About the Role
As a Lead Architect, you will lead technology cases or modules within BCG projects to solve client problems. You will apply consulting skills to strategic digital and technology questions, partnering with clients to define IT strategies, architect solutions, and gain buy-in. You will also drive thought leadership, manage key stakeholders, and ensure client deliverables, with a focus on ERP/SAP offerings.
Responsibilities
- Lead technology cases or technology modules within BCG projects.
- Solve client problems using technology and digital expertise.
- Apply specialty/generalist consulting skills to strategic digital & technology questions.
- Partner with clients to understand their issues.
- Define IT strategies and architecture solutions.
- Win buy-in for recommendations.
- Collaborate with BCGers to transform client potential into performance.
- Drive thought leadership across the Technology agenda, with a focus on ERP/SAP.
- Take responsibility for technology/architecture projects.
- Manage key stakeholders.
- Ensure client deliverables.
Requirements
- 10-15 years' experience in strategy, management, or technology consultancy.
- Digital/technology and/or industry experience.
- Senior Technology Leader/Senior Manager/Director - Enterprise Architect with extensive experience in Industrial Goods, Consumer Products, Government/Public Sector, Healthcare and/or Energy sectors.
- Core system modernisation / systems of record experience in Banking/Financial Institutions; Mining and/or Consumer.
- In-depth knowledge of architecting solutions at an enterprise scale.
- Experience leading high performing technology case/project/delivery teams.
- Experience driving presales/BD, proposal development through to Executive C-suite client presentations.
- Credible technology leader with a passion for capability build, driving, developing and publishing thought leadership articles.
- Thrive in a hypothesis-led environment and ability to frame strategic challenges from a digital/tech perspective.
- Strong analytical skills, problem-solving ability and conceptual thinking.
- Excellent communication, story-lining, client-facing and consulting skills.
- Commercial/strategic mindset, presence and senior gravitas.
- Experience with Enterprise architectural frameworks and methods including TOGAF and/or related certifications.
- Flexibility to travel within A/NZ, Asia Pacific and globally as required.
- Australian citizenship preferred.
Skills
- Technology consulting
- Digital transformation
- IT strategy
- Architecture solutions
- ERP/SAP
- Thought leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Client deliverables
- Presales
- Business development
- Proposal development
- Executive C-suite presentations
- Capability building
- Analytical skills
- Problem solving
- Conceptual thinking
- Communication
- Story-lining
- Client-facing skills
- Consulting skills
- Commercial mindset
- Strategic mindset
- Enterprise architectural frameworks
- TOGAF
Location
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Canberra
Work Type
- Full-time
- Travel required
Experience Level
- 10-15 years
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelors degree preferably in an IT/Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline
- MBA, Masters or PhD will be highly regarded
About the Company
- 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, organisations 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.
- BCG Platinion's presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America.
- We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge.
- We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past.
- At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace.
- We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions.
- We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, connected, and empowered to be themselves and contribute to their fullest potential.
- Applications are encouraged from people of all backgrounds, including people of Aboriginal, Torres straight island, Maori or Pacific Island origin, individuals with a disability, those from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ individuals, women, and gender diverse individuals.
- BCG Australia and New Zealand hold a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation and are awarded the Australian Workplace Equality Index Silver award for LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
- We want to make sure everyone experiences a positive, barrier-free recruiting process. Please reach out to recruitmentinANZ@bcg.com at any stage if you require additional support or adjustments to assist you with your experience, including support in submitting your application, providing identity documents, attending a job interview. This includes any specific support for transgender and gender-diverse individuals.
- 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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