BCG - Boston Consulting Group

At BCG Platinion, we’re bringing design to the front line of business challenges, creating work that solves problems in novel and feasible ways. Our Product Managers are responsible for leading teams to ship products that are useful, useable, and desirable. They act as a balanced leader who understand the value of both a hypothesis and discovery-driven approach, and can push teams to make logical decisions for the best digital solutions. We look for Product Managers who are resilient—mitigating risk and guiding teams back on course when things don’t go as planned. They work well under pressure, can easily insert into a team—even in the middle of a product’s life cycle, and are confident decision-makers—especially with incomplete information.

Senior Product Managers at BCG Platinion are:

• Influencers.  They build strong networks internally and externally using their relationships to influence all levels of stakeholders without formal authority.
• Leaders. They help build, train and lead product teams to continuously discover, design, and deliver breakthrough products that meet business needs.
• Collaborative. They are supportive team members who give great feedback. They embrace working in interdisciplinary teams and believe different perspectives and backgrounds drive the most innovative solutions.
• Change Agents. They know what it takes to get people on board for change whether it be implementing a new system, strategy or process to transferring ownership of a product to client teams.
• Human-Centered. They start with people and thoughtfully consider the usefulness and usability of everything they create.
• Relationship builders.  They seek alignment with cross functional stakeholder groups across all levels.
• Problem Solvers.  They use their broad knowledge and experience to drive impact, and think creatively to solve complex issues. 

Responsibilities

• Manage product definition and delivery, working with designers, strategy consultants, and engineers to create a compelling vision
• Help implement proof of concepts and pilots to validate value of innovation, including defining project scope, requirements and success metrics
• Work with the design team to gain an understanding of user personas, painpoints, and journeys
• Lead ideation and brainstorming sessions to devise creative and disruptive digital solutions
• Assists in defining of the product / concept roadmap
• Work with teams to develop and implement products, services, APIs, and data solutions to drive digital transformation projects
• Implement Agile principles and methodology
• Assist in managing the relationships with stakeholders, technical teams, and external development partners
• Assist in presenting client demos
• Travel around the globe to work with clients and BCG teams. At times, this role involves significant travel to client sites. The amount of travel will depend on client needs and nature of projects

• BS or MS in Design, Engineering, Business or equivalent professional experience
• 2+ years Agile development in a production environment at a startup or tech organization
• 4+ years in a product development role with experience in launching digital products (Product owner, Business analyst, Bus/Design Strategist)
• Proven success working in and promoting a rapidly changing, collaborative, and iterative product development environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, analytical skills, combined with intellectual curiosity, and a desire and ability to "get things done"
• Demonstrate a passion for human-centered products and services
• Must have experience in launching digital products
• Experience in a client-service or consultative role which might include management consulting, creative services, design, finance or operations
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and make decisions
• Knowledge and understanding of technical engineering best practices
• Familiarity with IoT platforms and technologies

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible—and unlocking your potential to advance the world.

BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group’s existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design. 

We support our clients’ total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion’s interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.