Global Learning & Development Strategy & Transformation Senior Director - London, United Kingdom
Locations: London | Lisbon
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 venturesand 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
As the Global L&D Strategy & Transformation Senior Director, you will lead BCGs L&D Strategy & Transformation Office - the central engine driving the evolution of our global learning ecosystem for all BCG employees.
Reporting to the Chief Learning Officer, you will support the transformation of the L&D organization as evolves to meet BCGs current and future talent aspirations. That will require development and oversight over the transformation roadmap (milestones, activities, KPIs, etc.) using strategic, end-to-end thinking. Youll ensure L&D delivers business outcomes as you oversee a portfolio of strategy execution, innovation, AI-enabled learning, and operational transformation. Together, we will redefine how BCG builds skillsshifting from a traditional, programmatic model to a data-informed, AI-powered learning experience that delivers both world-class foundational learning and rapid, on-demand capability building.
As a hands-on leader, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team, including:
- Transformation & PMO (strategy execution, governance, prioritization)
- Change & Communications (adoption, stakeholder engagement, narrative)
- Finance & Analytics (investment strategy, performance measurement, insights)
- Innovation & AI Enablement (rapid experimentation, AI-driven learning, future capabilities)
- In parallel, you will act as the orchestrator across the broader L&D ecosystem, ensuring tight alignment and seamless collaboration with:
- L&D Business Partners
- Learning Architecture & Curriculum teams
- Learning Product & Operations teams
- HR, Talent, and IT organizations
- Your role is to ensure that the full system works as oneconnecting strategy to execution, innovation to scale, and business demand to learning impact.
YOURE GOOD AT
- Translating strategy into execution at pace and scale - Turning evolving business needs into clear priorities, funded initiatives, and tangible outcomes
- Leading through a system of teams - Setting direction and driving alignment across multiple specialized teams, ensuring clarity of ownership, strong interfaces, and minimal friction across the ecosystem
- Building and scaling transformation offices - Establishing governance, prioritization, and execution discipline across complex portfolios, including PMO, investment management, and change frameworks
- Orchestrating complex ecosystems - Connecting strategy, innovation, operations, and business stakeholders into a cohesive model that accelerates delivery and reduces duplication
- Designing next-generation L&D operating models - Creating two-speed learning systems that sustain core curriculum excellence while enabling rapid, agile skill building in emerging areas
- Driving innovation and AI-enabled transformation - Leading teams that experiment, prototype, and scale new learning products, including AI-driven and adaptive learning solutions
- Influencing senior stakeholders globally - Partnering with business and functional leaders to shape demand, align priorities, and drive adoption
- Embedding data-driven decision making - Using analytics and insights to prioritize investments, measure impact, and continuously improve the learning ecosystem
- Leading change at scale - Crafting transformation narratives and driving adoption across a global, matrixed organization
What You'll Bring
- 1215+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, or enterprise program leadership
- Proven experience leading multi-team, cross-functional organizations or transformation offices
- Strong track record of delivering large-scale transformation in complex, matrixed environments
- Experience working closely with executive leadership (C-suite or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of learning, talent, or capability building (preferred but not required if advanced in transformation skillset)
- Familiarity with digital, data, and AI-driven business transformation
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and allocate resources across a portfolio
- Strong leadership presence with exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills
- High learning agility and comfort operating in ambiguity and rapid change
- Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred
Who You'll Work With
You will sit at the center of BCGs global L&D ecosystem, reporting to the Chief Learning Officer and leading the Strategy & Transformation Office.
Your direct leadership scope includes:
- Transformation PMO & prioritization
- Change & communications
- Finance, analytics, and performance management
- Innovation and AI enablement teams
- You will closely collaborate with:
- L&D Business Partners to align learning to business needs
- Learning Architecture & Curriculum teams to embed innovations into core learning journeys
- Learning Product & Operations teams to scale and sustain solutions
- HR, Talent, and People Strategy teams to connect learning to broader talent priorities
- IT and Product teams to deliver the future learning technology ecosystem
- This role is designed to act as the central integratorensuring that all parts of the L&D system operate in a coordinated, high-impact way to deliver faster, more relevant, and more scalable learning outcomes.
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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