Project Leader - AMS

About us:

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.

Who you will work with

This is an opportunity to be a part of Bain’s AMS CoE, based out of Gurugram office, and specifically support Bain Global case teams on live cases, client development and proposal support. AMS CoE consists of 70+ team members, organized into ~18 teams, working across various sectors such as real estate/construction, heavy machinery, commercial aviation, logistics & transport.

You will work on AMS projects and get exposed to various BCN products ranging from go-to-market strategies, industry analysis, and competitive benchmarking to excel models, survey analysis, and ad-hoc studies, on live client cases as well as for business/client development. 

Project Leaders lead teams of analysts and associates to produce client-ready research and analysis, generating strong business insights and providing implications. Project Leaders work under the guidance of a Manager / Sr. Manager, playing a key role in driving the team’s overall answer and final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management. The expectation is to eventually provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues and effectively manage client and team meetings. As a Project Leader, the individual would mostly be working on the following AMS sub-sectors real estate/construction, heavy machinery, commercial aviation, logistics & transport.

About you 

• Work experience range in case highest qualification is undergraduate studies – 5-8 years in consulting/ research/analytics, with hands on experience in AMS sector (Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Airlines, ports, logistics, factory set-up etc.). Prior experience/ familiarity with AMS sector is a must.
• Work experience range in case highest qualification is postgraduate studies – 3-6 years in consulting/ research/analytics, with hands on experience in AMS sector (Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Airlines, ports, logistics, factory set-up etc.). Prior experience/ familiarity with AMS sector is a must.
• Incumbent should be a graduate or post-graduate from top-tier institute or have pursued a commerce/statistical/analytical course from a tier 1 university.
• Candidate should be currently working in strategy consulting/research-oriented set-up and possess acumen to solve open-ended problems
• Proficient in research and analysis, as well as able to provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
• Able to interface with primary client contact (Bain case teams from global offices)
• Play a bigger role on long-term AMS cases typically 3-12 months duration, with frequent interactions with the case team (and potentially end clients whenever opportunity persists)
• Display independent secondary research, analytical, and story lining skills
• Think out-of-the-box to solve for niche case scenarios, through baselining and benchmarking of global best practices
• Open to intermittent travel to other Bain offices/client locations on live cases

What you’ll do

• Project management responsibility that involves leading a team of Analysts and Associates to execute a case
• Understand client needs and situations and adapt to case expectations; show ability to resolve discrete issues and/or drive consensus
• Communicate data, knowledge and insight to the entire team; generate and screen realistic solutions based on sound reality checks and recommend actionable solutions
• Provide content thought leadership & may manage simple cases independently
• Ensure timely, high quality, zero-defect research, analysis, output and possess acumen to solve open-ended problems
• Effectively manage client and team meetings, and deliver effective presentation to the team, team leaders and managers/partners across the Bain system
• Proficient in research and analysis, as well as able to provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
• Able to interface with primary client contact (Bain case teams from ME offices)
• May have first-level team management responsibility, which involves allocating and reviewing work to a small team of analysts and conducting performance / feedback discussions
• Provide content thought leadership & may manage simple cases independently

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