EMESA Practice Area Senior Manager - Public Sector (Temporary - 9-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

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What You'll Do

As a Regional Practice Area Senior Manager within BCG’s Public Sector Practice Area (PSPA), you will be a thought partner and executing arm for PA leadership. You will help set the strategic agenda, run the business, and implement priority initiatives across a spectrum of business development, people and affiliation, and marketing and communication activities to improve and grow the PA. You will work closely with the EMESA Regional Practice Area Leader (RPAL), Global PA and Sector leadership, and EMESA leadership for our EMESA government teams.

Specifically, you will:

1. Facilitate the Business

• Support planning processes (e.g., revenues, pipeline, budget, investments); track progress; define and implement solutions to address roadblocks or unlock opportunities
• Manage regional risk, and compliance process; proactively manage approach to risk

2. Manage People Processes

• Work with RPAL to develop overall people plan, set goals, and manage priority initiatives; own implementation and tracking of progress
• Manage people dashboards/reports and analyze data to refine strategy

3. Drive Affiliation, Learning, and Development

• Identify opportunities and develop strategies to increase affiliation, learning, and development within the PA
• Support regional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy

4. Contribute to PA Communications and Marketing

• Support development of internal communication and marketing plan; coordinate with regional and global teams; draft communications
• With PA leadership, develop and support execution of a regional Seat at the Table strategy

5. Support PA Meetings and Events

• Lead the planning and execution of regional PA events and leadership meetings
• Work with global PSPA leadership to plan bi-annual global PA meetings

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• Managing ambiguity with a high level of comfort
• Self-starting with a strong work ethic, entrepreneurial drive to work autonomously
• Driving complex, ambiguous PA projects or processes that routinely require independent judgment, trade-offs, or prioritization
• Performing advanced strategic analysis (beyond the data) and leveraging results for impact
• Independently collaborating with other functions and PAs on initiatives/recurring issues to find solutions or establish best practices
• Demonstrating expert mastery of full suite of PA related technical and quantitative skills/tools
• Leading others and influencing senior business leaders in clarifying problems and developing solutions; building consensus

What You'll Bring

• 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Strong performance in a “Chief of Staff” role and / or consulting staff role (C or PL) preferred
• Passion for and experience in 1+ sectors of the Public Sector PA a plus
• Ability to lead complex, multi-functional teams or projects independently and provide direction to others
• Ability to resolve complex issues and ambiguous problems autonomously, with strong business judgement
• Demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teaming skills, able to work well with senior BCGers and peers
• Professional, service oriented, proactive, and flexible
• Able to work with virtual, international teams
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including creation of presentations and effective PowerPoint decks
• Strong computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (SharePoint, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint essential)

Who You'll Work With

You will work closely with the EMESA Regional Practice Area Leader (RPAL) and their EMESA leadership team when setting the strategic agenda and driving implementation. For additional tasks, you will collaborate with teams within the global PSPA (e.g., Sector / Topic Managers, HR, Finance, Marketing). Additional interfaces exist with other regional managers, as well as with global and regional BCG functions and teams, as needed.

Additional info

Please note that this role is a temporary position with a nine-month contract, with a target start date in late November/early December.

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