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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist – Led end-to-end recruiting strategies and operations for BCG’s Los Angeles office.
Drive candidate pipelines, interview, and conversion while collaborating with partners and faculty to achieve hiring targets across consulting.
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
The role of the Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist is to drive the full spectrum of recruiting efforts and to fulfill the consulting staff people needs for the Los Angeles office, including candidate pipeline development, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and converting candidates. This role will work with the Los Angeles Recruiting Partner (RP), local office and core school Recruiting Directors (RDs) and regional recruiting teams to lead and execute the annual recruiting pipeline across OneBCG, entry-level core business consulting (Associates and Consultants) from both campus and experienced hire pools for the Los Angeles office.
This role will work with the Los Angeles Partners, Recruiting Directors (RDs), and the Talent Acquisition team to drive the development of the overall recruiting strategy for the Los Angeles office, the implementation of this strategy, and the management of day- to-day operations of the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition department. To the extent that the recruiting organizational structure and processes require change to ensure that these needs are met, the Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist will suggest and implement those changes.
This individual reports directly to the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition Senior Manager (TASM), but also works closely with the Recruiting Partner (RP), Recruiting Directors (RDs), and regional Talent Acquisition leadership.
You’re Good At:
Supporting the Los Angeles office recruiting strategy development (jointly with TASM, RP, RDs)
Overseeing office-specific recruiting efforts in support of annual Consultant and Associate hiring targets:
Candidate pipeline development
Sourcing, screening, interviewing, and converting candidates from managed schools/programs, formal channels (e.g., online applications, referrals), and candidates from "alternate" / industry sources; proactively identify and engage untapped talent communities and non-traditional channels to broaden pipeline reach
Decision-round interviewing
Offeree conversion
Responsible for developing processes and driving change for new initiatives (e.g., short lead time recruiting, ADC recruiting, going deeper at core schools, strengthen presence at local schools)
Managing the recruiting commitments process – e.g., select interview cadres, staff events, ensuring the right mix of consulting staff, making sure commitments are upheld, managing swaps process
Developing and maintaining recruiting calendar
Using the recruiting systems to generate correspondence, reports, interview and event invitations
Collecting and analyzing information and data to evaluate the effectiveness of recruiting efforts, providing valuable input aimed at continuously improving our recruiting efforts, while monitoring the competitive environment
Acting as the main initial contact for candidates for the Los Angeles office; responding and following up with candidate inquiries; establishing and building relationships with top priority candidates
Scheduling, planning, and executing office-specific events
Coordinating and executing first round and decision round interviews
Monitoring and screening applications
Liaising with HR for “on-boarding” of new hires (offer letters, signing bonuses, etc.)
Preparing analysis and required reports, utilizing the regional analytics team as necessary
Planning and executing Welcome Weekends
Ensuring communication with staff around events (confirmations, logistics, feedback from the event)
Assist with annual budget planning and ensure budget allocations come in at or under plan
Managing summer internship programs, including coordination and execution of orientation, training, case staffing, performance evaluation, and affiliation events
Helping to lead and drive continuous improvement efforts in Los Angeles office recruiting, working with other offices in the West System to improve recruiting efforts
Managing short lead time recruiting efforts for the Los Angeles office in close coordination with the system
Ensure recruiting records, global database, and metrics are up to date and accurate
Understand and enforce company and function policies, and manage risk
Building networks and liaising with peers in other offices as well as regional recruiting to ensure alignment on all initiatives
Selecting specific responsibilities to deliver on above including:
Specialist training and engagement
Decision round candidate selection
Candidate coaching and feedback, relationship support
Conversion strategy and Offeree Captain coordination
Offeree weekend and summer program strategy
Conversion tracking
Special analysis / project coordination
Partner and Principal meeting, and Los Angeles staff meeting support
Supporting other Los Angeles office initiatives, such as affiliation and engagement
Leading and executing strategic projects as needed
What You’ll Bring
Education and experience:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required
At least 3-4 years of previous recruiting, HR or other related experience. Prior professional services recruiting experience a plus.
Consulting experience or exposure a plus
Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization
Flexibility and some travel required, particularly around peak recruiting season and planning weeks; Attendance at key evening and weekend events required
Functional and soft skills:
Strong organizational skills with strong attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness
Ability to set priorities, plan workflow and take initiative
Analytical proficiency; facility with numbers
Ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and work well under pressure
Ability to understand and manage complex reporting relationships and incorporate multiple labor laws and cultures
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, positive personal and professional image, high standards of professional behavior and ethics
Demonstrated leadership ability; works well as team player
A strong intellectual curiosity. You’re a creative thinker, interested in the bigger picture, always looking to solve problems.
Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to effectively persuade, influence, and negotiate
Ability 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
Display a high degree of flexibility in a demanding, fast-paced, and frequently changing environment
Balance competing priorities while keeping constant sight of overall objectives
Display strong service orientation in responding to internal and external customer needs
Recognize and maintain confidentiality
Display self-starting attitude and be proactive; work as a team player; seek and act on feedback as appropriate
Self-motivated, takes initiative, possesses creative problem-solving skills and willingness to offer suggestions for improvement; builds relationships to leverage resource
Technical skills:
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); ability to quickly learn internal recruiting systems; proficiency with or demonstrated curiosity about AI-powered tools, with a commitment to continuous learning and adoption as technology evolves
Candidates will be considered at the Senior Specialist or Specialist level, depending on experience.
Who You’ll Work With
You’ll be working with a closely knit team of other West System Talent Acquisition team members. You will report directly to the Los Angeles Talent Acquisition Senior Manager, but also work closely with the Los Angeles Business Management Leader (BML), Office Leader (OL), Los Angeles Recruiting Partner (RP), Los Angeles Recruiting Directors (RDs), and regional Talent Acquisition teams and leadership across North America, being the go-to person for all things Los Angeles Talent Acquisition!
Additional info
Format Information:
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person work is essential to our culture, mentorship, and professional development. That’s why we operate on a hybrid model, with the expectation that team members will be in the office 3 to 5 days per week. This role is designed for those who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and is not intended for remote or virtual work.
Compensation Information
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
The base salary range for this role is $99,000 - $121,000.
This is an estimated range and specific base salaries within the range depend on factors such as office location, experience, and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a discretionary bonus of up to 12% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
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 of 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 in orthodontia benefits
Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
Paid sick time on an as needed basis
*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.
Legal Note
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