Consulting Team Talent Manager

Company	Boston Consulting Group
Location	Los Angeles, CA, USA
Salary	$114000 – $140000
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s
Experience Level	Senior

Requirements

Prior experience at a consulting firm, in an HR, Consulting, Talent, or Finance role is preferred
BA/BS degree required with 5+ years’ total work experience
Advanced Degree (Master’s, etc.) preferred, but not required
Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate confidently and articulately with all organizational levels inside and outside BCG via positive and productive working relationships, influencing others while simultaneously maintaining own flexibility
Maturity that engenders respect and trust from others, including from highly senior stakeholders; good judgment, professionalism, integrity, and the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality
Comfortable in resolving conflict, delivering difficult messages and addressing all people related issues
An actively collaborative team player who leverages slide writing, organizational, analytical, and project management skills to seek innovative and creative solutions and incremental improvements
Comfortable both working in detail and understanding the big picture; able to consider the ramifications of decisions on various constituencies
Autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity, self-motivated; receptive to feedback & quick to action it; can-do attitude and a creative solution seeker

Responsibilities

Deploying a specific roster of consulting resources, ensuring each resource receives the right set of projects to support their development & professional goals; communicate opportunities to roster and communicate roster’s skills & experience for projects looking for staff
Optimizing team deployment design as needed, in line with view of overall project pipeline, balancing business priorities with specific project and staff needs; thought partner to project team leadership in evaluating options & understanding impact on economics and team balance
Supporting CDC (Career Development Committee) by speaking to individual staff’s deployment, performance, and trajectory; surfacing themes and calibrating outcomes across the cohort; and implementing consistent policies and procedures in line with regional and global guidelines on promotion timing, criteria, and termination
Building a strong relationship with roster to understand their needs, preferences, and constraints; advising them on staffing and mobility choices and communicating decisions and rationale; helping them navigate their personal learning & development, connecting them to beneficial programs and services
Collaborating with other functions at relevant points of intersection (Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Teaming@BCG, Career Services, Finance, etc.)
Monitoring staff across key aspects of morale, retention, and affiliation; bubble up trends and provide analytic support and ownership of projects related to office morale, culture, and feedback
Ensuring all staff have fair access to all opportunities; partner with diversity network owners and mentors to drive inclusion for individuals, including proactive retention based on individual needs
Leveraging digital tools and appropriately influencing at the local level to ensure adoption and consistency
Coordinating inputs and outputs with a diverse group of stakeholders at various levels of seniority; work as a team contributor within local, system, regional, and global staffing structures to ensure day-to-day outcomes are in line with policies
Support, enable, and drive strategic efforts, alongside local leadership (Business Management Leader, Office Leader, Career Development (CD) Chairs, CD Advisors, CD Manager, Talent Managers, HR) to drive best-in-class experience for Seattle Consulting Team
Supporting Talent Management activities (including roster and team deployment) for other West offices as needs arise

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced Degree (Master’s, etc.) preferred, but not required