
Senior Manager - BCG Vantage, Pricing & AI
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- On site
- Full-time
- $180,000 / year
- Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Job highlights
- Lead pricing strategy with AI integration.
- Develop and scale AI-enabled pricing assets.
- Manage and mentor a team of pricing experts.
- Drive innovation in pricing products and capabilities.
- Engage with senior stakeholders and clients directly.
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
As a Senior Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path within MSP (Marketing, Sales & Pricing) practice area, you will deliver against the client and commercial priorities for the Pricing business, with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled asset development and internal capability scaling.
You will grow and deploy a team of Pricing experts to support case work, product development, content creation and business build initiatives, ensuring tight integration between client delivery, asset development and capability scaling. You will act as a people leader, developing hybrid pricing profiles with capabilities across analytics, AI tools, and product thinking.
You will drive the IP/content and AI-enabled product agenda, with support from the team, and lead execution of Tier One and IP projects, including development and scaling of proprietary pricing tools, accelerators and internal solutions. You will be responsible for team’s performance across all KPIs (case billability, quality, content creation, etc.).
Additionally, as a Senior Manager – BCG Vantage, you will engage with case teams & clients based on your individual expertise and demonstrate differentiated impact and value-add to BCG clients and case teams. You will bring strong AI fluency to enhance pricing analyses, improve delivery efficiency, and support development of scalable internal tools and IP. Within MSP Pricing, this role plays a critical part in shaping the next generation of AI-enabled Pricing products and internal capabilities, combining expert case support, asset development, and scalable internal innovation.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
- Leading problem solving and solutioning for clients and driving towards pragmatic solutions tailored to the business context
- Leveraging AI tools and advanced analytics to enhance pricing workflows and analytical rigor
- Leading development, productization and commercialization of knowledge and assets (e.g., pricing tools, AI-supported accelerators, methodologies, sector/topic materials)
- Operating with a product management mindset: defining product vision, prioritizing roadmap, iterating based on feedback, and driving adoption
- Engaging and communicating with senior stakeholders, demonstrating expert presence and credibility
- Leading projects in a highly effective manner, mobilizing team to deliver on business priorities and commercial impact
- Acting as a highly effective coach and mentor, guiding team members to achieve goals efficiently and effectively
- Working in an ever changing and complex environment, and comfortable with ambiguity and navigating a fast-paced environment
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years consulting experience in Pricing required; candidates with consulting experience preferred
- In lieu of consulting experience, 7+ years minimum industry experience required; 10-12+ years of industry experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated team leadership and people management experience
- Strong fluency with AI tools, data-driven workflows, or analytics-enabled solution development (GenAI exposure preferred)
- Experience contributing to or leading development of scalable tools, digital assets, or internal products preferred
- Bachelor's Degree required (advanced degree preferred)
- Specialization in Pricing or related commercial topics
- Fluency in English; other languages requested in certain locations
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and manage internal and external stakeholder while working in a global collaborative team environment
Who You'll Work With
As a Senior Manager – BCG Vantage on our Topic Activation path, 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 of 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.
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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Key skills/competency
- Pricing Strategy
- AI Tools
- Data-Driven Workflows
- Analytics
- Product Development
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem Solving
- Consulting
- Project Management
Skills & topics
- Senior Manager
- Pricing
- AI
- Consulting
- Boston Consulting Group
- BCG Vantage
- Marketing
- Sales
- Product Development
- Analytics
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Generative AI
- Data-driven
- Strategy
- Paris
- London
- Madrid
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your 5+ years of pricing consulting experience and AI/analytics fluency.
- Showcase leadership: Emphasize team management and client engagement skills.
- Demonstrate AI expertise: Detail your experience with AI tools and data-driven solutions.
- Prepare for case studies: Practice problem-solving and solutioning for pricing challenges.
- Research BCG's values: Align your application with their focus on impact and collaboration.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary focus of the Senior Manager - BCG Vantage role at Boston Consulting Group?
- The Senior Manager - BCG Vantage role at Boston Consulting Group focuses on leading client and commercial priorities for the Pricing business, with a significant emphasis on developing AI-enabled assets and scaling internal capabilities. This includes managing a team of pricing experts, driving product development, and enhancing pricing analyses with AI.
- What level of experience is required for the Senior Manager - BCG Vantage position?
- The role requires a minimum of 5 years of consulting experience in Pricing. If industry experience is substituted, at least 7 years are needed, with 10-12 years being strongly preferred. Demonstrated team leadership and people management experience are also essential.
- What kind of AI and analytics skills are important for this role?
- Strong fluency with AI tools, data-driven workflows, and analytics-enabled solution development is crucial. Exposure to Generative AI is preferred. You'll use these skills to enhance pricing analyses, improve delivery efficiency, and support the development of scalable internal tools and intellectual property.
- What are the key responsibilities of a Senior Manager at BCG Vantage?
- Key responsibilities include leading problem-solving for clients, leveraging AI for pricing insights, developing and commercializing knowledge assets, operating with a product management mindset, engaging with senior stakeholders, leading projects effectively, and acting as a coach and mentor to team members.
- What is BCG Vantage and what is its role within BCG?
- BCG Vantage is a specialized unit within Boston Consulting Group that acts as a powerhouse of expertise. It's embedded within Practice Areas and markets to drive impact by equipping case teams and clients with cutting-edge expertise, proprietary assets, actionable data, and transformative insights.
- Does Boston Consulting Group offer opportunities for career growth within BCG Vantage?
- Yes, BCG Vantage is designed to offer diverse career paths. The role of Senior Manager is part of the 'Topic Activation' path, which combines domain insights with proprietary assets to address client challenges and co-create new solutions. There are also 'Client Focus' and 'Research' paths, indicating a structured approach to career development within specialized areas.
- What kind of educational background is preferred for this Senior Manager role?
- A Bachelor's Degree is required, with an advanced degree being preferred. A specialization in Pricing or related commercial topics is also highly valued for this position.