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We’re BCG Digital Ventures. Welcome.

We live in thrilling and disruptive times. A new start-up launches every 60 seconds somewhere on the planet. Powerful technology and agile operating structures are shifting the world’s business landscape at a breakneck pace.

We believe that the world’s most influential corporations need to set this pace, not follow it. So, we make them think and act like start-ups, venturing alongside them to build disruptive, profoundly impactful ideas.

Once you step into one of our global hubs, you’ll meet like-minded, open thinkers and passionate pioneers. You’ll work together in a team-based environment defined by creativity, courage and collaboration. And, you’ll invent and start-up game-changing businesses with the world’s most important corporations every day.

We’re a company unlike any other. We’re driven by a team of brilliant, curious and passionate people around the world who are unlike anyone else.

This is BCG Digital Ventures. Adventure awaits you … 

Introducing our Venture Operations Team.

Are you up for the adventure of a lifetime? Our Venture Operations Team is how we redefine what’s possible. It’s where organizational insight aligns with operational excellence to keep our business thriving and producing imaginative ventures that have to be seen to be believed.

From human resources and information technology to marketing and operations management, the Venture Operations Team is the internal force that drives us forward, enabling us to expand the limits of human expectation with our compelling products, services and ventures.

Together, these one-of-a-kind problem-solvers direct our inner corporate structures with incomparable precision, profound analytic foresight and a deep commitment to world-class business services.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

 

Working as part of a flexible team, provide high-level executive and general office support in a demanding, fast-paced professional services environment. The primary goals are to leverage the executives’ time, support the broader team, and successfully serve BCG’s clients.

As an Executive Assistant, you will use your skills to:

  • Activities may vary depending on the individuals supported and the existing workload, and support assignments may change at any time. The duties described below make up a typical, but not necessarily complete, list:
  • Provide high-level executive support for assigned partners and consulting staff:
  • Manage complex calendars with an understanding of business priorities
  • Arrange client, case team, and other meetings
  • Anticipate and coordinate executives’ point-to-point travel needs
  • Handle and direct inbound phone calls
  • Draft and archive correspondence
  • Conduct research and gather information from public sources across multiple industries; synthesize and package results
  • Prepare and submit partners’ time and expense reports
  • Maintain executives’ files
  • Provide backup support to other executives on a regular basis
  • Support committee and practice area administrative needs
  • Other activities as required
  • Provide general administrative support:
  • Prepare slides, proposals, and other documents, including proofreading, editing, copying and binding when required
  • Arrange for courier services
  • Provide Receptionist and Office Services Assistant backup as needed
  • Other projects as assigned

As a Executive Assistant, we are looking for someone with:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent preferred
  • Five years’ related experience, with at least two to three years’ experience supporting individuals at the executive level strongly preferred
  • Must be proficient in Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007
  • Overtime may be required

As a Executive Assistant, you will need:

  • Meticulous attention to detail and follow-through; perform tasks with high degree of accuracy and efficiency
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills; ability to meet deadlines
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently, to take initiative and to overcome obstacles 
  • Ability to successfully manage competing priorities, keeping constant sight of the overall objectives 
  • Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization
  • High degree of maturity and professionalism at all times
  • High degree of flexibility in a demanding, fast-paced and frequently changing environment 
  • Strong service orientation in responding to customer needs
  • Ability to exercise judgment in managing confidential or sensitive information 
  • Demonstrates respect for all individuals at all times 
  • Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment and to interpret rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and in keeping with BCG’s values and culture
  • Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization is essential 

The 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 federal, state or local law, where applicable. BCG is an E-Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify.

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