Manager - BCG Vantage, Center for Public Economics

Locations: London | Riyadh

Who We Are

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What You'll Do

As an economist in BCG's Center for Public Economics, you will join a specialized international team of economists, data scientists, and subject matter experts focusing on macroeconomic analysis and economic development topics globally. This role will be primarily client-facing, and you will be deployed as a technical specialist across a wide range of BCG's projects, for the purpose of helping public sector clients understand the economic implications of important topics such as fiscal policy, trade policy, infrastructure programs, AI and technology, climate and environment, and industrial strategy.

As a Manager – BCG Vantage on our Client Focus path within BCG's Public Sector Practice Area, you will work in a growing global team, delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized BCG Vantage assets (economic models, products, tools, data, workshops, frameworks, surveys, domain-specific data and related expertise, etc.). You will contribute to proposals and cases through thought partnership in your area of expertise, deliver original analyses and insights helping drive strong impact with clients. While contributing to client cases, workshops and proposals, occasional travel to serve clients onsite during staffing assignments is expected to understand client requirements, and design / develop solutions.

You will support commercialization efforts for the topic/sector working, in conjunction with business leaders, providing insights & advice for proposals and client workshops. Additionally, as a Manager – BCG Vantage, you will lead development of intellectual property & assets for the business and mentor and guide junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Delivering high-quality macroeconomic analysis through established technical approaches (input-output modeling, computable general equilibrium modeling, econometric techniques)
• Distilling insights from technical analyses to produce concise written outputs for a variety of audiences at pace
• Engaging senior stakeholders and client team members, delivering targeted communication based on stakeholder settings
• Managing projects with ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating business sense and adaptability
• Training, coaching, and mentoring junior team members
• Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast-paced environment

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years experience as a professional economist required, candidates with economic consulting experience and/or a proven history of delivering macroeconomic impact assessments strongly preferred
• In lieu of consulting experience, 4+ years minimum industry experience required (for example, government economist roles); 6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Economics required (advanced degree in Economics or a highly related discipline such as Development Economics preferred)
• Demonstrable experience and expertise in macroeconomic modeling and econometric analysis
• Proficiency with at least one of R/Python/Stata/EViews
• Deep understanding and expertise in macroeconomics
• Strong problem-solving capabilities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluency in English; other languages requested in certain locations

Who You'll Work With

As a Manager – BCG Vantage on our Client Focus path, you will work face to face with clients and with BCG Project Leaders, Associates and Consultants. In the period between cases, you will collaborate with global topic leads and colleagues across BCG to bring expertise and capabilities to the service of our internal and external clients. Our team is made up a diverse pool of BCG Vantage positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative BCG Vantage careers.

Additional info

BCG Vantage is a powerhouse of expertise, seamlessly embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive extraordinary impact. It equips BCG case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights that empower our case teams and enable our clients to achieve their aspirations.

With global experts across 20 Practices, covering more than 100 topics, sectors and offers, plus four focused geographic markets, BCG Vantage delivers unparalleled depth and breadth of insight & expertise.

BCG Vantage consists of three career paths, each playing a crucial role in delivering value to clients, case teams and practice teams.

• Client Focus (Embedded Expertise)
  • Integrates into client-facing teams to deliver direct client impact through expertise, know-how, and proprietary tools and assets
• Topic Activation (Sector Expertise with Proprietary Tool & Data Solutions)
  • Combines deep domain insights with our know-how and proprietary assets to address targeted challenges directly with clients and project teams; co-creates insights on industry trends and functional topics, proprietary data and tools, and teams to codify IP that all enables BCG to deliver excellent business value with its clients
• Research (Practice Topic and Sector-Aligned Research and Insights)
  • Delivers actionable research and insights tailored to the client project’s needs; works with qualitative and quantitative data, conducts research and provides synthesized results from sources including commercial data, public and open source, company and industry research, macro-economic, commodities and trade data

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.