Manager - BCG Vantage - Aerospace and Defense
13 hours ago
London
: Düsseldorf | München | London | Madrid 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 Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path within BCG's Industrial Goods Practice Area, you will collaborate and partner in a growing global team, providing industry expertise and insights. You will work together with case and proposal teams to provide knowledge assets, analysis and expert advisory. You’ll serve as a thought partner and content expert to case teams and sector leaders, helping structure and solve complex issues. Additionally, as a Manager – BCG Vantage you will drive development of intellectual property and knowledge assets to support the Aerospace & Defense sector, serving as an active contributor to commercialization efforts for the topic, whilst working with business leaders to drive proposals & go-to-market efforts. As a Manager – BCG Vantage, you may line manage a team of junior colleagues (though will not be expected to do so immediately), taking responsibility for their goal setting, ongoing feedback and career development support. We are seeking a qualified candidate to support projects within the Aerospace & Defense sectors across the globe, with a particular emphasis on the defense industry in Europe. A successful candidate will likely come from the aerospace and defense industry, an aerospace and defense consultancy, or think tanks. Military service, particularly in roles relevant to defense strategy, procurement and operations, would also be a strong asset. This role is geared for an individual with a strong understanding of the business dynamics across the European defense sector, especially those who can speak to the technical and corporate trends across all military domains. While this role is pitched at the Manager level, we welcome applications from candidates with slightly less experience who demonstrate strong capabilities — in which case we may consider appointment at the Senior Analyst level. YOU'RE GOOD AT • Solving complex client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches in aerospace and defense, • Driving development and maintenance of knowledge assets e.g. tools, databases, sector materials, based on different client contexts, • Communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to engage your audience effectively, • Managing a portfolio of projects, with strong awareness of business priorities and commercial impact, • Training, coaching, and mentoring junior team members, • 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 in relevant aerospace and defense industry required; candidates with consulting experience (especially strategy, growth, go-to-market, and due diligence 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), • Fluency in English; fluency in one or more other European languages is a major plus, • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment; experience working with diverse international teams is a major plus Who You'll Work With As a Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path, you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring 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, • 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, • 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. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. (Click here )( for more information on E-Verify.
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