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What You'll Do

The Global Practice Area (PA) Manager for the Public Sector plays a central role in supporting the management and operations of BCG’s global Public Sector Practice Area. The role works closely with the Global Practice Management Director (GPMD) and global and regional Leadership Teams to drive strategic priorities, enable commercial growth, strengthen practice operations, and support collaboration across the Public Sector community.

As part of the global practice management team, the PA Manager helps coordinate initiatives across regions, sectors, and functional teams, playing an integral role in ensuring alignment of key priorities and contributing to the continued growth and impact of the Public Sector Practice Area. More specifically, activities will include but are not limited to:

Commercial & Strategic Support

• Support execution of the global PA agenda and strategic priorities

• Coordinate core practice management activities, including global affiliate meetings, leadership meetings, business updates, and operational planning

• Global Practice Area Manager – Public Sector YOU’LL BE BASED IN CITY: New Delhi or London COUNTRY: India or UK YOU’LL BE TRAVELLING: 5% YOUR EMPLOYEE TYPE IS: Permanent YOUR JOB TYPE IS: Full Time

• Track and analyse practice performance metrics, pipeline activity, and key commercial and financial indicators

Business Development & Client Impact

• Support business development initiatives focused on expanding PA’s presence in the public sector space

• Partner with commercial and regional teams to identify growth opportunities, priority accounts, and client engagement strategies

• Help drive commercial success of client impact offerings through coordinated client impact newsletters, go-to-market activities, and pipeline and performance tracking

Global Learning & Development Program Management

• Support the design, coordination, and execution of global learning and development programs for the Practice Area

• Coordinate global training sessions, workshops, onboarding activities, and support learning events across regions

• Monitor participation, feedback, and program effectiveness to support continuous improvement of learning initiatives

What You'll Bring

• 9+ years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

• Ability to manage and drive area of accountability, contributing to higher level agenda setting

• Ability to lead more complex, broader sub-functional teams or projects fully independently and provide direction to others

• Ability to resolve complex issues and non-defined problems autonomously, with full business acumen

• Strong interpersonal skills, credibility

• Ability to influence senior members of the PA and beyond

• Ability to respect sensitive client, BCG, and people related information as personal and confidential

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Advanced knowledge in Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel; experience in ChatGPT and Claude preferred

Who You'll Work With

The Global Practice Area Manager works closely with the Global Practice Management Director and selected Managing Directors and Partners on the global PA Leadership Team for setting and executing the PA strategy. For daily business, the candidate collaborates closely with the Marketing Team, Regional Managers, and PA Coordinators in the Public Sector Practice as well as their peers from adjacent practices. Further collaboration with other global and regional BCG teams occurs as needed

Additional info

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Self-starting with a strong work ethic, entrepreneurial mindset, service orientation, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a global team environment

• Operating effectively in a matrixed organization where priorities and ownership may be ambiguous — you bring structure, alignment, and clarity to complex initiatives

• Managing multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously while delivering high-quality, intellectually rigorous output with strong attention to detail

• Synthesizing complex topics into clear recommendations, communications, and leadership-ready materials

• Driving collaboration across global teams and navigating organizational complexity with professionalism and diplomacy

• Working effectively in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities, while maintaining a proactive and solutions-oriented approach

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