CHI IT Service Manager
Boston Consulting Group · Chicago, United States · 1mo ago
Who We Are
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What You'll Do
As an IT Service Manager in BCG’s Digital Workplace Experience team, you will help deliver reliable, secure, and high-quality technology services for our Chicago office. You will manage a local team of two to five IT professionals, coordinate day-to-day service delivery, and help ensure BCGers receive responsive and effective technology support.
Working closely with the Great Lakes IT Service Senior Manager, you will monitor service performance, address operational issues, and bring forward recommendations based on local needs and recurring service patterns. You will combine hands-on technical expertise with people leadership, structured problem solving, and strong collaboration across local and broader IT teams.
- Manage and develop a local team of two to five, setting clear expectations, allocating work, and supporting professional growth.
- Drive day-to-day service delivery, monitoring service levels, ticket quality, backlog health, escalations, and resolution performance.
- Coordinate major incidents and service disruptions, maintaining clear communication and escalating decisions appropriately to the IT Senior Manager and broader IT teams.
- Oversee technical support across laptops, mobile devices, meeting-room technology, connectivity, and other workplace technology.
- Identify recurring issues and user-experience friction, developing recommendations and surfacing opportunities for broader service improvement.
- Build strong relationships with local office teams and leadership, understanding technology needs and recommending practical solutions.
- Lead local technology projects, vendor coordination, and operational activities within agreed priorities, timelines, and decision parameters.
- Collaborate with regional and global IT colleagues, contributing knowledge, local insights, and standard methodologies that strengthen service delivery across BCG.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in technology or a related field.
- 5+ years of IT service delivery experience, including 2+ years managing and developing teams.
- ITIL Foundation certification and strong practical knowledge of IT service operations.
- Hands-on experience with ServiceNow or a comparable ITSM platform, including service-level and queue management.
- Strong technical troubleshooting skills across Windows, macOS, mobile devices, Microsoft 365, VPN, networking, and workplace technology.
- Experience managing technology vendors and coordinating service delivery against agreed expectations.
- Clear communication, sound problem solving, and curiosity about AI-enabled tools and new ways of working.
Who You'll Work With
You’ll work closely with the Great Lakes IT Service Senior Manager and manage a local team of two to five IT professionals supporting BCG’s Chicago office. You’ll partner with colleagues across Office Services, Finance, Human Resources, and Meeting and Event Support to address technology needs and deliver a strong workplace experience. You’ll also collaborate with IT colleagues across North America and our broader global IT organization, sharing knowledge and coordinating support across teams.
Additional info
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In the US, we have a compensation transparency approach.
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role in Chicago is $96,000 -$118,670.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 16% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
Paid sick time on an as needed basis
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