Temp: Practice Area Senior Manager (Events Management)

The Boston Consulting Group GmbH; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global management consulting firm is seeking a Senior Manager to join their FPA Operations team. This role involves supporting the planning and execution of the EDGE Expo, driving collaboration within the Offer Manager community, and ensuring program excellence. Candidates should have 6-8 years of experience, strong project management skills, and a Bachelor's degree. Knowledge of multiple languages is a plus.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of professional experience.
• Strong project and stakeholder management experience.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of the EDGE Expo.
• Oversee program excellence in alignment with client priorities.
• Drive development and collaboration within the Offer Manager community.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Overview

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

Responsibilities

The Senior Manager will play a pivotal role on BCG’s FPA Operations team, which drives cross-PA initiatives including BCG’s flagship EDGE expo, a unique thought leadership forum and technology showcase. The Senior Manager drives collaboration across BCG’s Offer Manager community, ensuring alignment on product management excellence and business priorities.

For the EDGE Expo, you will partner with global stakeholders to deliver impact at the highest levels of client engagement, guiding Offer Managers through content development and logistics. As a core member of the EDGE organizing team, you will support the design, coordination, and execution of Expo initiatives, ensuring they resonate with senior leaders and clients while highlighting BCG’s most cutting-edge insights.

Specifically, you will:

• Support the planning and execution of the EDGE Expo, managing timelines, logistics, and content coordination across global stakeholders.
• Oversee program excellence, ensuring EDGE content aligns with client priorities and address the most pressing questions facing senior business leaders.
• Drive development and collaboration within the Offer Manager community, facilitating onboarding, organizing enablement sessions, and building engagement across practice areas (calls, meetings, learning sessions).

You’re good at

• Organizing and Executing: You excel at managing complex initiatives and events, bringing structure, foresight, and strong attention to detail.
• Project Management: You take ownership of projects end-to-end, ensuring clear timelines, stakeholder alignment, and effective follow-through.
• Content & Communication: You can distill complex ideas into crisp, engaging, and professional written and verbal communications.
• Stakeholder Management: You are confident engaging senior stakeholders, aligning diverse interests, and fostering collaboration.
• Balancing Priorities: You’re skilled at managing multiple priorities simultaneously, applying judgment to make trade-offs and keep progress on track.
• Collaboration: You thrive in a global, virtual, and matrixed team environment, navigating ambiguity with positivity and professionalism while building a strong internal network with trusted relationships and ability to influence.

This is a temporary role.

What You\'ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
• 6-8+ years of professional experience.
• Strong project and stakeholder management experience.
• Demonstrated strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfort with global, virtual collaboration across time zones.
• Proven experience organizing large-scale events or conferences preferred.
• Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus.

Who You\'ll Work With

You will work closely with the FPA Management Senior Director and the EDGE team lead, as well as colleagues across BCG’s global Practice Areas. For EDGE, you will also collaborate with various other BCG teams, including Alliances, Meetings & Events, Marketing, senior leaders, and client-facing teams, as well as external vendors.

Additional info

*** For US locations only ***

In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.

The hourly rate for this role is $59,61-$74,99; placement will vary based on experience, skill set, and location.

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. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. for more information on E-Verify.