LAB Unlocking Potential Manager - Diversity & Inclusion (6 month FTC)

Locations: London | Amsterdam | Brussels

Who We Are

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

The LAB Unlocking Potential Manager – Diversity & Inclusion is responsible for driving delivery of key initiatives to support BCG’s Unlocking Potential (UP) agenda at a LAB system level. UP is BCG’s talent enablement function, integrating our efforts across Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing, and this role sits at the heart of how we bring that agenda to life for our people.

Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement

• Own and drive the LAB UP strategic agenda with specific focus on D&I initiatives, ensuring coherence across all pillars of UP.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to LAB Leadership and LAB UP MDPs, proactively clarifying priorities, challenging assumptions, and co‑designing better ways of working.
• Build strong, trusted relationships across a wide stakeholder set, including local UP Leadership, Network Leads, and EMESA and Global UP teams.
• Support local and LAB‑level diversity affiliation networks, address key concerns, share best practice across networks, improve coordination/ collaboration among networks and offices.
• Represent the LAB system in EMESA and Global UP workstreams, contributing to Regional and Global initiatives as appropriate.

Communications & Engagement

• Lead LAB UP communications strategy across email, Slack, and other channels, tailoring messaging, cadence, and tone to maximise relevance and minimise message fatigue.
• Develop and manage calendars aligned to key moments (e.g. International Women’s Day, Pride Month, Mental Health Awareness Week etc.).
• Ensure brand and voice consistency across all LAB UP channels and touchpoints.

Data and Analysis

• Where relevant, support/run ad‑hoc D&I projects (e.g. Gender Pay Gap reporting, setting up new diversity networks, etc.).
• Continue to drive improvements in our existing data collection mechanisms to measure effectiveness of our LAB UP strategy, including analysis and communication of results to senior leaders and staff.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance speed and quality of communications and data analysis.
• Lead coordination and submission of data required for annual submission to obtain UK Disability Index score.
• Manage LAB D&I budget.

You are good at

• Passion for diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, and people‑related topics.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and navigate complex, matrixed environments.
• Highly self‑driven and able to independently own and advance strategic priorities.
• Structured thinker with strong problem‑solving and organisational skills.
• Experience driving strategic change and managing cross‑functional initiatives.
• Strong project management capabilities with attention to detail and execution excellence.
• Ability to balance multiple workstreams with competing deadlines, working with a high degree of autonomy.

Personal profile

• Empathetic with an inclusive lens, the heartbeat of what UP stands for.
• Able to communicate mindfully on challenging topics to various audiences.
• Collaborative and relationship‑oriented, with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proactive mindset, thinks ahead, anticipates blockers, and plans around them.
• Resilient and adaptable in a fast‑paced, international environment.
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in communications, employee engagement, or people functions, ideally within professional services or a large international organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to own and execute communications and/or engagement strategies end‑to‑end.
• Proven track record planning and delivering events in multiple formats (in‑person, virtual, hybrid).
• Experience working with or alongside Diversity, Inclusion, Wellbeing, or Flexible Working topics is a strong advantage.
• Comfort using AI tools to support and enhance content production and workflow efficiency.
• Fluent English (written and verbal); additional languages relevant to the LAB region are a plus.

Please note this position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and that the job scope and responsibilities are subject to change.

Who You’ll Work With

You’ll work directly with the LAB UP Leadership (LAB UP MDPs, Global UP nodes, LAB People Chair, LAB People & Ops Executive Director) and with the wider People team on people related projects. You will also collaborate closely with functional teams to drive change in our key people processes and support our various diversity networks where needed. You will support the day‑to‑day running of the LAB UP agenda, including steering and developing programming/ content. You’ll report into the LAB People Strategy and Analytics Director, and work closely with the LAB UP MDP, both of whom will provide developmental guidance and support.

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. BCG is an E – Verify Employer.