Project Leader/Principal (with focus on large capital construction projects)

Job Description

Location:

Moscow

Geography:

Europe & The Middle East

Capabilities:

Operations, Procurement, Strategy, Sustainability

Industries:

Engineered products & infrastructure, Metals & mining, Public sector

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 work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.
Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

What You'll Do

We are looking for Project Leader/Principal with a proved experience in executing large projects in construction and/or infrastructure to join our team. They will work as part of BCG teams in a wide range of challenging client engagements with some of the leading companies in Russia, CIS and globally.

Role & Responsibilities:

The responsibilities will fall broadly into three areas:

1) Client Delivery (focus area)

• Working jointly with BCG and high impact client project teams, bringing expertise to the team and to the client on site

• Support case teams, especially those with need for deep expertise in Large capital projects and a hands-on approach

• Contribute to the quality of the work, question results with sanity checks and with the project team

• Educate and inform clients proactively about state-of-the-art technologies, methodologies and tools and how it can bring value to their business and, in particular, operations

• Lead role in presenting key findings to C-level executives

2) Topic and Practice Development

• Contribution to improvement of methodology, tools, enablement material and topic development on areas of expertise

• Develop and contribute to BCG's intellectual capital - working on BCG knowledge content projects to develop new techniques and/or capture new ideas as well as casework experience

• Contribute to BCG Practice Area publications

3) Additionally, the following is required on Project Leader/Principal level:

• Ability to act as project manager and lead consulting teams for an entire case or at a module level on select topics

• Ownership of project process, content and day-to-day client interactions

• Supporting case teams, either as an individual contributor or as an advisor to the overall project

• Ensuring the quality of the work, and the relevance of the synthesis and recommendations

• Challenging and managing work in progress and results

• Development of proposals from end to end around specific topics and participation in client proposals presentations

• Contributing to the development of additional business beyond the delivery of recommendations on client engagements

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

Professional Skills and Competencies

Requirements:

• Preferred advanced degree in Engineering, Construction, Metals & Mining or Economics. Other advanced degrees are accepted as well, e.g. Mathematics, Physics etc
• Previous consulting experience with a focus on large capital projects in industrial goods, metals & mining, infrastructure and other practice areas or strong leadership positions at construction/infrastructure companies
• Fluent Russian and English

Specific Large Capital Projects/Construction skills:

• Proven experience of large capital projects management on all stages (from planning & design to commissioning)

• Knowledge of optimization techniques for project development and execution

• Well-developed consulting competences that result in top-down approach and problem-solving skills; strong analytical skills

Soft skills:

• Analytical and structured
• Able to work creatively and analytically in a time-limited, problem-solving environment
• Flexible and curious, open for new things and able to propose innovative ideas
• Good business sense and judgement
• Independent and autonomous judgment
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player, open, pleasure to work with and positive in a group dynamic
• Intercultural competence and experience of working in more than one country and/or multi-cultural teams
• Able to build empathy within the firm and win the trust of the clients
• Willing to travel and to work on client sites
• Driven, hard-working, entrepreneurial, proactive and productive
• Loyal and reliable
• Highest ethical standards

Location: Moscow Candidates from other locations are expected to relocate.

Date Posted:

29-Jul-2021

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 / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, 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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