Research Associate

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.

What You'll Do

As a Research Associate within BCG’s Data & Research Services, you will ensure delivery of

accurate and insights-rich projects across different Practice Areas/sectors. You will gain a

strong understanding of a wide range of research resources, information portals and

approaches critical to delivering research outputs for your stakeholders. You will display your

ability to synthesize data and draw insights in the context of the ‘research ask’, accurately.

Over time, you will regularly engage with seniors in the team to grow your understanding of 1-

2 Practice Areas (industries/ functions) and deliver deeper insights for BCG’s ongoing cases

and knowledge products/IPs.

What You'll Bring

• Undergraduate degree minimum (Engineering, Commerce, General streams –Science, Economics etc.) with strong academic record
• 0-1 years of relevant work-experience, preferably in a Consulting or Research organization Excellent English; verbal and written Ability to work with wide array of platforms including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint;to be able to provide insights in most user-friendly format
  
  

Who You'll Work With

As the Research Associate, you will collaborate with other experts and research specialists of

BCG across different regions. Our team is made up of a diverse pool of knowledge and

research positions that allow us to pursue exciting, innovative research careers.

Additional info

You are good at

Ensuring consistent high-quality research outputs

• You will ensure complete and error-free delivery of research requests
• Gain expertise in leveraging a wide range of research resources, information portals
  
  

and approaches in delivering research outputs

• Demonstrate your ability to synthesize (draw insight/conclusion) and package
  
  

research output that directly address the problem in a clear and structured way

• Opportunistically contribute to BCG publications and internal materials
  
  

Developing and demonstrating ‘client-responsiveness’

• Develop capabilities to understands and anticipate case team research needs
  
  

(understanding case-team asks, client contexts, etc. to tailor research accordingly).

Continuously engage with senior researchers to discuss the same

• Demonstrate speed-to-output and client-orientation in delivery (improving on
  
  

effectiveness in research completion)

• Strong ownership and ability to manage (ability to prioritize) concurrent requests
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction
  
  

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.

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