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Lead global platform engineering at BCG, shaping strategy, governance and delivery across the enterprise.
Drive cross‑portfolio platform excellence, manage risk, and collaborate with senior leaders in a leading consulting firm.
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.
What You'll Do
Delivering our clients, unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. As a Global IT Platform Management Director, you will lead the end-to-end platform management, cohesive cross-platform planning, driving delivery excellence, robust governance, and alignment with enterprise-wide objectives across the platform engineering ecosystem. This high-impact leadership role is critical in scaling platform engineering and managing complexity at an enterprise level. The ideal candidate brings a strong track record of cross-functional leadership, governance rigor, and platform lifecycle ownership in complex global environments.
Platform Management & Strategic Delivery
- Lead strategic planning and execution of technology platform roadmaps across portfolios.
- Support the definition and execution of platform strategy and transformation initiatives.
- Drive cohesive platform delivery through integrated planning, cross-portfolio prioritization, and coordinated execution across multiple platform engineering portfolios and teams.
- Monitor and report on platform-level KPIs, delivery health, and value realization.
- Ensure timely tracking and fulfillment of platform-specific commitments, including OKRs, milestones, and funding allocations.
Cross-Portfolio Governance & Prioritization
- Govern and continuously improve the platform portfolios end-to-end operating cadence.
- Facilitate transparency and alignment across portfolios, balancing strategic objectives and operational capacity.
- Govern cross-functional intake processes to ensure enterprise-wide visibility into platform demands and commitments.
- Partner with delivery owners and transformation leads to track progress against OKRs and priorities.
Risk, Dependency, and Compliance Oversight
- Proactively surface misalignment, execution risks, and key decision points
- Manage frameworks for identifying, tracking, and mitigating platform-level risks and interdependencies.
- Partner with architecture and security teams to embed compliance, policy adherence, and risk mitigation into delivery workflows.
Metrics, Reporting, and Stakeholder Engagement
- Develop and maintain executive dashboards and reports to track platform performance, delivery metrics, and overall health.
- Drive a metrics-driven approach to decision-making, providing insights to senior leaders and steering committees.
- Engage regularly with senior stakeholders (e.g., CTO, Platform Leaders, Finance, Security, Architecture) to ensure alignment, resolve blockers, and drive continuous improvement.
Champion Culture, Agility, and Continuous Improvement
- Embed programmatic excellence, business agility, and delivery discipline within the platform engineering organization.
- Promote a culture of high accountability, clear ownership, and performance metrics.
- Regularly evaluate and improve platform delivery frameworks, tooling, and ways of working.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
Navigating and managing ambiguity and complexity at scale.
Demonstrated ability to manage interdependencies, platform roadmaps, and risk controls across diverse workstreams.
Proven experience implementing portfolio-level governance frameworks and delivering measurable outcomes in matrixed environments.
Influencing and aligning senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Driving execution with structure, precision, and high ownership.
Bringing systems thinking, risk management, and clear planning.
Facilitating change, leading through influence, and enabling outcomes through strong governance and leadership.
What You'll Bring
Undergraduate degree required; Master's degree or MBA a strong plus.
12+ years of experience in IT, Digital, or Platform Delivery roles, with deep exposure to enterprise program management, governance, or strategy.
Proven experience managing high value programs across global organizations.
Strong understanding of agile principles and ways of working including scrum & Kanban.
Strong understanding of technology enabled business, digital and organizational transformations, delivering enterprise IT and Digital services.
Entrepreneurial drive and ability to achieve goals in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
Familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint or similar.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and presentation skills.
Who You'll Work With
Platform Engineering Teams, Product Portfolios, Architecture, Security, Finance, TMO, and Digital Delivery leads across BCG.
Platform Management Lead, Portfolio Leads, Platform Team Leads for integration and alignment.
Executive leadership for program updates, steering, and governance.
Agile coaches and Delivery Owners to embed scalable delivery practices.
YOUR TRAVEL
Mostly from the BCG office, occasionally work at other BCG offices.
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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