Manager, BCG Vantage - Cost Transformation

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group in London seeks a Manager – BCG Vantage, AI Cost Advantage to shape the portfolio of cost-knowledge assets and AI-enabled tools on our Topic Activation path. You’ll guide product lifecycle from ideation through launch, and mentor junior team members while collaborating with senior stakeholders across Cost and Practice Areas.

You will help design, build-out and commercialize proprietary cost knowledge assets and GenAI-enabled tools, driving end-user adoption and

Qualifications

• 3+ years consulting experience relevant to cost transformation or cost take-out; consulting experience preferred
• 4+ years minimum industry experience if not consulting; 6-10+ years strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Specialization in cost topics (People & Organization, Operations, or Technology & Digital Advantage)
• Experience in product management (road-mapping, backlog prioritization) including AI agents and solutions
• Experience in driving end-user adoption of tools, including training and change management
• Understanding of technology landscape and AI platforms
• Fluency in English
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a global team environment

Responsibilities

• Lead problem solving and solutioning for clients with pragmatic outcomes
• Develop and commercialize Cost expertise and digital/AI assets
• Engage with senior stakeholders and demonstrate credibility
• Lead projects and mobilize teams to deliver business impact
• Coach and mentor team members to achieve goals
• Balance depth in cost topics with broader portfolio knowledge
• Navigate a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Skills

Problem solving

Client engagement

Team leadership

Mentoring

Cost expertise

Digital/AI assets

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree

Tools

GenAI-enabled tools

Job description

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

As a Manager – BCG Vantage, AI Cost Advantage on our Topic Activation path within BCG's AI Cost Advantage Offer, you will support the strategy and execution of the portfolio of knowledge assets, services, and expertise that make up the AI Cost Advantage business. Working closely with the Director, AI Cost Advantage you will contribute to the design, build-out, and commercialization of proprietary cost knowledge assets, tools, and expertise (many GenAI-enabled) that span Cost's functional (e.g., People & Organization, Operations, Technology & Digital Advantage) and industry domains. This includes applying product management practices, such as road-mapping, backlog prioritization, and translating business needs into specifications, to guide these tools and AI agents through their lifecycle from ideation through launch and iteration. You will also support end-user adoption of these products through training and change management. You will engage directly with case teams and clients based on your individual cost expertise, translating firmwide knowledge and assets into pragmatic, tailored solutions and demonstrating differentiated impact and value-add on live engagements. As part of a growing team, you will play an active role in mentoring and developing junior team members and will support the Director in maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders across Cost and the Practice Areas that rely on cost expertise.

BCG's Cost business sits at the intersection of BCG's global Cost topic and the functional (e.g., People & Organization; Operations; Technology & Digital Advantage) and industry domains (e.g., Consumer, Healthcare) that make up BCG's holistic cost offer. The team works in close coordination across Practice Areas on Cost, helping ensure knowledge, tools, and best practices are shared and applied consistently across the firm.

Examples of Cost assets you may work on (not limited to this list):

• Cost Diagnostic tools and taxonomy frameworks (proprietary P&L baselining and cost-bucket mapping solutions)
• Unified Benchmarking Database (proprietary functional and cross-functional cost benchmarking solution)
• Cost belief-audit and expert-review frameworks (structured tools for refining and sizing savings opportunities)
• Cross-functional cost lever libraries and playbooks spanning the firm's holistic cost taxonomy
• GenAI-enabled cost advantage agents and tools
• Additional Cost expert AI agents

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Leading problem solving and solutioning for clients and driving towards pragmatic solutions tailored to the business context
• Leading development and commercialization of Cost expertise and digital/AI assets
• Engaging and communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating expert presence and credibility
• Leading projects in a highly effective manner, mobilizing team to deliver on business priorities and commercial impact
• Acting as a highly effective coach and mentor, guiding team members to achieve goals efficiently and effectively
• Balancing depth in a specific cost functional area (e.g., People/Org, Operations, IT/Tech) with a working knowledge of the broader cost portfolio
• Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast‑paced environment

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years consulting experience relevant to cost transformation, cost take-out, or related topics required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
• In lieu of consulting experience, 4+ years minimum industry experience required; 6-10+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
• Specialization in relevant cost topics, e.g., a specific functional area such as People & Organization, Operations, or Technology & Digital Advantage
• Experience in product management (e.g., road-mapping, backlog prioritization), translating business needs into specifications, and managing a product lifecycle from ideation through launch and iteration. Including AI agents and solutions.
• Experience in driving end-user adoption of new tools or platforms, including training, change management, and commercialization/go-to-market for internal products
• Understanding basic technology landscape and AI platforms
• Fluency in English
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and manage internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment

Who You'll Work With

As a Manager – BCG Vantage, AI Cost Advantage on our Topic Activation path, you will work closely with the Director, AI Cost Advantage, and collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring cost expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise. BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)

Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets

Topic Activation (Domain Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)

Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co‑creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients

Research (Practice Topic and Domain-Aligned Research and Insights)

Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project's needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data.

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, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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