Partner and Associate Director, Auto at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in San Francisco, CA

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.

Practice Area

BCG's Industrial Goods practice serves four broad industrial segments: Automotive & Mobility, Engineered Products & Infrastructure, Materials & Process Industries, and Transportation & Logistics. We help companies in these sectors think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, choose where and how they should add value, and reorganize to defend themselves against new threats and explore new opportunities.

What You'll Do

BCG is seeking a highly experienced automotive industry leader at the Partner & Associate Director level to help shape the future of mobility. In this role, you will bring deep industry expertise to guide top OEMs through their most complex challenges-whether in operations, procurement, supply chain, product development, or manufacturing transformation. You'll collaborate with BCG's senior leadership, providing strategic guidance on operational excellence, supply chain resilience, and emerging industry shifts while expanding the firm's thought leadership in the sector.

As a Partner and Associate Director, you will be recognized by clients as an expert in your area and be seen internally as one of the faces of your topic. You will team with senior BCG leadership to generate significant growth in strategic priority areas. You will be directly involved in project execution to increase the value generated to clients, while playing a vital role in helping to build intellectual capital and the BCG brand. While continuing to play an important role in supporting and executing client work, Partner and Associate Directors transfer knowledge to a team around them (including traditional consultants)-hiring, coaching, and mentoring junior team members to support your area of expertise.

Our Expert Consulting Track

The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG's ability to successfully meet our clients' demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the 'best of BCG' to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.

What You'll Bring

To be successful in this role, you should bring deep industry expertise and leadership experience in the automotive sector, along with the following qualifications:

- Senior leadership experience within an OEM, with a background in operations, procurement, product development, or strategy.

- Proven expertise in manufacturing, assembly, supply chain, and operational transformation within the automotive sector.

- Strong understanding of EV production, battery manufacturing, and emerging trends in automotive and mobility industries.

- Experience launching and scaling new programs within an OEM, such as new product lines, manufacturing processes, or operational initiatives.

- Ability to influence and advise C-suite executives and senior decision-makers on industry best practices and competitive strategies.

- Strong industry presence with a deep understanding of OEM leadership dynamics, key stakeholders, and industry trends.

- Superior problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in high-pressure, fast paced environments.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex industry insights into actionable recommendations.

Additional info

Location is flexible to any U.S. city where BCG currently has an office (Boston, New York, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Austin, Miami, Raleigh-Durham, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego).

Travel is anticipated and will vary based on specific project locations.

BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

The first-year base compensation for this role is:

Associate Director: $252,900 USD

Partner and Associate Director: $307,400 USD

In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG's Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members.*That's zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:
* Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
* Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
* Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits
* Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
* Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
* Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not
* Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years
* Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
* *Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

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