Career Coach and Senior Manager
Company: Boston Consulting Group
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: May 9, 2024
Job Description:
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Is your CV ready If so, and you are confident this is the role for
you, make sure to apply asap.
BCG's North America (NAMR) Career Services (CS) is an internal
career coaching and strategic placement service for BCG employees
and alumni. Career Services sits within the larger team of Career &
Executive Services (CES) and BCG's broader People function.
As a Career Coach & Senior Manager (CC) you will collaborate with
internal and external constituents to help meet the needs of our
BCG consulting staff and alumni. You will work to build the best
possible end-to-end experience; supporting longer term career
aspirations at BCG and beyond, helping individuals transition out
of BCG, and coaching/advising them in their process to land roles
at new companies. The role combines relationship building, 1-on-1
coaching and support, influencing, and change management in support
of new initiatives. The CCs will work closely with the broader CES
team, their local office CS Managing Director & Partners (MDPs),
office leadership, and HR teams within their respective office to
ensure successful integration and implementation of all
programs.
Career Coaches have several primary responsibilities:
- Career coaching & job search support - coaches work with
current and departing BCGers to provide a sounding board and
strategic thought partnership as individuals manage their careers.
Additionally, the CCs offer specific coaching/advising on hard
skills and create resources for individuals launching an actual job
search
- Strategic placement - through relationships with key employers,
clients, and alumni in each market, Career Services has a unique
vantage point into job openings across industries and geographies;
CCs work to proactively match BCG talent with appropriate career
opportunities
- Business insights- the function is uniquely positioned to feed
insights back to the BCG People Team and NAMR Leadership about why
people stay/leave, the market for BCG talent, potential commercial
opportunities, and other topics that inform business decisions
- Career content & programming - the function provides life-long
career support to BCGers, including career-related content;
including presentations, videos, power point decks, and broader
subject-specific programming on career-related topics
YOU'RE GOOD AT
Coaching/job search support
- Providing one-on-one career coaching and thought partnering on
career management and the job search to ensure seamless and
integrated experience for individuals departing BCG
- Integrating perspectives from individual's goals and strengths,
including their career vision and self-assessment, into job
sourcing strategies and relationship management to find the right
role
- Developing and delivering tactical job search support including
resume and cover letters, interview preparation and mock
interviews, offer negotiation and historical placement data,
including job titles and offer benchmarking by cohort
- Maintaining various data systems: confidential candidate CRM
(Dynamics); using BCG's Global Job Board and LinkedIn as sourcing
tools; developing career content for internal CES Microsite;
providing monthly recap to local office leaders External Networking
- Understanding the hiring landscape of large, regional companies
that have successful career paths for our staff and maintain a
relationship with those companies
- Working with local MDPs to establish strong relationships with
select clients in order to support implementation of the strategic
placement initiative with BCG Practice Areas and CCOs to enhance
placement of transitioning staff and alumni into clients and other
target companies
- Developing connections with Alumni to understand their team's
hiring needs as an important sourcing opportunity; supporting
alumni who are considering a job change
- Developing and maintaining connections with search firms
Matching/placement
- Creatively matching supply and demand: leveraging knowledge of
staff/alumni career interests and knowledge of external job
openings to match people with potential roles and ensuring all
staff have a breadth of opportunities available to them when they
leave BCG
- When MDPs share external opportunities and key roles, working
to find the right profiles from the BCG network for those
roles
- Continuing to develop and refine ideas to create advantageous
placements Internal Collaboration
- Collecting and sharing relevant qualitative and quantitative
data with CES teammates and local offices regarding candidates and
market trends
- Building relationships and awareness with NAMR System Leads,
office leadership and local office CS MDPs and teams to identify
needs and perspectives, to capture and share best practices, and to
assist in implementing new initiatives
- Partnering cross-functionally with various BCG people teams
(Recruiting, Alumni Relations, Career Development, Learning &
Development) to strengthen capabilities, broadening the agenda and
driving new initiatives
- Work on other special projects and content creation in related
to career management, the job search, etc. (ie DE&I focus,
industry knowledge, functional expertise, ABM support, etc.)
Programming
- Partnering with other members of CES team to share best
practices and identify career support themes/trends among departing
staff or alumni
- Delivering local office Career Services presentations 1-2x per
year to ensure the CS offering is communicated and well understood
by staff
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
- Bachelor's degree required, MBA or Masters in a related field
preferred
- 10+ years of prior experience desired in one or more of the
following roles: career counselor/coach, client service employee in
a high-performance environment, and/or professional
search/recruiting
- Energetic, with drive, enthusiasm and a natural skill in
relationship development
- High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness,
patience, and tolerance for ambiguity
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment in person and
virtually as required
- Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced,
intellectually intense, service-oriented environment and to
interpret rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and
in keeping with BCG's values and culture
- Experience working successfully within a complex matrix
structured organization is essential
- Strong communication skills and capacity to interact
effectively with all staff levels within the organization as well
as the ability to represent BCG's brand to a variety of external
audiences, including companies and search firms
- Comfortable both working in detail and understanding the big
picture
- A maturity and seasoning that engenders respect and trust from
others
- High integrity, tact, a positive attitude, and an ability to
maintain confidentiality
- A stick-to-it-ness and resourcefulness to find and deliver the
best outcome
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate effectively via PowerPoint
- Sound analytical skills
#LI-JS3
YOU'LL WORK WITH
The NAMR Career & Executive Services team is a dynamic, tight-knit
team of 19 (Career Coaches, Executive Career Advisors, CES
Operations, Alumni). The team consists of three pillars - a central
team responsible for management/operations, Career Coaches who
service each of BCG's offices across the North American region, and
Career Executive Advisors who work primarily with Senior Alumni,
Client friends, and BCG Industry Practice Areas. The team is spread
across North America and works closely with other people functions,
office leadership, and external partners.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
COMPENSATION INFORMATION:
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual
discretionary performance bonus, contributions to BCG's Profit
Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF), and a market leading benefits
package described below.At BCG, we are committed to offering a
comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our
employees and their families need to be well and live life to the
fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision
coverage for employees - and their eligible family members.* That's
zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees,
spouses, and children---
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care
visits and prescriptions for generic drugs---
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia
benefits---
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact
lenses annually---
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness
activities---
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made
annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for
employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan---
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective
egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement---
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an
annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15
vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)---
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis--- *Employees, spouses,
and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of
domestic partner coverage.
- This role currently requires 3 days a week in office
presence.---This provides flexibility the remaining 40% of the work
week. This hybrid work plan---allows for critically important
learning, collaboration, and networking with our colleagues.
Specific days in the office are agreed upon by the team.
Keywords: Boston Consulting Group, Roswell , Career Coach and Senior Manager, Executive , Atlanta, Georgia
Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!
Loading more jobs...