Global IT Program Director - Strategy & Transformation at Boston Consulting Group | GB | Rezi

Global IT Program Director - Strategy & Transformation at Boston Consulting Group

Global IT Program Director - Strategy & Transformation

Boston Consulting Group · GB

2 days ago

Global IT Program Director - Strategy & Transformation

Boston Consulting Group · GB

3 days ago
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About the Role

BCG is seeking an IT Strategy Director to define, maintain, and govern the overall IT strategy, focusing on an experience-led, AI-first approach to become an AI-powered digital engine. This role involves setting strategic direction for digital and IT across all BCG businesses, working closely with senior IT leaders and cross-functional partners to define ambition, approach, and path forward on core strategic tech topics. The position requires collaborative problem-solving for complex, ambiguous questions, developing clear problem statements, compelling arguments, and driving data-backed solutions into action.

Responsibilities

  • Define, maintain, and govern the overall IT strategy.
  • Deliver specific sub-strategies on a wide range of topics.
  • Set the strategic direction for digital and IT for BCG.
  • Collaborate with CIO, CTO, CISO, Head of Architecture, and cross-functional partners to define ambition, approach, and path forward on core strategic tech topics.
  • Form partnerships and collaboration opportunities across Technology Practice and other key BCG areas.
  • Solve complex, ambiguous questions with senior business and IT Leaders and the broader BCG team.
  • Develop clear problem statements and compelling arguments to define the path forward.
  • Understand opportunities and problems across the organization and lead the organization to data-backed answers.
  • Drive answers into action.
  • Create clear persuasive verbal arguments.
  • Drive planning efforts for the annual cycle.
  • Drive decision making on prioritizing initiatives, funding, and resources.

Requirements

  • Experience creating strategy.
  • Enthusiasm for technology and emerging trends.
  • Strong business acumen that drives a deep understanding of IT’s customers and capabilities.
  • Knowledge and expertise around IT strategy and planning.
  • Ability to think across business needs, technology, talent, and cost effectively.
  • Ability to think strategically and find great answers to complex questions.
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity and find innovative approaches.
  • Experience in operating model, technology, talent, and suppliers.
  • Ability to produce high-quality arguments and supporting materials.
  • Ability to agree arguments at different levels in the organization.
  • Ability to be amazing at PowerPoint.
  • High curiosity, driven to know more about the world, business, and technology.
  • Well organized and reliable.
  • Ability to maintain presentations and other materials at a moment's notice.
  • Experience as a consultant or exhibiting strength in the essential qualities of a consultant.
  • Ability to engage in a complex organization to understand the current state and problems.
  • Ability to formulate strategic direction and gain buy-in at all levels.
  • 12+ years’ working in IT or Digital organizations, with a good proportion in strategy experience.
  • Significant experience and success in working in a highly matrixed organization with a flat structure.
  • Multiple successful examples of autonomously setting strategy on different topics in complex organizations.
  • Experience being value-orientated rather than technology-orientated.
  • Experience leading decisions through to a conclusion in a highly matrixed organization with minimal or no supervision.
  • Experience getting actions into action once a strategy is set.
  • Experience rallying the organization to make the first steps before handing over to delivery teams.
  • Experience preparing materials for, and presenting at, senior levels including C-Suite.
  • Superb storyteller with a strategic mindset able to create brilliant arguments and supporting materials in PowerPoint.

Skills

  • Strategic thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Consulting
  • Technology
  • Emerging trends
  • Business acumen
  • IT strategy and planning
  • PowerPoint
  • Storytelling

Location

  • Boston

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 12+ years

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.
  • Organizations must blend digital and human capabilities to succeed.
  • 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • 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.
  • BCG is an E - Verify Employer.