Global IT Portfolio Senior Director - Functional Product Engineering

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Job Description

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

Functional Product Engineering partners with BCG’s internal corporate functions including HR, Sales & Marketing, Risk, Legal and Partner Services where we build, configure and operate digital products delivering the capabilities to drive client impact, automate tasks and innovate through bold digital agendas.

As the Functional Product Engineering Portfolio Director, you play a critical role in supporting the Executive Director in the execution and balance of strategic initiatives and daily operations. This position acts as a strategic advisor to the Executive Director ensuring the Functional Product Engineering team and BCG's goals and objectives are efficiently achieved.

1. Strategic Support
   • Serve as a trusted advisor to the Executive Director, providing counsel on strategy, operations, and governance within the Functional Products Engineering team.
   • Develop and manage the Executive Director’s strategic roadmap, ensuring alignment with broader functional businesses and IT goals.
   • Conduct research, analyse data, and prepare executive-level presentations and reports to support decision-making.
   • Represent the Executive Director in meetings, initiatives, and events where necessary, acting as a proxy for communications and decisions.
2. Operational Excellence
   • Oversee the execution of cross-portfolio initiatives (e.g. end-to-end customer journeys), ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with organizational goals.
   • Implement and monitor operational frameworks, dashboards, and KPIs to track the performance of the Functional Product Engineering organization.
   • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between peer IT organisations to enhance synergy and alignment.
   • Identify and address organizational inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and risks.
3. Stakeholder Management
   • Build and maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and industry experts to support the Executive Director’s strategic objectives.
   • Ensure consistent and transparent communication across with Functional Product Engineering and functional teams.
4. Team Leadership and Enablement
   • Manage, at times, surge resources e.g. on innovation PoCs as needed.
   • Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration within the Functional Product Engineering team.
   • Lead the organization of leadership meetings, town halls, and off-site events for the Functional Product Engineering team.
5. Governance and Compliance
   • Support audit, risk, and compliance activities within the Functional Product Engineering team.
   • Track and manage budget, resource allocation, and financial performance metrics for the Executive Director.

YOU’RE GOOD AT

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in digital transformations and operations and thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving skills, team collaboration and self-direction. You will excel in:

• Diving into detail while thinking ‘big-picture’ to ensure holistic goals are met.
• Approaching complex problems in a methodical and organized manner.
• Driving critical open items to logical closure with urgency.
• Building strong working relationships in Functional Product Engineering and across IT.
• Bringing a balanced mindset with strategic, delivery and operations perspectives.
• Being data-driven while managing executive decisions.
• Taking the necessary first steps to get an initiative in motion.
• Possessing superior collaboration and influencing skills when working with others across cohorts, functions and global regions.
• Bringing energy and using sound business logic to help run the FPE function.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical field.
• Total of 14+ years’ relevant experience, including proven experience as an IT leader, ideally having led global projects spanning multiple teams and IT competencies.
• Strong executive communication skills that enable you to connect to all levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage at both the detailed and high levels of multiple initiatives.
• Negotiation capabilities to resolve trade-offs without need for escalating.
• Proven analytical skills, business acumen and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data.
• Financial literacy and a deep understanding of budget and funding processes.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and comfort working within a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience working with Agile and product-led methodologies.
• Strong project management experience, including leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstration of the ability to drive operational improvements and deliver measurable results.
• Strong understanding of IT operations, systems and digital transformation trends.
• Adept at fostering collaboration and business consensus among diverse stakeholders.

Who You'll Work With

You will work with a broad spectrum of IT and other business leaders, including:

• Technical Area Leads
• Portfolio Product Leads
• Tribe Leads that run our digital product teams
• Enterprise PMO team members
• IT Leadership Team members
• Peer Portfolio Managers across other functions
• Change and communication team

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under provincial or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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