Position Summary:
Consulting Senior Managers oversee the formulation and implementation of strategic recommendations to improve the performance of Bain’s clients. Consulting Principals assume responsibility for the case team’s value creation through the analytical process, build and maintain client relationships, and provide leadership, coaching and supervision to case team members.
Responsibilities:
- Identify the value creation opportunities with the client situation. Provide intellectual leadership to the team to ensure the highest quality analytic and conceptual output.
- Build and maintain consensus with the client on objectives, critical issues, workplan, implications, recommendations, and implementation plan. Develop client commitment to recommendations and implementation plans.
- Effectively manage the formal and informal professional development of the case team members. Promote each member’s development through skill planning, coaching, and performance feedback.
- Clearly allocate the responsibilities among case team members, balancing the fulfillment of case team goals with the professional growth and satisfaction of individuals.
- Contribute to key firm-building initiatives and activities (e.g. involvement in Practice/Capability Area knowledge building efforts, mentoring, recruiting, and training).
- Work collaboratively as member of a case team and with other colleagues.
Qualifications:
- BA/Advanced degree preferred with at least seven years previous work experience
- Strong analytic, logic and interpersonal skills
- High level of motivation
- Ability to exercise business judgment, to communicate persuasive conclusions and insights, and to build client relationships
- Ability to project poise, confidence and maturity in both internal and external situations
- Ability to effectively supervise/manage team members
- Ability to meet deadlines, often within very tight timeframes
- Ability to serve a full range of client assignments
