Global Recruiting Senior Director - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group; Boston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking a Global Recruiting Senior Director for BCG X to lead recruitment efforts for various tech roles. Candidates should possess over 15 years of talent acquisition experience, with a strong background in Data Science and Product management. This position requires the ability to manage strategic talent acquisition, lead a high-performing team, and engage with BCG's leadership across multiple regions. A competitive salary and the opportunity for travel are included.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Deep understanding of Data Scientist and Product profiles.
• Experience with talent assessment and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Drive recruitment for Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Analysts.
• Develop sourcing strategies aligned to BCG EVP.
• Lead and develop a high-performing recruiting team.

Skills

Strong leadership and influencing skills

Exceptional oral and written communication

Strategic talent acquisition advising

Experience in consulting or HR in Tech

Ability to manage complex environments

Job description

Global Recruiting Senior Director - BCG X

Boston Consulting Group, London, United Kingdom – Posted 14 hours ago, Permanent, Competitive salary.

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Since its foundation in 1963, BCG has helped clients with total transformation, inspiring complex change, enabling organizational growth, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom‑line impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change, blending digital and human capabilities to deliver solutions through leading‑edge management consulting, technology, design, corporate and digital ventures, and business purpose.

What You'll Do

We are looking for an innovative and collaborative leader to drive recruitment for our Data Scientists, Software/Data Engineers, Product experts, Growth Architects, Experience Designers, Analysts, and Solution Delivery experts. BCG X currently has over 3,000 employees, including Operations, and aims to grow 10‑20% YoY, recruiting 600 new hires in 2025.

Global Recruiting Senior Director – BCG X
Location: Boston, New York, Paris, London (preferred), Munich.
Countries: Germany, France, UK, USA.
Travel: 10%
Employment type: Regular, Full Time.

Job Responsibilities

Own strategic talent sourcing and attraction

• Support the evolution of the employee value proposition (EVP) and messaging for key talent segments, aligned to BCG EVP.
• Develop sourcing strategies for key talent pools, strategic roles and specific scarce skill areas identified by the business.
• Include diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda as a core element of the sourcing strategy.

Lead talent planning, pipelining and global delivery

• Work closely with regional leadership, global chapter leaders, X Delivery leadership team, and product teams to develop a deep understanding of the business.
• Provide talent market intelligence to stakeholders (e.g., compensation benchmarks, relevant talent pools, competitor insights).
• Develop talent plan jointly with business and people team.
• Translate business needs into target profiles based on required technical skills and ability to perform in specific roles.
• Manage, develop, and lead a high‑performing team to deliver hiring metrics (time to fill, source mix, conversion ratio, diversity pipeline, quality of hire).

Drive excellence across BCG X Talent Acquisition

• Drive the expansion and acceleration of our near‑shore and off‑shore engineering teams.
• Coordinate recruiting efforts and channels across cohorts, maintaining a unified view of required profiles.
• Digitally enable Talent Acquisition through recruiting analytics and cutting‑edge sourcing tools.

Integrate with BCG Talent Acquisition and support continuous improvement

• Partner with Global Recruiting Teams in BCG to build cohesive operating models and share best practices regionally and globally.
• Establish and strengthen networks with regional and local recruiting communities in BCG.
• Participate in key leadership forums in BCG Recruiting.
• Lead the innovation and transformation agenda for Talent Acquisition for BCG X.
• Build out Recruiting Marketing & Branding agenda for BCG X globally.

You're good at

• Strong leadership and influencing skills, including exceptional oral and written communication.
• Advising business on strategic talent acquisition, translating this into concrete actions.
• Managing strategic and operational topics in the People agenda.
• Leading matrixed, cross‑functional work teams across geographies and cultures.
• Partnering with Business leaders to develop talent acquisition strategy and plan.

What You'll Bring

• 15+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or 10+ years of consulting or HR experience in the Tech and Analytics/AI space.
• Deep understanding of Data Scientist, Product, Design, and/or Engineering profiles and competitive market landscape.
• Experience with sourcing, talent processes, talent assessment, and metrics.
• Demonstrated ability to manage resources and workload in a complex and fast‑paced environment.

Who You'll Work With
Report to Stacey Beard, BCG X Global People Functions Senior Director. Work with BCG X Leadership Team, functional leaders (People, Marketing, Talent Management), and global Recruiting Leadership in BCG. Build strong network across BCG's global recruiting community.

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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