Global Digital Strategy Manager
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- On site
- Full-time
- $150,000 / year
- Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Job highlights
- Drive global digital investment process structure and governance.
- Automate workflows using digital tools and AI.
- Manage key governance forums and leadership reporting.
- Oversee portfolio tracking and financial updates.
- Enhance portfolio visibility with automated dashboards.
About the role
About Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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
In this role, you will drive the structure, governance, and execution of BCG’s global digital investment process, ensuring a consistent, transparent, and high-quality approach to how investments are planned, approved and managed. Acting as the central orchestrator, you will help design, optimize, and increasingly automate core workflows across Product Teams, Finance, and Transformation teams. This includes defining scalable approval processes, setting timelines, and embedding digital tools and AI-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and enhance decision quality. You will design and continuously improve templates, frameworks, and guidance to ensure teams provide clear, decision-ready inputs on objectives, resource requirements, risks, and expected business outcomes—while identifying opportunities to streamline and automate data collection, validation and reporting workflows.
In this role, you will manage the end-to-end cadence of key governance forums (e.g., Annual and Quarterly Business Reviews), ensuring submissions meet required standards and deadlines, and are synthesized into clear materials for leadership decision-making. You will also leverage automation and AI tools to improve how inputs are aggregated, tracked, and analyzed. Additionally, you will oversee portfolio tracking, including monitoring progress against milestones, managing financial updates, and assessing budget implications based on program status. You will proactively identify opportunities to enhance portfolio visibility through automated dashboards, integrations, and workflow tools, enabling more real-time and data-driven decision-making.
YOU’RE GOOD AT
- Creating structure out of complexity, designing processes, templates, and ways of working that drive clarity, consistency, and efficiency
- Identifying opportunities to automate and streamline workflows using digital tools, APIs, or AI-enabled solutions
- Thinking in systems and workflows, with a mindset toward continuous improvement and automation
- Driving execution with rigor, managing timelines, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality outputs are delivered on time
- Communicating clearly and proactively, setting expectations and ensuring alignment across diverse, global stakeholders
- Balancing attention to detail with a big-picture mindset, ensuring both quality of inputs and relevance to strategic priorities
- Building trusted relationships
What You'll Bring
- A minimum of 5–7 years of relevant experience (Professional services preferred)
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and financial analyses
- Highly organized and proactive approach to managing work in a dynamic environment
- Finance and PMO experience preferred
- Experience with workflow automation, process optimization, or digital tools (e.g., n8n, Power Automate, or similar) strongly preferred
- Familiarity with AI tools and their application in business processes (e.g. automation, reporting, decision support) is a strong plus
- Excellent written communication in English
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with internal and external stakeholders while working in a global collaborative team environment
- Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred)
Key skills/competency
- Digital Strategy
- Process Design
- Workflow Automation
- AI Tools
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Financial Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Global Operations
- Business Process Improvement
- Change Management
Skills & topics
- Digital Strategy
- Strategy Manager
- Process Optimization
- Workflow Automation
- AI
- Investment Management
- Portfolio Management
- Governance
- Boston Consulting Group
- Consulting
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 5-7 years of experience in professional services, finance, and PMO, emphasizing workflow automation and digital tools.
- Showcase AI familiarity: Clearly articulate your experience with AI tools for business process automation, reporting, and decision support.
- Demonstrate process design skills: Provide examples of creating structure, optimizing workflows, and driving execution with rigor.
- Prepare for interviews: Be ready to discuss navigating ambiguity, financial analysis, and stakeholder management in a global context.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary focus of the Global Digital Strategy Manager role at BCG?
- The Global Digital Strategy Manager at BCG will focus on structuring, governing, and executing the firm's global digital investment process. This involves optimizing and automating workflows, managing governance forums, and enhancing portfolio visibility through data-driven insights and AI tools.
- What kind of experience is preferred for the Global Digital Strategy Manager position at Boston Consulting Group?
- BCG prefers candidates with 5-7 years of relevant experience, particularly in professional services. Experience in Finance and PMO, along with a strong background in workflow automation, process optimization, and digital tools, is highly valued. Familiarity with AI applications in business processes is also a significant plus.
- How important is AI and automation experience for this role?
- Experience with workflow automation, process optimization, and digital tools is strongly preferred. Familiarity with AI tools and their application in business processes such as automation, reporting, and decision support is considered a strong plus for the Global Digital Strategy Manager role.
- What are the key responsibilities of the Global Digital Strategy Manager at BCG?
- Key responsibilities include designing and improving digital investment processes, defining approval workflows, managing governance forums, overseeing portfolio tracking and financial updates, and leveraging automation and AI to enhance efficiency and decision-making.
- What is BCG's stance on equal employment opportunity for this Global Digital Strategy Manager role?
- 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 by law.