HR People and Change Manager

Boston Consulting Group
London
1 month ago
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Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners withleaders in business and society to tackle their most importantchallenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was thepioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, wehelp clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change,enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, anddriving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blenddigital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bringdeep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectivesto spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edgemanagement consulting along with technology and design, corporateand digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquelycollaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels ofthe client organization, generating results that allow our clientsto thrive. What You'll Do As a Global HR Projects & Change Leadyou will be responsible for supporting and progressing a criticalpart of our HR Operations change agenda to further enable BCG toserve its employees with a best-in-class people-first HRorganization. You will analyze data from Workday and other systemsto build a baseline understanding of BCG’s HR function and Peopletopics, supporting multiple teams. You will also project manage andexecute workstreams in challenging projects and collaborate withHR, People, Global and Regional HR teams, and our specialty andcore business partners and global functions (e.g., HRIS, Finance,Legal, etc).   Our global change agenda spans various humancapital interventions critical to meeting our fast-growing firm andaggressive business objectives in an increasingly digitally enabledyet highly people centric environment. .YOU’RE GOOD AT  Tobe successful in this role, there are a few key areas where youwill need to excel: * Data analysis using Excel (Alteryx and/orTableau skills a plus) and being comfortable and confident inworking with large data sets (e.g. headcount reporting, peoplemetrics, etc.), being able to create reports and drive to insight.* Basic project management, which ensures project activities areup-to-date, being tracked, trade-offs are considered if dates move,risks are elevated, etc. This includes managing the details andensuring nothing gets lost or overlooked. * Communications - bothverbal and written, esp. Microsoft PowerPoint skills. Supporting HRChange projects requires creating effective stories, so you willneed to translate your analysis to graphs and visuals as well as QAwork done by others on the team. * Being self-effective andresourceful, with a strong drive and initiative to build your role.You are a problem solver and forward thinker who doesn’t justaddress the immediate ask, but can understand it and anyimplications in light of the broader effort. * Focusing on theoutcome the team needs to deliver while using good judgment toprioritize requests and advise the team when / if activities arenot aligning to the outcome we need to achieve. * Teamingvirtually. The team is geographically spread across the US, UK andEurope. What You'll Bring * You have a bachelor's degree orequivalent in business or a related field. * You are passionateabout data and analysis, having worked with multiple complex datasets * You will bring relevant project coordination experiencepreferably working in a team delivering global organization changeefforts * Strong organizational skills and an ability to handlemultiple tasks, prioritize them, and carry them out independently *Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills with theability to effectively tailor to your audience * Advanced skills inMS Excel as well as PowerPoint; familiarity with Trello and Slack aplus. Who You'll Work With The team you will work with possessstrong project and change management skills and deep analyticalcapabilities, with a passion for HR and People topics. More broadlyyou will work across the firm across all of our geographic regions.Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity / expression, national origin,disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristicprotected under national, provincial, or local law, whereapplicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered ina manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is anE - Verify Employer. (Click here)(https://www.bcg.com/en-us/topic/everify.aspx) for moreinformation on E-Verify.

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