Associate, Experienced Hire, United States

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero dollar health insurance premiums

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Gym membership reimbursement

Retirement contributions

Generous PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group is seeking candidates for Associate or Consultant roles in Chicago with opportunities across client sites worldwide. You will solve complex business problems, collaborating with experts from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, and gain exposure to a range of industries.

The role offers accelerated learning, mentorship from senior professionals, and a comprehensive benefits package. Travel to client sites may be required as projects vary in scope and location.

Qualifications

• Associates typically have 0-4 years of full‑time work experience, while Consultants generally have 4+ years of experience and/or an advanced degree (e.g., MBA, PhD).
• Please apply to the role that best matches your qualifications. If you're uncertain which role suits you, select the one that aligns most closely with your experience, and we will determine the appropriate level during the hiring process.
• Please note: any degree programs (including part‑time) must be completed before starting at BCG.
• You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office.
• Travel to client sites may be required.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside some of the world’s top minds on cases that reshape business, government, and society.
• Collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds and disciplines.
• Travel internationally may be required; consulting work is varied and rigorous.

Job description

Locations: Chicago | Minneapolis | Atlanta

Who We Are

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 member of our consulting team, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s top minds on cases that reshape business, government, and society. You’ll collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds and disciplines, increasing your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and developing new skills and experience to help you at every stage of your career—at BCG and beyond.

Consulting work is varied and rigorous, much of it performed at our client sites. Projects can vary in length, size, and location, depending on the client’s challenge. Because our clients operate all over the world, you may travel internationally.

You can expect to spend time working across a wide range of clients and projects from helping to devise the integration strategy for a pharmaceutical merger to developing sustainable farming practices in emerging countries.

For more experienced professionals, or as your career advances, you’ll begin to specialize in one or more practice areas, perhaps as part of our expert consulting track for those with deep knowledge and skills in a particular discipline or industry. Every step of the way you will be guided by BCG mentors and world‑class learning programs designed to meet your individual needs.

What You'll Bring

We hire Experienced Hires for Associate and Consultant positions. Associates typically have 0-4 years of full‑time work experience, while Consultants generally have 4+ years of experience and/or an advanced degree (e.g., MBA, PhD). Please apply to the role that best matches your qualifications. If you're uncertain which role suits you, select the one that aligns most closely with your experience, and we will determine the appropriate level during the hiring process.

Please note: any degree programs (including part‑time) must be completed before starting at BCG.

Additional info

You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office. As a member of that office, it is expected you will be in the office as directed. This role puts you on an accelerated path of personal and professional growth and development and so, at times, requires extended working hours. Our work often requires travel to client sites. Therefore, our expectation is that you will obtain a valid driver’s license and passport within six months of employment. FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The first year base compensation for this role is:Associate: $110,000 USD

In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members.* That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:

• Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
• Low $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

*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

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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