DigitalBCG | Platinion Associate Director
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Who We Are
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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
- Be the face of the digital to the BCG India Partnership
- Be the go to person for BD activities
- Execute digital transformation cases and bring personal expertise
- Hire and grow the team
- Build capabilities, process, methodologies to create capability
- Drive thought leadership and visibility of the team – internally within BCG and outside
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
- Defined a digital strategy and brought it to life overseeing an end to end transformation roadmap, digital operating model, customer journey, development and roll out
- Served as Chief Digital Officer/CTO/Head of Product in a business which has been through a transformation and leveraged digital disciplines to ensure successful outcomes
- Managed both internal and external digital teams and have owned a portfolio of vendor relationships and possess credibility as a digital leader
- Worked for a reputed organization with a history of success and quality performance
- Successfully designed and executed digital strategies reshaping customer experience as a result
- Solid understanding and implementation experience in upcoming digital trends especially in Strategic design, personalization, digital marketing, analytics & Mobile space
- Have influenced user experience using digital channels in an omni-channel fashion integrating all digital touch-points
- Experience taking strategy to implementation with experience selecting tools and applications, to advising on next generation IT infrastructure, to creating custom web and mobile apps through rapid prototyping
- Exposure to agile methodology and agile deliverables (storyboards, wireframes etc..) with an understanding of agile engineering practices
- Preferred advanced degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics or Mathematics - graduate of a leading engineering school would be a plus
- Strong academics from top-tier institutions (top 10% of class)
- Excellent written and spoken English, other Asian languages a bonus
- 16+ years experience that has enabled sectoral depth in across a few industries (Telecommunications, Financial Services, Banking, eCommerce, Manufacturing, Industrial Goods, Energy or other)
- Be a strong manager with clear leadership/ management achievement
- Management consulting experience preferred
- Experience addressing business challenges leveraging Technology solutions
- Exposure to deep dive IT diagnostics, experience identifying value creation opportunities
- Good understanding of enterprise architecture principles, hands on digital experience is a plus
- Have prior experience in driving a commercial agenda; building delivery and execution of a digital competency; defining and guiding the strategic direction of technology topics. Have prior experience in handling technology/business relationship and SLA management process with external vendors; responsible for the delivery and deployment of solutions ensuring that they are delivered on time and meet required standards
- Analytical and structured
- Able to work creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to build empathy within the firm and win the trust of the clients
- Highly professional and rigorous
- Able to think strategically/end-to-end
- Good business sense
- Results-oriented
- Strong in execution and comfortable with fragmentation
- Willing to travel extensively and to work on client sites
- Loyal and reliable
- Highest ethical standards
- Flexible, curious and creative, open for new things and able to propose innovative ideas
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