LAB People & Projects Director

Boston Consulting Group
WHAT YOU’LL DO
You will own and drive the People Strategy at a LAB (London, Amsterdam & Brussels) system level, being accountable for delivery of key initiatives across sustainability, engagement, career fulfilment, and diversity & inclusion:

• Drive engagement and implementation of the LAB People Agenda, working closely with the People functions.
• Partner with local, regional & global People functions (staffing, mobility, career development, etc.), to lead and execute run & change work across the People Agenda
• Lead delivery of strategic global people projects, adapting global design principles to local office context, needs, and practicalities.
• Continue roll-out of our global people promise initiatives, including (flagship programme to improve transparency and accessibility to various career paths) and Cool-Down Days (structured time off from cases for our consulting teams to focus on learning & development and office contribution)
• Own and steer agendas for, and prepare content for, for key leadership meetings (e.g., LAB Management Team, LAB PA People nodes) to update, escalate, or drive decisions
• People management: lead People & Projects team, covering People support functions: DE&I, People Strategy & Change, EVP, NextGen ways of working
• Act as a LAB point of contact/thought leadership to other systems and global teams on people projects across consultant topics (engagement, career fulfilment, DE&I, sustainability)

YOU’RE GOOD AT

• You have a strong interest in change management, ideally with some experience in participating in People priorities and/or functional activities at BCG
• You have strong communication and language skills, with a proficiency for preparing engaging and insightful storylines and messages, and an ability to adapt tone by audience
• You thrive working autonomously but also love to collaborate – you are self-driven, anticipating challenges or bottlenecks and planning effectively around them
• You are highly professional and diplomatic, you know when to ask for help or advice, and feel comfortable doing so
• You can navigate a complex organisation and find ways to drive your ideas forward and make things happen

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
• Required

• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience, ideally including human resources but not essential, showing increasing levels of responsibility
• Experience working in a professional service firm environment with partner structure
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) to a very high standard
• Experience in a team management role
• Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, and well experienced in verbal and written communications to senior audiences

• Preferred

• A proven track record of managing projects to successful outcomes in a complex and highly professional environment, with a particular focus on stakeholder management
• Experience of building effective working relationships across functions and geographies, and leveraging these relationships to deliver positive outcomes

YOU’LL WORK WITH
You will manage the LAB People & Projects Team, directly with LAB People leadership (LAB People Chair, LAB Talent Senior Director, LAB HR Senior Director) on people related projects. You will also support members of the People & Projects team (LAB DE&I, LAB Analytics) and with our functional teams to drive change in our key people processes. You will report into the LAB Talent Director who will provide developmental guidance and support.