Management Consulting
Management Consulting
A consulting job at Bain will prepare you for anything because here, you learn to think critically and solve big problems. You'll gather a unique toolkit of methods and models that help you deliver extraordinary results for clients, and also go on to manage new teams, travel, and grow professionally. The mixture of opportunity plus support here are a major reason we consistently rank as one of the best places to advance your consulting career.
Critical Thinkers, Generalists, Experts, let’s get started.
Below are some of the capabilities we hire for. Where do you want to go?
You’ll be staffed on case teams that help executives at leading companies solve some of their most difficult challenges. We’ll provide the toolkit and skills you need to do that.
In this consulting career, your projects will span industries and allow you to reapply winning patterns across disciplines. Because of this, you’ll have an opportunity to build a general consulting skill set before focusing on an area of expertise.
You’ll get to travel as suits your role and interests, visiting client sites and sometimes, taking clients with you on a tour of other clients’ offices.
Assemble teams of internal experts in fields like pricing, procurement, strategy consulting, marketing analytics, and more, to help clients achieve enduring outcomes.
Nothing creates opportunity like a management consultant job at Bain
Management consulting is a big term for a relatively simple idea: we’re a company that helps other companies address their biggest challenges. We hire smart, determined, analytical, and curious people like yourself to partner with niche experts to help our clients—executives at some of the world’s most innovative companies—make bold decisions. We're the leader in doing this for private equity, where our global practice is nearly three times larger than our nearest competitor, in addition to dozens of other industries and practices.
You’ll find our workplace uniquely supportive in a number of ways. Our case teams work together over multiple projects and develop strong relationships. They work in a unique home office model that allows for tight bonds, but also global connections. And we have an expansive culture of mentorship where even if you come in at the entry-level consultant level, you’ll be trained by our highest performers and have a built-in community through one of our affinity groups.
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Management Consulting Roles
Intern
Gain firsthand exposure to the world of consulting. You'll work directly with consultants on a team of other interns helping with real client work. Your mentors will teach you the basics of Bain’s consulting toolkit, including how to conduct research, run analyses, and interview, which will prepare you to problem-solve and succeed in practically any role.
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Associate consultant
Learn how to work directly with our clients—some of the world’s most innovative companies—and manage discrete pieces of the analysis. You’ll learn to crack difficult business problems and to manage client relationships. We’ll also help you gain mastery over the full Bain consulting toolkit, which helps you identify what’s most important and propose solutions.
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Senior associate consultant
If you distinguish yourself by producing impactful analyses and developing deeper client relationships, you’ll earn the “senior” title. You'll be given more responsibility and entrusted to lead portions of the case. We’ll teach you to craft more complex and strategic client solutions and ask you to mentor other associate consultants.
Consultant
As a consultant, you’ll get to lead cases, which means leading others. We’ll train you until your consulting toolkit reaches a point of “unconscious competence,” at which point you can apply it to oversee increasingly complex analyses. You’ll learn strategies for developing zero-defect materials, to manage experts and associate consultants on cases, and to build enduring relationships with clients.
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- INTERN
- ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
- SENIOR ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT
- CONSULTANT
- MANAGER
- SENIOR MANAGER
- ASSOCIATE PARTNER
- PARTNER
Intern
Gain firsthand exposure to the world of consulting. You'll work directly with consultants on a team of other interns helping with real client work. Your mentors will teach you the basics of Bain’s consulting toolkit, including how to conduct research, run analyses, and interview, which will prepare you to problem-solve and succeed in practically any role.
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Associate consultant
Learn how to work directly with our clients—some of the world’s most innovative companies—and manage discrete pieces of the analysis. You’ll learn to crack difficult business problems and to manage client relationships. We’ll also help you gain mastery over the full Bain consulting toolkit, which helps you identify what’s most important and propose solutions.
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Senior associate consultant
If you distinguish yourself by producing impactful analyses and developing deeper client relationships, you’ll earn the “senior” title. You'll be given more responsibility and entrusted to lead portions of the case. We’ll teach you to craft more complex and strategic client solutions and ask you to mentor other associate consultants.
Consultant
As a consultant, you’ll get to lead cases, which means leading others. We’ll train you until your consulting toolkit reaches a point of “unconscious competence,” at which point you can apply it to oversee increasingly complex analyses. You’ll learn strategies for developing zero-defect materials, to manage experts and associate consultants on cases, and to build enduring relationships with clients.
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Manager
You’ll be empowered to run case teams on your own, as you see fit. That means selecting the team from among consultants and experts and owning the outcome. We’ll provide you the mentorship and tools you need to begin building your network and pursuing more comprehensive client relationships. In this role, we’ll focus even more resources on helping you develop your leadership skills.
Senior manager
As a senior manager, you’re on the path to leadership. You’ll have demonstrated the ability to manage others' time and we’ll entrust you with handling the more complex cases. You’ll learn to become highly skilled at spotting problems, developing hypotheses, coordinating resources, and cleverly applying the experiences of your team and your supervisor to maximum effect.
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Associate partner
At this level, you’ll be fully trusted to handle complex client cases and ensure they achieve remarkable outcomes. You’ll apprentice directly under a partner who’ll teach you to frame problems, think, and resolve issues like a senior executive would. Our clients will start to see you as a peer and you'll practice developing new business on your own.
Partner
As a partner, you’ll help steer the company. You’ll take full responsibility for finding new client business and delivering exceptional client results. Bain will support you in cultivating a personal network that becomes a recurring source of new business, and you’ll get to set the vision.
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