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What You'll Do

As a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage on our Client Focus path within BCG's TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom) Practice Area, you will work in a growing global team, delivering value to clients via individual expertise and/or institutionalized BCG Vantage assets (products, tools, data, workshops, frameworks, surveys, domain-specific data and related expertise, etc.). You will contribute on cases and proposals (mainly in Japan) by contributing relevant analysis and insights and help case teams create strong impact for the client. 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, through contributing analysis and insights to proposals, client workshops and marketing materials. Additionally, as a Senior Analyst – BCG Vantage, you will contribute to developing intellectual property & assets for the business and assist in onboarding and training junior colleagues based on your topic/sector expertise.

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years of consulting experience in relevant Telecommunication sector required; candidates with consulting experience strongly preferred

• In lieu of consulting experience, 3+ years minimum industry experience required; 4-6+ years of industry experience strongly preferred

• Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)

• Expertise in one or more of following telecommunications topics: Telecommunication networks architecture and roll-out (5G, Fixed networks eg FTTx, Docsis),Telecommunication operations (Network, OSS/BSS),B2C Commercial topics (customer journeys, product portfolio, pricing),B2B Commercial topics (customer journeys, product portfolio, pricing),B2C adjacencies (media/video services, smart home),B2B adjacencies (Edge computing, cybersecurity, IoT),Digital transformation for telcos, Cost efficiencies and operational optimization

• Strong knowledge of Japan telecommunication sector

• Fluency in English and Japanese (both written and verbal communication in business set up)

• Strong business acumen and problem-solving capabilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Who You'll Work With

As a Senior Analyst – 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.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Solving client problems through formulating relevant research and/or analytical approaches, by applying your expertise in telecommunication domain across industry segments such as B2C, B2B, digital infrastructure and AI in telcos

• Communicating with case teams and clients team members, in a credible and confident way

• Working collaboratively and effectively in a group dynamic often virtual, proficient in agile ways of working

• Being flexible and bringing a curious and creative mindset, open to new things and able to propose innovative ideas

• Navigating complexity and ambiguity

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