Project Leader- Consumer, LAB, 2026

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BCG’s Consumer Practice creates breakthrough strategies for clients across all consumer sectors, including Consumer products, Fashion & Luxury, and Retail. Our aspiration: BCG as the most influential company in the global consumer industry. The consumer environment and consumer behaviours are fundamentally changing as innovation and ecosystems continue to evolve. We work collaboratively to create profound and competitive impact at marquee clients. Inventing the future with the most-industry shaping ideas and capabilities.

As a Project Leader in BCG's Consumer Practice, you will advise leading consumer companies on their most important strategic and transformation challenges. You will work with senior client leaders to shape growth strategies, improve business performance, and rethink operating models and technology capabilities across the consumer value chain. Your work will span strategic questions around where to compete, how to win, and how to build the organizational and digital foundations required for sustainable growth. You will combine strong commercial judgement and consumer industry expertise with a practical understanding of technology-enabled transformation. Leading multidisciplinary case teams, you will translate complex business challenges into clear strategic recommendations, credible transformation roadmaps, and measurable outcomes. You will collaborate closely with BCG's Consumer and TDA experts to ensure that business strategy, technology choices, and execution priorities are connected.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead complex Consumer strategy and transformation engagements end-to-end, from problem definition and strategic assessment through recommendations, transformation planning, and delivery support.
• Advise senior leaders across FMCG, CPG, retail, beauty, and luxury on growth opportunities, competitive positioning, portfolio strategy, and commercial performance.
• Frame and solve complex business challenges using market assessments, consumer insights, competitive analysis, and rigorous analytical approaches to develop actionable recommendations.
• Shape large-scale business transformations spanning margin improvement, cost optimisation, operating model redesign, and performance improvement across the consumer value chain.
• Shape the strategic direction of technology-enabled transformations, advising C-suite executives on digital operating models, governance, organisational capabilities, and technology investment priorities that strengthen competitive advantage and deliver measurable business value.
• Advise clients on enterprise technology strategy, including ERP transformation, platform modernisation, replatforming choices, business cases, and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients, facilitating constructive discussions, challenging assumptions with evidence, and translating strategic and technology decisions into clear business priorities.
• Lead and develop high-performing, inclusive case teams, collaborating with BCG colleagues across Consumer, TDA, and other specialist capabilities to deliver high-quality outcomes and strengthen the Practice's expertise.

What You'll Bring:

• 6+ years of experience, including substantial strategy consulting experience and leadership of complex client engagements.
• Deep expertise in FMCG, CPG, retail, beauty, luxury, or closely related consumer sectors.
• Demonstrated experience shaping technology-enabled business strategies, including digital operating models, ERP strategy, or platform transformation.
• Strong commercial judgement, connecting consumer trends, technology investments, and operating model choices to competitive advantage.
• Credibility advising C-suite executives, structuring ambiguous strategic questions, and influencing high-impact business decisions.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary consulting teams, develop talent, and deliver high-quality strategic recommendations.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, translating complex business and technology considerations into actionable executive recommendations.

Based in BCG's London office, you will be part of our Consumer Practice, working alongside experienced consultants and industry experts to advise leading consumer companies across the UK, Europe, and international markets. You will collaborate with senior BCG leaders and multidisciplinary teams across Consumer, Technology and Digital Advantage (TDA), and other specialist capabilities to address complex strategic challenges at the intersection of business and technology. You will work closely with C-suite executives and senior leadership teams across FMCG, CPG, retail, beauty, and luxury, helping them navigate industry disruption, make critical strategic choices, and identify opportunities for growth and transformation. Within BCG, you will contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team environment, developing junior colleagues and bringing together diverse perspectives to deliver meaningful client impact.

BCG London is one of the firm's largest offices globally — at the intersection of the world economy and a hub for work spanning the UK & Ireland, Europe, and beyond. The office covers all major industries and functions and is home to some of BCG's most advanced digital and AI capabilities, including BCG X. Our London Consumer team works with leading consumer products companies, retailers, and fashion and luxury brands on their most consequential strategic and operational challenges, from redefining channels and go-to-market strategies to transforming their organizations and building lasting competitive advantage. The Consumer Practice is one of BCG’s largest industry practices and keeps growing across all regions. London is a key hub for it, offering significant exposure to the full breadth of the UK and European consumer landscape, in a market where consumer behaviour and business models are changing fast.

BCG is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We actively welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and believe that diversity of perspective makes our work stronger.