Overview

Research Manager – BCG Vantage – Bengaluru, India

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

BCG’s Vantage Global Research Organization (GRO) is a cross-regional team of junior research professionals that provides PA/Geo topic and sector-aligned research and insights.
As a Research Manager within the GRO team, you will be primarily responsible for the professional development of Research Associates based in India. This includes guiding individuals in their career development, while also collaborating with the Hub Director to coordinate and address research business needs. In addition, you will contribute to GRO hub/office level decisions, activities and initiatives such as hiring, training, special projects, team building activities etc.
You will manage a team of around 6-10 people and extended team members as needed and will be responsible to coach, mentor and develop people, with full ownership of their career development and performance management. You will shape positive, creative working relationships with internal business partners in one or more Practice Areas
 
YOU’RE GOOD AT 

Team management and development   

                                                    
• Managing and coaching teams to deliver high-quality work and achieve service objectives such as utilization and positive customer feedback
• Acting as a role model and motivating others by communicating team vision and plans and driving delivery
• Applying strong accuracy and attention to detail when independently managing industry-aligned research delivery team members and other resources in the region
• Coaching junior colleagues on GenAI tools to select the most appropriate techniques and produce best-in-class research outputs and analyses

Acting as thought partner and strategic thinker

• Build influential, trust-based relationships with regional and global leadership to understand business dynamics, PA priorities, and evolving stakeholder needs
• Using problem-solving and lateral thinking skills to manage business relationships with regional team leadership and partner with stakeholders on both transactional and strategic dimensions
• Demonstrate strong independent judgment—making timely decisions, escalating thoughtfully, and managing ambiguity with confidence
• Serving as an effective and trusted thought partner with senior team members, proactively bringing insights and options to decision points.
• Collaborating with Research Manager peers globally to ensure excellent team coordination and strategic direction, while enabling smooth collaboration with other GRO hubs/offices
Offering exceptional levels of customer service
• Interfacing confidently with stakeholders and collaborating effectively with both leaders and peers within the team
• Applying proven research skills and strong knowledge to bring industry expertise into a commercial context

Working flexibly in a fast-paced environment

• Prioritize, multi-task, and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, adapting quickly as priorities shift
• Stay current on industry trends, key sources, and evolving research methods; independently perform research and synthesize insights when needed
• Use GenAI tools to streamline research, strengthen synthesis, and improve knowledge capture; hands-on experience with GenAI tools and/or relevant certifications is preferred
• Demonstrate an agile mindset and support transformation initiatives by continuously improving processes, adopting new ways of working, and sharing best practices across the team

What You’ll Bring

• 6–8+ years of relevant work experience conducting in-depth, cross-sector research with strong expertise in one or more of the following Practice Areas such as Industrial Goods, Public Sector, Consumer, Infrastructure or Marketing
• 2-3+ years of experience in account relationship management, senior stakeholder management; demonstrated ability to manage ongoing engagements, driving stakeholder cadence and ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple priorities is strongly preferred
• Master’s degree preferred, with a strong academic record.
• Consulting experience with focus on research and analysis is preferred
• Familiarity with GenAI tools and the ability to apply them effectively in day-to-day work.
• Proven ability to manage business processes and collaborate with a diverse, global set of senior stakeholders 

• Strong business acumen
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken)

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)

 
• 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)

 
• 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.
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