BCG - Boston Consulting Group
Senior IT Consultant, Platinion (DigitalBCG - São Paulo)
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Who We Are
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Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.
BCG Platinion
As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.
Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.
What You'll Do
At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative technology consultants & IT professionals who will help us unlock our client’s digital potential and ignite change. Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow.
As a Senior IT Consultant, you will work closely with our client’s leadership teams to understand their key challenges, define IT strategies, win buy-in for your recommendations and collaborate with BCG case team members to transform client potential into performance.
You will design IT strategies for mid and large corporations to leverage the digital potential of our customers. You will be responsible for specific parts of the project and will evaluate and coach our clients’ technology teams, manage quality and risk while maintaining client expectations and escalations. You’ll develop ground-breaking projects by enabling our clients to effectively use agile methods and modern approaches in the context of strategic IT implementation.
Finally, as a Senior IT Consultant you will contribute to the Practice Area development and help to build the BCG brand as a key member of the case team.
IT Strategy
• Analyzing complex IT application landscapes with a strategic/business point-of-view.
• Analyzing the status quo and optimization of IT cost structure.
• Identifying non-trivial technology/organization decisions.
• Storytelling creating recommendations in technology, organization, process organization.
• Creating Roadmap and business cases for technology initiatives.
IT Operating Model
• Reviewing client’s organization and recommending efficient structure.
• Understanding change needs and helping to design an evolution plan/roadmap.
• Criticize the organization governance model and proposing new ways of taking decisions.
Building community
• Advising internal colleagues on core technical concepts and frameworks.
• Developing a network in the BCG technical community and leveraging it for our clients.
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
- At least 6 years of experience in IT Strategy and consulting, with proven experience on software development projects.
- University degree with above average academic performance in Information Technology related fields or Business Management.
- A strategic thinker, entrepreneurial, able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
- Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, strong customer focus and mental agility with a results orientation.
- Experience in a set of technologies that enables you to analyze legacy environments and propose approaches to modernize technology.
- Track record of use of different types of delivery methodology, such as Agile, Waterfall, and preferably some experience in Digital and Agile transformations at scale.
- Experience in IT organization and development process methodologies.
- Strong business acumen; can frame complex problems in appropriate business contexts.
- Fluent in English and Spanish is a plus.
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