Talent Product Strategy Director

Bain & Company; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 204,750 - 245,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual discretionary performance bonus

401(k) company contribution

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Job summary

A top-ranked consulting firm in Boston is looking for a Director to oversee product planning and stakeholder engagement. This role involves managing a team, making strategic decisions, and collaborating with senior leadership. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in product management and the ability to engage stakeholders effectively. The position follows a hybrid work model requiring at least one day in the office each week.

Qualifications

• Significant experience owning outcomes across a portfolio of products.
• Experience making prioritization decisions at an organizational level.
• Proven record of leading and developing managers.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a product line and ensure successful delivery.
• Evaluate new requests and manage execution of existing requests.
• Supervise team culture and promote professional development.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

Team management

Product strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the top ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have earned the #1 overall spot a record seven times.

Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.

WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

This team considers the full spectrum of people, tech, and process to help others at Bain achieve their goals. We aim to understand our partners in the business so well that our proposed architectures, apps, and automations really do improve their work lives. If you’re the sort of person who embraces change, who has an entrepreneurial spirit, and who friends and family still call for tech advice, this might be a great team for you.

WHERE YOU'LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

The Director ultimately owns the success of the product line, ensuring benefits are delivered back to the business. This role splits time between evaluating new requests, managing execution of existing requests, and supervising the overall team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Product Planning & Stakeholder Engagement

• Design overall product line values and experience to be utilized by product managers in creating their visions
• Owns intake process for new work affecting multiple product groups within an area
• Prioritizes cross-product initiatives using business value framework
• Develops overall business case for the work, creating compelling arguments to persuade senior stakeholders while taking all inputs into account
• Makes and executes key decisions on product strategy and direction
• Elevates potential ‘backlog breaking’ requests or urgent prioritization concerns to senior leadership as needed
• Manage vendors - Evaluate new vendors, identifying red flags early, engaging in contract negotiation, and ultimately holding vendors accountable
• Evaluates tradeoffs, removes roadblocks, and makes critical decisions at scale, across several products
• Leverage insights across domains, based on insights and prior experience
• Anticipate and proactively approach operational challenges with products within the area of responsibility

Team Management

• Directly manage a team who may then in turn manage others. Ensure team culture creates a positive work experience for all team members
• Ensure full teams' continued professional development including identifying development opportunities, coaching/mentoring all levels of the organization, reviewing skill plans, suggesting trainings and the writing and delivery of consensus reviews
• Perform capacity planning to inform and recommend evolving team shape and size, skill development, out-sourcing opportunities

ABOUT YOU

• Experience owning outcomes across a portfolio of products or initiatives with significant business impact
• Experience setting product direction and making prioritization decisions at an organizational level, balancing strategy, delivery capacity, and business outcomes
• Experience leading and developing managers and senior individual contributors, with accountability for performance and results
• Experience partnering with executive stakeholders to frame decisions, align priorities, and drive progress on complex initiatives
• Experience operating within Agile environments at scale, guiding planning, delivery, and continuous improvement across teams
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience

This role follows a hybrid model, requiring in office presence at least 1 days per week

U.S. COMPENSATION INFORMATION

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service and Bain’s best in class benefits package (details listed below).

Some local governments in the United States require a good‑faith, reasonable salary range be included in job postings for open roles. For all other locations, the good‑faith, reasonable annualized full‑time salary range for this role is commensurate with competitive geographic market rates for this role and will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level

In Illinois, the good‑faith, reasonable annualized full‑time salary range for this role is between $196,000 - $235,250 placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level

In Massachusetts, the good‑faith, reasonable annualized full‑time salary range for this role is between $204,750 - $245,750 placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level

• Annual discretionary performance bonus
• This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date

Bain & Company’s comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family.

Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck

• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays
• Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
• Paid Life and Long‑Term Disability insurance