People Projects Director – Global Businesses and Functions
Locations: London | Germany
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What You’ll Do
Join BCG’s Global Businesses and Functions (GBF) People Team, supporting 6,500+ employees and 4,000 contingent workers across a fast-evolving global footprint. As People Projects Director in the Innovation, Change & Communication team you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering the strategic agenda within Global Business & Functions. You will lead complex, cross‑functional programs and strategic transformation projects with firmwide or high‑sensitivity implications, providing program direction, governance and senior stakeholder engagement to ensure successful execution and lasting business impact. You will play a critical role in building ICC’s capability, strengthening its operating model, and enhancing its visibility and influence within GBF.
What You’ll Bring
* Master’s degree (preferred) in Business, Management, or related field.
* 10+ years of professional experience, including significant program or transformation leadership within a global, matrixed organization.
* Successful management of large, strategic, or high‑complexity programs across multiple functions or geographies.
* Strong experience with change management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational transformation.
* Advanced program and project management skills; certification (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, Agile, or equivalent) preferred.
* Excellent strategic thinking, analytical, and communication skills; ability to influence senior stakeholders.
* Proficiency in project and portfolio management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Power BI, MS Project, JIRA, Monday.com).
* High learning agility, sound judgment, ability to manage ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
Skills
* Program Leadership & Strategic Delivery – Leading large‑scale, complex initiatives with multiple workstreams, senior sponsorship, and cross‑functional impact.
* Stakeholder Partnership – Engaging confidently with senior stakeholders, managing competing priorities, and building consensus in a complex, matrixed environment.
* Change Leadership & Enablement – Embedding change management principles across projects and programs to ensure organizational readiness and sustained adoption.
* Strategic Thinking & Communication – Connecting program‑level decisions to broader business strategy and communicating insights clearly to senior audiences.
* Continuous Improvement & Innovation – Evolving ICC’s program and project management practices, piloting new tools, frameworks, and ways of working to enhance strategic value across GBF.
Who You’ll Work With
You will report to the People Projects & Change Senior Director and partner with six experienced project, change, and communication professionals. You will shape, steer, and personally lead high‑impact people initiatives across Global Businesses and Functions, including BCG Vantage, Practice Area Management & Operations, and BCG U, as well as Global Services teams such as Finance, HR, Operations, IT, and Legal. As a strategic thought partner to GBF HR Business Partners and leaders in HR Delivery, HR Transformation, Employee Experience, and the Global Collective Expertise pillar, you will ensure enterprise‑wide change delivery and measurable impact at scale.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under law. BCG is an E‑Verify Employer.
Seniority Level: Director
Employment Type: Full‑time
Job Function: Project Management and Information Technology
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