Project Leader/Principal, Industrial Goods

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 225,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero dollar health premiums

Dental coverage

Vision insurance

Retirement contributions

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group is seeking a Project Leader/Principal to join our Detroit/Chicago/Minneapolis office locations. You will lead client engagements, oversee studies, and guide teams in conducting detailed analyses to identify strategic opportunities for transformation and growth.

The role requires 2–3+ years of consulting experience with at least 1 year in a team-lead capacity, plus strong presentation and stakeholder-management skills.

Qualifications

• 2–3+ years consulting experience, with 1+ years at a team lead level.
• Demonstrated ability to manage client engagements and relationships.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; able to present to senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead studies to define client needs and supervise data collection.
• Oversee hypothesis development and advanced financial analysis of data.
• Develop actionable recommendations and manage client relationships and budgets.

Skills

Automotive industry

Consulting experience

Client relationship management

Presentation to executives

Hypothesis-driven analysis

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Top-tier institution preferred

Job description

Locations

Chicago | Detroit | Minneapolis

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.

Practice Area

BCG’s Industrial Goods practice serves four broad industrial segments: Automotive & Mobility, Engineered Products & Infrastructure, Materials & Process Industries, and Transportation & Logistics. We help companies in these sectors think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, choose where and how they should add value, and reorganize to defend themselves against new threats and explore new opportunities.

What You'll Do

Project Leaders play a key role on client engagements, managing studies to define client needs and supervising research activities to obtain relevant data. Project Leaders oversee the formulation of hypotheses for research and investigation, and the advanced financial analysis of client, competitor, and industry data. They apply knowledge of business principles and industrial organization, develop actionable recommendations, and supervise work including strategic due diligence, product development studies, change management plans, and the evaluation of long-term investment opportunities. Project Leaders are also responsible for managing client contact and play a key role in the development and maintenance of high-level client relationships. As the senior person most frequently at the client site, Principals interact with the client lead on a day-to-day basis to ensure that expectations are aligned. Principals provide the project management oversight required to meet client expectations. Responsibilities may include the development of presentations, managing of external relationships and consultant work progress, providing status reports, and overseeing budgets.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated expertise in the automotive industry, including experience with OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and/or commercial vehicle and off-highway (CVOH) manufacturers.
• Experience in at least one of three core areas: 1. leading large-scale operational transformations and cost optimization or 2. digital and AI-enabled initiatives or 3. manufacturing, engineering, or other core automotive functions.
• 2-3+ years consulting experience, with 1+ years at a team lead level.
• Track record of collaboration with senior executives. Must be comfortable delivering formal presentations to management.
• Strong management and communication skills. The ability to bring together all stakeholders and persuade senior clients to take action is essential.
• Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking. Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximize shareholder value. Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm.
• Proven ability to manage client engagements, client relationships, and provide “thought leadership” to teams, owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements.
• A combination of management and “hands on” delivery experience is critical.
• A solid track record of building strong client relationships with large organizations, as well as identifying opportunities to deepen those relationships and grow the business.
• Technical degree is nice to have but not required.
• A degree from a top-tier institution preferred.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Chicago, Detroit or Minneapolis.

Who You'll Work With

You’ll collaborate with BCG team members from many backgrounds and disciplines in a team-oriented, relationship-driven environment. Working alongside some of the world’s top minds on cases that reshape business, government and society, you will increase your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and develop new skills. At the same time, you’ll partner with senior clients, taking on the role of trusted advisor, and work at all levels of the client organization to find and execute value creation strategies that result in meaningful, enduring impact.

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. This position is currently hiring in Chicago, Detroit or Minneapolis.

The First Year Base Compensation For This Role Is

Project Leader: $225,400 USD

Principal: $268,400 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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