Associate Director, Agribusiness at Boston Consulting Group

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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.

Practice Area

BCG’s Industrial Goods practice serves four broad industrial segments: Automotive & Mobility, Engineered Products & Infrastructure, Materials & Process Industries, and Transportation & Logistics. We help companies in these sectors think beyond the limits of their traditional business models, choose where and how they should add value, and reorganize to defend themselves against new threats and explore new opportunities.

What You'll Do

BCG’s Industrial Goods practice is looking for an Associate Director in Agribusiness whowill partner with clients to take on their most difficult challenges, transform mindsets, reimagine businesses, and build capabilities that enable organizations to achieve sustainable advantage. Qualified individuals will play a critical role in enriching project work and bringing forward-thinking solutions to our Agribusiness clients.  

As part of our Industrial Goods practice you will help clients think beyond the limits of traditional business models, reorganize to defend against emerging threats, and seize new opportunities.   

As an Expert Associate Director, you will apply your deep expertise to generate value for our clients while building and contributing to BCG’s intellectual capital. Your role in projects can vary from team management to team advisor. You will leverage your expertise to add insight and drive clients toward recommendations and you will be viewed as a trusted advisor by senior clients. You will help scope and structure the work, onboard team members, and provide guidance throughout the project. Expert Associate Directors contribute significantly to BCG’s intellectual capital, generate interest and excitement about their expertise area, and coach and mentor others. 

Our Expert Consulting Track

The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCG’s ability to successfully meet our clients’ demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the ‘best of BCG’ to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.

What You'll Bring

-10-15+ yearsof relevant work experience in Industrial Goods, Agribusiness with a proven track record of significant IP development, and recognized as a trusted advisor by senior executives, driving business development and developing integrated solutions. 

-Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking. Ability to develop leading edge business models, frameworks for analysis, and long-term business strategies that maximize shareholder value. Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm.  

-Experience in agribusiness-related topics, such as (but not limited to) chemicals, fertilizers, bio-stimulants, crop protection, agriculture, farm operations, agri-trading, and crop nutrition. A deep understanding of the value chain and key challenges in these areas is essential. 

-Extensive experience in process excellence, successfully balancing competing priorities, client engagements, and stakeholder management. Proven track record of meeting deadlines and delivering projects on time while maintaining focus and project alignment. Excels at managing complex workflows and ensuring high-quality outcomes under pressure. 

-Demonstrated ability to manage client engagements, client relationships, and provide “thought leadership” to teams, fully owning the responsibility for the quality of engagements. 

-A combination of managing teams and “hands on” delivery experience is critical.  

-A solid track record of building strong client relationships with large organizations, as well as identifying opportunities to deepen those relationships and grow the business.   

Additional info

Travel is anticipated and will vary based on specific project locations.

BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. 

The first-year base compensation for this role is:

Project Leader: $225,000 USD 
Associate Director: $252,900 USD

In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.

At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees - and their eligible family members.*That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:
 •  Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
 •  Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
 •  Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits
 •  Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
 •  Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
 •  Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not
 •  Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years
 •  Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
 •  *Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.

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