Practice Area Senior Manager - Financial Institutions (Global People and Special Projects)

Practice Area Senior Manager – Financial Institutions (Global People & Special Projects)

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Locations: Lisbon | Madrid | London | Paris | München

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

• Talent monitoring
  • Establish and maintain success KPIs for the FI talent agenda
  • Build People Dashboards to track talent pools and gaps
  • Monitor practice sentiment through ongoing 1:1 engagement with FIPA affiliates
  • Analyze survey results (with emphasis on PA questions) and lead follow‑up actions
  • Advance the diversity & inclusion agenda, focusing on Women in FI and Project Sandy
• Drive FIPA Flagship Programs
  • Angel Mission: Lead the program in close collaboration with FI Angel Mission Ambassadors and Global Program sponsors, own the communications cycle, and elevate the initiative into a core cultural pillar for FI.
  • Morieux Medals: Manage FI’s recognition vehicle for content excellence, partner with the Global Program sponsor and LT to identify quarterly winners based on KN submissions, and build visibility and consistency to achieve recognition parity with the Angel Mission.
• Internal engagement
  • Develop and execute the internal engagement plan (emails, Town halls, etc.) in collaboration with FI GPMD and Marketing
  • Project‑manage FI Global meetings, provide guidance and input to regional meetings
  • Enable local affiliation and best‑practice sharing across regions through the FI Global Nodes Forum
  • Support ad‑hoc FI and cross‑PA engagement initiatives
• Learning
  • Design and lead FI learning curriculum through FI Big Win and FI Academy, collaborating with EMESA Regional Director, Marketing Director, and BCG learning teams for support, ideas, and inspiration
• Special Projects
  • Partner with the Global Leader for Climate & Sustainability in FI to track and manage opportunities, focusing on Climate Risk
  • Maintain tracking tools (e.g., Excel), coordinate discussions with leaders, and prepare/source materials for proposals and client meetings (in partnership with Vantage)
  • Lead regular communications on FI’s Climate & Sustainability work for FI, C&S, R&C, and SI audiences
  • Capacity dependent: take on additional initiatives as part of the broader FI Management & Operations team

What You’ll Bring

• Prior experience in a consulting firm is a must – in a consulting or people management role, ensuring a deep understanding of our target audience’s needs and skills in their role
• 6–8+ years of total work experience
• Advanced degree (Master’s, MBA, JD, PhD, etc.) preferred

Key Competencies

• Perform successfully in a fast‑paced, global, intellectually intense, service‑oriented environment, keeping with BCG’s values and culture
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with senior presence and influence; ability to communicate with all organizational levels inside & outside BCG by establishing positive & productive working relationships
• Strong communication skills; able to influence multiple stakeholders and remain flexible with adjusting own perspective in light of new information or constraints
• High integrity, tact, a positive attitude, and ability to maintain absolute confidentiality
• Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages, and addressing all people‑related issues
• Quick to learn BCG policies, practices, structure, and how decisions are made
• An active team player with strong organizational, analytical, and project management skills
• Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self‑motivated

Our Financial Institutions Practice

At BCG, we are on a mission to change the Financial Institutions (FI) industry for the better. Our vision is to work with our clients to help them achieve their bionic ambitions of becoming digital‑first and human‑centric organizations to future‑prove themselves in a rapidly evolving economy. With our 360° capabilities, streamlined solutions built in‑house, client history and partnerships with leading organizations around the world (COP 26, World Economic Forum, MIT Sloan, TED etc.), we pride ourselves on being a global thought leader, always in the search for what will really make a difference. At FI, creating impact is our North Star. We hope you can join us.

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.

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