Senior Manager, Strategic Intelligence, Global Strategy and Operations
Employment type
Permanent Full-Time
Location(s)
Boston | Chicago | Dallas | Houston | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco | Seattle | Washington, DC
Boston | Chicago | Dallas | Houston | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco | Seattle | Washington, DC
Description & Requirements
This role is open to US Bain offices with a strong preference for NYC, Chicago, and Boston offices.
WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the #1 ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor’s list since its founding in 2009. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally.
WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH
Global Strategy and Operations, Office of the Worldwide Managing Partner (WMP) is a core member of Bain’s global strategy and operations team that focuses on strategy development, review, and deployment; governance priorities and processes; strategic resourcing; and WMP events and communications. The team also works closely with other departments across Bain, including Finance, Marketing, Commercial Operations, Talent, Technology Services, Regions, and Vector, to ensure alignment of key priorities.
WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM
The Strategic Intelligence Senior Manager sits at the center of how Bain understands the evolution of the consulting industry, a growing and fast-evolving competitive landscape. The role shapes Bain’s understanding of the external environment in which it competes by producing high-quality analysis, connecting dots across workstreams, and surfacing implications that no single analysis would reveal on its own.
To enable this critical mission, the Senior Manager supports strategic intelligence efforts by delivering insights on the full portfolio of industry intelligence analytics that inform the firm’s strategy and owns WMP/Strategy special projects. Key analyses include industry monitoring, innovation sensing, and signpost reviews [see below].
The Senior Manager is a core part of Bain’s Corporate Strategy team, working closely with the Chief of Staff to the WMP and ultimately reporting to Bain’s Global Operating Committee. This role supports development of materials and insights for conversations with the WMP, Global Operating Committee, Board of Directors and other senior firm leaders. The role guides the Global Strategy & Operations Center of Excellence team, based in India, that supports analytics execution.
An ideal candidate for this role has strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to support analysis of strategic questions, helping to structure problems and develop insights from imperfect data. They do not simply produce accurate and defensible estimates; they assemble, augment, and frame findings so senior leaders walk away with a clear point of view. They exercise sound business judgment to decode noise and complexity in market intelligence, manage a broad portfolio of workstreams with different cadences, stakeholder sets, and data sources comfortably, and continuously push themselves and the team to uncover critical findings and to innovate ways to find higher-quality answers faster and smarter. They proactively contribute to team morale, learning, and sense of spirit; seek opportunities for PD development and team sustainability; and contribute to Bain ‘beyond the core team’ e.g., via office initiatives, diversity groups, other initiatives.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Market Insights (50%)
- Assess multi-year strategic direction, financial performance, capacity, delivery model, M&A and strategic investment, and operating model trends within the industry
- Understand growth drivers and strategic implications of how the industry landscape is evolving, to generate insights to inform Bain’s strategy
Conduct Innovation Sensing and Establish and Review Signposts (30%)
- Understand the innovation landscape within the industry and strategic implications for Bain
- Establish a cadence for reviewing signposts that would signal a need to revisit Bain’s strategic assumptions
- Engagie relevant data owners, interpret data through the lens of Bain’s strategy and operations, identify signals, and frame findings for management review
Deliver Special Projects (20%)
- Scope strategy- and WMP operations-related special projects, develop the Answer First, pressure-test recommendations, and engage relevant stakeholders to move the work forward
ABOUT YOU
Education
- Bachelor’s degree is required
Experience
- Bain experience as Generalist Consulting Manager or Functional Professional Senior Manager is required. We welcome applications from Bain alumni.
- Recent experience working with senior executives for strategy development or implementation is highly preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to draw strategic insights from complex and imperfect data
- Sound business judgment that allows decoding of noise and complexity in data
- Comfortable with a broad portfolio of workstreams with very different cadences, stakeholder sets, and data sources
- Self-driven with innovation- and growth- mindset
- Role model team manager and player
- Ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner
U.S. COMPENSATION INFORMATION
Some local governments in the United States require a good-faith, reasonable salary range to be included in job postings for open roles. The estimated annualized compensation for this role is as follows:
- In Atlanta, GA, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $128,000-153,750; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- In Boston, MA, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $147,250 - $176,750; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- In Chicago, IL, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $141,000 - $169,250; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- In New York City, NY and San Francisco, CA, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $160,250 – 192,250; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- In Texas State, the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $134,500-161,500; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- In Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA, and Washington D.C., the good-faith, reasonable annualized full-time salary range for this role is between $147,250-$176,750; placement within this range will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to experience, education, licensure/certifications, training and skill level
- Annual discretionary performance bonus
- This role may also be eligible for other elements of discretionary compensation
- 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, which increases after 3 years of service and is 100% vested upon start date
Bain & Company's comprehensive benefits and wellness program is designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection and stability in the areas most important to you and your family.
- Bain pays 100% individual employee premiums for medical, dental and vision programs, offering one of the most comprehensive medical plans for employees without impacting your paycheck
- Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave and paid holidays
- Fully vested 401(k) company contribution
- Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.