Practice Area Manager - Climate & Sustainability London, England
Job description
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Climate & Sustainability (C&S) is a fast-growing Practice Area (PA) and a driving force for BCG's ambition to become the most positively impactful company in the world.
As part of our commitment to protecting the planet and helping clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, BCG is deepening and broadening its focus. C&S brings together more than 550 experts covering the full range of climate and sustainability topics, including biodiversity, circular economy, decarbonization, sustainable agriculture, transition financing, water management, and other ESG topics—across all industry sectors—to support our clients around the world.
The C&S consulting market is developing at an unprecedented pace across industries and around the world and will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years. This growth provides excellent opportunities for personal and career development.
As a PA Manager in BCG’s Climate & Sustainability Practice Area, you will be in charge of the effective and professional planning and delivery of the PA’s day-to-day operations and core support processes, in close collaboration with our C&S Management Team and your colleagues in other PAs and BCG’s functions. In addition, you will lead and drive large ad-hoc projects and events. You will also lead our PA Senior Coordinator and support their ongoing on-the-job learning and development.
Key responsibilities include:
Drive the continued professionalization of our core processes and infrastructure across the PA, including budget planning/tracking, affiliation management, key communication platforms/tools etc. Drive for innovation, ensure best practice exchange and enable our various PA parts to collaborate effectively (e.g. between the global PA and our virtual systems in each region).
Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of large meetings and events (e.g. C&S global practice meetings, FACs, WWOMs, Leadership Team offsites etc), including on-site event management, handling the interface to BCG’s Meetings/Events team and leading the on-site support team. Own budget management, steering committee meeting preparation and facilitation, virtual meeting hosting etc. Ensure each of our meetings brings our “PA DNA” to life and is delivered in line with our convictions and commitments (e.g. regarding emission reduction)
Lead or contribute to large ad-hoc PA projects across our key C&S functions, including the conceptualization and execution.
Act as the “PA Concierge” who enables our affiliates to navigate the C&S PA and network and broader BCG organization effectively
Act as a line manager to the PA Senior Coordinator (and potential future additions to the team, including interns, coops etc.) and ensure close collaboration with other Managers and Coordinators in the C&S domain (e.g. in our virtual systems)
YOU'RE GOOD AT
Driving complex, ambiguous projects, events or processes that routinely require independent judgment, trade-offs or prioritization
Proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation, translating those into actionable plans and gaining buy-in for their execution
Independently collaborating with other functions on initiatives/recurring issues to find solutions or establish best practices
Staying calm under pressure, prioritizing effectively and driving to results
Analyzing data sets, drawing conclusions and preparing recommendations for leadership discussions, summarized in well structured, easy-to-understand output materials (e.g. Powerpoint decks)
Understanding what creates values for your stakeholders
Leading others and mentoring junior team members
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
6-8 years of relevant experience (preferably in a professional services environment); Master's degree preferred
A positive, high-energy, can-do attitude and friendly communication style
Exceptional organizational, planning and project management skills; strong at conceptualization, follow-through, ownership and accountability
Ability to independently resolve diverse problems and establish guidelines
Experience and success in leading and coaching individuals and project teams
Strong analytical skills (e.g. for business and project reporting tasks) and a structured way of thinking and communicating
Ability to effectively influence senior stakeholders, in virtual, international settings
Ability to multi-task and operate effectively in a matrix organization
Very strong written and verbal communication skills (incl. native or near-native English skills)
Advanced knowledge in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
A genuine passion for the Climate & Sustainability domain (deep content expertise is not a condition for this role)
YOU'LL WORK WITH
Your key stakeholders in this role are the Global Practice Management Executive Director as well as the broader C&S management team. You will be working alongside PA Managers and Coordinators (within C&S and across other PAs) and colleagues in adjacent BCG functions like Marketing, Finance, Meetings & Events etc. You will also interact directly with senior leaders, e.g. in the context of PA Meeting or Leadership Team meeting organization.
