WHAT YOU'LL DO
To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. We are looking for people who are passionate about Digital Products Transformation based on modern technology stack and Gen AI with significant expertise in and Agile ways of working. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead in defining standards and guardrails of working and developing expertise further within the teams.
Our transformation requires a series of efforts across HR space. Over the next few years, you will have the opportunity to lead our most important transformation programs. At the start of your journey, you will focus on talent management solutions related to Career Development, Staffing and Mobility of our teams. You will begin with focusing on transforming the solution for Career Development. Career Development is at the core of BCG Purpose which is "Unlocking the Potential of those who advance the world". You will jointly lead the transformation program with our functional experts and be responsible for delivering a world class, modern tech enabled career development solution for our consulting staff.
We are seeking a senior technology leader to bring our Digital Products vision to reality in partnership with BCG's Career Development team. As a technology leader, you will act as a pioneer, thought leader, problem solver, and be sought out for your expertise by product teams, enabling them to go faster, safely, and prevent solutions that are hard to change and stifle innovation. You will be accountable for delivering the technology roadmap, architecture, design, development and implementation of the solution. You will bring industry best practices and hands-on expertise to design and implement secure, performant and scalable solutions. You will lead a group of engineers and architects embedded in the Digital Products team and be responsible for their growth, up-skilling and ongoing development. You will work closely with several technology teams to align to an enterprise vision for IT services across BCG's internal business functions.
Partnering with the Talent Product Team Lead and Career Development Transformation Program/other Program team(s) to define roadmaps and priorities for the technology portfolio.
Manage the end-to-end technical delivery across all phases/lifecycle of product/program roadmaps.
Steering the Career Development transformation/other program(s), managing and delivering on the program plan in close collaboration with functional stakeholders, architects, development teams
Working closely with key stakeholders to understand business problems and surfacing technology options to address those problems - including experimenting with emerging technologies.
Applying Agile software development methodologies and principles, including work estimation techniques, TDD, BDD etc.
Overseeing technical architecture, tooling, platforms & systems in coordination with Enterprise Architecture, and ensuring compliance with standards and guardrails
Understanding the Data and Integrations landscape and partnering with expert teams and stakeholders to drive enterprise level integration, reporting and analytics requirements.
Collaborate with other enterprise teams on UX design, security best practices, cloud and platform engineering.
Coaching the team of engineers, technical specialists, and architects -- and introducing new technologies and practices as needed
Leading technical analysis of custom-built applications, estimating.
Driving release management and automation best practices
Ensuring proper root cause analysis and remediation is executed during any incidents or outages.
Working with vendors to augment team capacity and knowledge.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
To be successful, you should bring sound development and program leadership experience leveraging technologies to drive technical governance, innovation, integrations and cloud-oriented strategies and innovation via Gen AI.
Ideally, you thrive in a work environment that requires strong problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills, independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for collaboration and open communication.
Thought leadership in technology innovation and transformation.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong emphasis towards collaborative and creative problem-solving and ability to navigate ambiguous situations effectively.
Clearly articulate complex technical concepts to functional and technical stakeholders in simplistic ways
Proven ability to actively work with and influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
High level of initiative, self-motivation, resourcefulness and collaboration
Working well independently as well as part of a team, with a hands-on approach basis the need
You enjoy going into depth of the technical details and resolving technical problems while maintaining an overall end to end perspective.
Building relationships and reliable team player, displaying consideration and respect for others
Performing successfully in a fast-paced, multi-cultural and service-oriented environment
Interpreting rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and aligning with BCG's values and culture.
Exhibiting ownership and accountability for self and driving the behavior in the team
Attention to detail, well organized, and able to set priorities and take decisions.
Being curious and willing to upskill continuously with the evolving technology.
Being flexible to be available outside of normal business hours for international calls as needed
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
BA/MS degree in computer or information sciences or similar field
15+ years of relevant experience in delivering large scale IT Transformation initiatives, preferably in large international organizations
Leadership of technical teams and vendors during large implementation programs with hands-on roles around program management and leadership
Hands-on technology development and implementation experience
Experience in agile development environments with all aspects of SDLC with globally distributed teams
Ability to lead/perform software development, as well as make architectural recommendations pertinent to business needs and related dependencies
Good understanding of security best practices from development and deployment perspective
Strong technical competence, with the ability to rapidly learn new tools and technologies
Flexibility and entrepreneurial spirit to adapt easily to changing requirements and priorities
Experience leading and developing solutions across a varied technology stack including:
Object-Oriented design SOLID principles and modern design patterns
Full stack development experience including Front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular & React
Databases and EDW technology like Snowflake
SOA & Microservices architecture implementation using REST APIs, queue-based messaging patterns, exposure to Mulesoft/Kong is a plus
On-premise/cloud-based infrastructures, SDLC pipelines, and deployments/configurations and definition/evangelism of best practices/standards
Software delivery including CI/CD and related DevSecOps practices, working with cloud based platforms such as Azure or AWS (preferred)
Experience working on AI/Gen AI implementations and underlying architecture and models
Application testing, automation and performance testing tools
Working knowledge of Agile Scrum
YOU'LL WORK WITH
You'll be part of the HR Digital Products Portfolio team focused towards transforming the Talent Management products and technology at the start of your journey. Your role will include transformation of the Career Development process technology landscape and will comprise of team members from many backgrounds and disciplines that will help you in increasing your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and developing new skills and experience to help you at every stage of your career. You'll be able to experience business on a genuinely global scale and learn how to bring together people from different cultures to uncover insights that challenge the status quo. You will work closely with a cross functional team that is collaborative, passionate and that holds themselves to a high standard. Your stakeholders are incredibly intelligent and analytical and make business decisions with a global lens.