Practice Consultant, Capital Projects Acceleration & Engineering

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WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You’ll join Bain’s Product, Practice & Knowledge team and work across two distinct practices within our Performance Improvement capability: Capital Projects Acceleration (CPA) and Engineering & R&D (ER&D).

Our Capital Projects Acceleration practice helps owners, operators, and developers of large, complex capital programs across energy, utilities, industrials, mining, chemicals, and infrastructure deliver projects faster, at lower cost, and with greater certainty. We partner with clients across the project lifecycle, from early shaping and pre-FID readiness through execution and ramp-up.

Our Engineering & R&D practice helps clients strengthen the engineering and R&D capabilities that underpin long-term competitiveness, particularly in advanced manufacturing, industrials, software, and technology-intensive sectors. Our work includes engineering operating model redesign, productivity and efficiency diagnostics, and the integration of AI and digital tools into engineering and product development.

Both practices are growing quickly as competitive intensity increases and AI reshapes how projects are planned, engineered, and delivered. You’ll work closely with the leadership of both practices, as well as Knowledge Management and Center of Excellence teams, case teams, Marketing, Business Development, and external partners.

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

Based in Lisbon, you’ll help build and scale the intellectual property, tools, and capabilities behind two growing Bain practices.

This is primarily a practice-focused rather than client-staffed role. You’ll build and evolve proprietary diagnostics, tools, benchmarks, and points of view; enable case teams to bring them to clients; support commercialization and go-to-market activities; and help strengthen the practices and their communities.

You may also occasionally work directly with clients, including supporting diagnostics or workshops alongside Bain case teams.

This is an opportunity to operate at the intersection of strategy, product development, AI, and client impact. You’ll have the opportunity to shape new offerings, work directly with senior practice leaders and partners, and help build capabilities that are actively evolving.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• IP, tools, and innovation
  • Build and refresh diagnostics, tools, sales plays, benchmarks, and points of view across the two practices.
  • Develop expertise in priority areas such as schedule acceleration, capital operating models, quantitative risk, and engineering productivity.
  • Use AI tools to accelerate research, content creation, and analysis, and help build AI-enabled tools that strengthen client diagnostics, decision-making, and delivery.
  • Work with Knowledge Management to capture and codify field learnings into the practices’ knowledge base.
• Case-team and client enablement
  • Help case teams apply practice IP to specific client situations and deliver onboarding and bootcamps.
  • Help connect case teams with specialists and affiliates where their expertise can add the most value.
• Commercialization and go-to-market
  • Support priority pursuits by developing proposal and pitch content and sales plays.
  • Build awareness and adoption of the practices’ IP internally and with partners.
  • Coordinate pitch debriefs and capture win/loss and competitor insights to inform the competitive fact base and roadmap priorities.
• Practice building and community
  • Help strengthen relationships with external partners, internal collaborators such as Marketing and Business Development, and specialized delivery resources including Centers of Excellence.
  • Build and sustain the Bain affiliate network supporting CPA and ER&D work.
  • Support recurring meetings, business operations, and priority events.
  • Coach junior team members and model strong collaboration, innovation, and professionalism across both practices.

ABOUT YOU

You bring:

• Current or recent consulting experience, ideally at the Consultant or Manager level.
• Typically 4–8 years of professional services experience, or 4–5 years with an MBA or Master’s degree, plus an undergraduate degree.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
• The ability to independently drive workstreams from start to finish and deliver high-quality outcomes with limited oversight.
• Curiosity and technical aptitude, with the ability to quickly understand capital projects and engineering/R&D organizations. Prior experience in these areas is helpful but not required.
• Comfort working accurately with quantitative data and analytical tools, along with hands-on experience using AI tools for research, analysis, and content development.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience creating executive-level materials.
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and contributing to strategic discussions.
• The ability to thrive in a dynamic environment and help shape new initiatives.
• A commercial mindset and interest in business development, proposals, and go-to-market activities.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and functions in a global environment.
• A commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or supporting junior team members.