through delegation, mentoring, and constructive feedback.
• Encourage and participate in practical exploration of AI and emerging digital tools to strengthen research, insight development, creative thinking, and client outcomes.

Benefits

• Professional development, mentoring, and opportunities for team and company activities.
• Employee well-being programs, including reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities.
• Zero-dollar medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums for eligible employees, spouses, and children, with $10 copays for doctor visits, urgent care, and generic prescription medications.
• Fully vested annual retirement contributions, regardless of employee contributions.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and an annual office closure between Christmas and New Year's.
• Paid parental leave and family benefits, including elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement.
• Opportunities to work with influential organizations across industries and collaborate with colleagues across BrightHouse and the broader BCG organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed