Senior IT Consultant, Platinion - Private Equity (Digital BCG)

Industry: Professional Services

Job Family: Consulting

23 Jan 2023

London

Full Time

United Kingdom

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 help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations 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 As a seamlessly integrated part of the BCG network, we provide consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and digital solutions. We create technology platforms and deliver exceptionally customized solutions of the future for our clients, from data strategies to next-generation customer journey solutions and transformational business models. We solve the most daunting challenges that companies face today and envision for tomorrow. Our style is entrepreneurial – nimble and innovative, with multifaceted, cross-functional teams and completely vendor-independent. Our unique selling proposition is technology expertise and delivery excellence.

Platinion was founded in 2000. Since then, we have grown continuously and successfully. Today we have offices in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Practice Area Profile

What You'll Do

At BCG Platinion we're keen to engage with experienced, passionate and creative IT consultants who will help us unlock our client’s digital potential and ignite change. Meaningful work is at the core of everything we do. We build unique solutions to the complexities our clients face, while providing our people with opportunities to explore and grow. A community of leading experts, BCG Platinion team members have a natural springboard for professional growth and deeper opportunities to excel.

As a Senior IT Consultant, you will work closely with our Principal Investors & Private Equity Practice Area (PIPE) focusing upon helping the worlds largest private equity firms address their most strategic technology challenges, whether they are buying or selling a business.

You will get exposure to a unique mix of C-Level (CTO/CIO/CEO), Investment Professionals and BCG network experts on high impact decisions to accelerate your learnings & development journey.

You will help our client’s leadership teams to understand their key challenges, define IT strategies, win buy-in for your recommendations and collaborate with BCG case team members to transform client potential into performance.

You will work on a variety of technology topics, applying your technical consulting skills to strategic technology questions. You will also be supported by an extensive training curriculum, plus technology-specific training and mentoring to help build upon you technical skills. You will also help guide junior members of the team, help with project proposals, client care, building relationships with peers and identifying new business opportunities.

We differentiate ourselves from the competition through bringing real-world technology experts to determine deal and commercial implications. Our highly skilled team consists of battle-proven technologists such as ex CTO, ex CDO, full stack developers, ex Cyber warfare commanders, Digital Product Owners from the world's leading brands, and innovative AI/ML researchers.

What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

• 4+ years’ experience in IT strategy and consulting, professional software development or IT project management in a tech related corporate development or start-up. • You will have relevant experience from a top consulting firm (focused on technology, digital initiatives) • A basic understanding of IT/technology financials and how it impacts deal value • It is essential that you already have experience working within a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) environment, with a focus upon technology due diligence, technology carveout, technology PMI or PE-related value creation initiative with a portfolio company • A strategic thinker with a basic understanding of IT / technology financials and how it impacts deal value. Must be able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment • Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, strong customer focus and mental agility with a results orientation • A University degree with above average academic performance in a STEM related field or business management