Global Unlocking Potential Senior Manager - London

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BCG Unlocking Potential (UP) is our commitment to helping BCGers thrive. It shapes the context and offers the tools for individuals to be at their best, sustainably, in our high-performance environment. UP brings together our efforts in diversity, inclusion, wellbeing inclusive of mental health and flex into one cohesive strategy.

As Global Unlocking Potential ('UP') Senior Manager in the Diversity pillar, you will play a key role shaping the architecture, strategic direction, and operational excellence of BCG's diversity networks and communities. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and execution, you will define how these networks are structured and governed to maximise impact at scale, partnering closely with regional, local, and BU teams to translate strategic intent into consistent, high-quality programme delivery. You will be central to ensuring each network has a sharp, differentiated value proposition that enables BCGers to thrive, strengthens BCG's position as an employer of choice, and advances our ambition to unlock potential for all. This is an opportunity to work in a high-impact, transformative global role spanning cultures, cohorts and business units in over 50 countries and is a key strategic priority for BCG's senior leadership.

Specific Responsibilities for the Role

• Strategic leadership of networks
• Support in shaping the architecture, strategic direction, and operational excellence of BCG's affiliation diversity groups overall.
• Support in setting the strategy and operation excellence of the existing networks.
• Translate this strategy to a concrete implementation plan and annual priorities including determining how to execute these leading-edge programmes and resources together with BCG's regional and functional teams.
• Support partnerships with leading external organisations on this topic.
• Stay up-to-date on what your membership needs, surfacing leading edge insights and building adaptive strategies to meet the market and business needs.

Programme Delivery

• You will be part of a broader team owning delivery of the implementation plan by collaborating with regional, system and functional teams with oversight from the Global Leadership team.
• Delivery will involve owning some programmes end-to-end, and also functioning collaboratively with various teams where you are expected to influence efforts and outcomes without formal authority.
• Examples of programme delivery include designing and executing a seamless Reasonable Accommodations process, codifying and sharing best practices, designing and implementing inclusive cross-office staffing, innovating affiliation models including regional conferences, creating and leveraging data dashboards to refine strategy, leading campaigns around the key Diversity dates, delivering compelling events among others.

Cross-Network & Squad Strategy

• Be a core member of squads with strategic significance helping design multi-year initiatives.
• Examples of squads include designing integrated and inclusive sponsorship for Principals and Partners, leveraging technology to automate network management and mentorship, and helping design strategy for launching new networks.

Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Collaborations

• Be the key contact for BCG's global network of nodes, members and other BCGers.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate across functions and leadership teams.
• Support in sharing key relationships with leading external organizations.
• This role will provide you the unique opportunity to build a network of diverse stakeholders across the world.

Impact and Analysis

• Utilize internal and external data, analysis, benchmarks, stakeholder conversations, and market trends/knowledge to inform continuous improvement.

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years of relevant work experience with demonstrated experience in one or more of the following spaces: Strategy consulting, change & transformation, diversity, inclusion, people and organization.
• Demonstrated experience in designing strategy and translating it to actionable implementation plans.
• Experience with data analyses and interpretation to derive actionable insights.
• Experience of building effective working relationships across geographies, cultures, and functions.
• The ability to storyline and communicate key messages.
• Passion for diversity and inclusion.
• Proactive, empowered, and committed working style in a high-paced environment.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and AI tools.
• Fluency in English, verbal and written, to a very high standard.

Who You'll Work With

You will work as part of the Global UP team, reporting to the Global UP Director of Diversity, and you will interact with the Global leads of Unlocking Potential and People Strategy & Transformation, contributing to the broader UP strategic direction and firmwide people priorities. You will work closely with various UP Leadership teams, UP nodes and UP staff, and collaborate with the Regional and Local UP peers, various functional teams and squad members.