Project Leader, AMS
Bain & Company
About the Role
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps ambitious change makers define the future. The Bain Capability Network (BCN) is an integral unit of Expert Client Delivery (ECD), supporting Bain case teams globally with analytics and research solutioning. This role is within Bain’s AMS CoE, based out of the Gurugram office, supporting Bain Global case teams on live cases, client development, and proposal support. AMS CoE consists of 70+ team members working across various sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Work on AMS projects and get exposed to various BCN products.
- Drive analysis on complex cases with some direction from a Project Leader.
- Occasionally lead simple cases independently.
- Help mentor and coach analysts providing feedback.
- Provide significant direction and support to resolve complex issues.
- Effectively manage client and team meetings.
- Play a bigger role on long-term AMS cases (typically 3-12 months duration).
- Display independent secondary research, analytical, and story lining skills.
- Think out-of-the-box to solve niche case scenarios through baselining and benchmarking of global best practices.
- May have first-level team management responsibility, involving allocating and reviewing work to a small team of analysts and conducting performance/feedback discussions.
- Provide content thought leadership.
- May manage simple cases independently.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Work experience in consulting/ research/ analytics.
- Hands-on experience in the AMS sector (Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Airlines, ports, logistics, factory set-up).
- Prior experience/familiarity with the AMS sector is a must.
- Proficient in research and analysis.
- Ability 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).
- Open to intermittent travel to other Bain offices/client locations on live cases.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate studies: 2-5 years of work experience.
- Postgraduate studies: 0-3 years of work experience.
- Graduate or postgraduate from a top-tier institute or pursued a commerce/statistical/analytical course from a tier 1 university.
- Currently working in a strategy consulting/research-oriented set-up.
- Possess acumen to solve open-ended problems.
- Working on the following AMS sub-sectors: real estate/construction, heavy machinery, commercial aviation, logistics & transport.