Director - BCG Vantage, AI & Technology in Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Boston, MA

Locations: Chicago | Houston | Boston

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

As a Director - OPS / M&SC Digital Technologies, BCG Vantage in a Client Focus role within BCG's Operations Practice Area, you will lead a growing international team, contributing to client and BCG Vantage work, based on deep domain expertise and institutionalized BCG Vantage assets (products, tools, data, workshops, frameworks, surveys, domain-specific data and related expertise, etc.). As a Director - BCG Vantage you will support proposals and cases as a domain expert helping drive strong impact with clients. While contributing to client cases and proposals, occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements, and design / develop solutions.

Additionally, as a Director - BCG Vantage, you will support commercialization efforts for the M&SC Digital Technologies topic working, in conjunction with business leaders, providing insights & advice for proposals and client workshops. You will lead development of intellectual property & assets for the business and mentor and guide junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

The Operations Practice Area is one of BCG's functional practices and helps our clients create competitive advantage by enhancing their performance and building strategic capabilities. The M&SC Topic Area is an expert network of knowledge team members and experienced consultants who help clients on specific cases related to the functions and disciplines within the topic (e.g., end-to-end supply chain optimization, manufacturing & supply chain strategy, network optimization, factory of the future, Industry 4.0 technologies, lean production systems, logistics, quality and maintenance & production engineering).

You will advise our global manufacturing and supply chain clients on their most critical technology and digital transformation initiatives. You will help businesses select, integrate, and implement cutting-edge technologies to optimize operations, enhance efficiency, and drive competitive advantage.

As BCG Vantage director you will work closely with C-suite executives to redefine digital supply chains, factories of the future, and Industry 4.0 strategies-leveraging emerging technologies like IoT, AI, automation, cloud, and ERP modernization.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

Lead technology transformation initiatives for manufacturing and supply chain clients, from strategy to execution.
Advise organizations on technology selection, system integration, and implementation roadmaps to enable end-to-end digital supply chain visibility.
Define and implement Factory of the Future & Industry 4.0 strategies, leveraging IoT, AI, automation, and robotics to optimize production efficiency.
Develop and maintain reference architecture in a manufacturing environment, integrating IT/OT layers to ensure seamless connectivity between factory floor operations (PLC, SCADA, MES) and enterprise IT systems.
Work collaboratively with key cloud service providers (MSFT/AWS) to co-design solutions for clients
Build and maintain technology partner ecosystem - how they can integrate into our overall manufacturing and supply chain AI solutions
Build trusted relationships with manufacturing, supply chain, and technology executives to drive digital adoption.
Mentor and develop a high-performing team of experts specializing in technology-enabled manufacturing and supply chain transformation

What You'll Bring

7+ years technology consulting, supply chain IT, or digital manufacturing transformation, required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
In lieu of consulting experience, 8+ years minimum industry experience required; 12-14+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
Expertise in Microsoft Azure (Azure IoT, Azure Synapse, Power BI, AI/ML), Amazon AWS (AWS IoT Core, AWS Supply Chain, SageMaker, Redshift), and hybrid cloud strategies.
Experience leading large-scale IT/OT integration projects, including cloud-native MES, factory automation, and real-time supply chain visibility.
Strong background in MES, WMS, TMS, and supply chain planning tools (Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions, Manhattan Associates).
Deep knowledge of Industry 4.0, IoT, AI-driven automation, digital twins, cloud security, and hybrid cloud integration.
Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
Excellent interpersonal communication and client handling skills
Fluency in English
Self-starting and entrepreneurial spirit

Who You'll Work With

As a Director - BCG Vantage, you will work face to face with clients and with BCG Project Leaders, Associates and Consultants. In the period between cases, you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.

BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
- Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets
Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)
- Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients
Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)
- Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project's needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data

Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, contributions to BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF), and a market leading benefits package described below.

We expect total annualized compensation for Chicago, Houston, and Boston based employees to be approximately the following:

Base salary of $183,000
Annual discretionary performance bonus between 0-32%
5% Profit Sharing Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution, increasing to 10% after two years of service. Contributions are vested immediately and there is no waiting period

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest.
We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members.* That's zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks.

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

*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

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