Executive Research Manager – Global Businesses & Functions – London

Company: Boston Consulting Group
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Location: London
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Executive Research Manager – Global Businesses & Functions – London, United Kingdom

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

The Executive Research Manager focuses on the proactive sourcing of high-quality professionals for key leadership roles across the EMESA region and beyond. In collaboration with the wider recruitment team, the role will support a diverse range of roles, leveraging varied channels in the market to identify, attract, and assess critical talent for our high-growth business.

What You’ll Bring

  • Bachelors degree educated
  • 6-8 years of in-house talent sourcing, head-hunting, or executive search experience ideally in a professional services environment, with a focus on the provision of white-glove service
  • Demonstrable experience owning pipeline creation, research-based talent engagement, and proven understanding of talent acquisition marketing and segmentation
  • Experience of unearthing top-talent across industries, and of supporting the build of business functions in a Consulting context
  • Strong drive for both success and excellence; a self-starter witha keen senseof responsibility who brings an agile mindset to day-to-day activities.
  • A deep understanding of sourcing technology, market trends, and talent strategy
  • Ability to work across multiple searches through strong project management and prioritisation skills
  • Proventrack recordin guiding and converting candidates through a discrete hiring process, providingadvice,and forming a trust-based relationship
  • Flexible in adapting ways of working to an ever-evolving talent market, deftly navigatingchangeand ambiguity
  • Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills

Who You’ll Work With

You will partner with Delivery teams, program owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure operational readiness, accurate data, and timely execution across the learning lifecycle.

Additional info

YOU ARE GOOD AT

  • Working in collaborationwith internal hiring managers and recruiters to understand role requirements,to define targetcandidate profiles,andto owncandidate identification strategy for each position
  • Partneringwith stakeholderstoconduct research on specific search assignments including high-level name generation and org chart creation, building targetlonglists, completing talent pool mappings,andidentifyingpotential candidates
  • Providing a white-glove executive search experience tostakeholders
  • Actingas Talent Advisor to seniorstakeholders throughout the recruitmentprocess,advisingthem on availability, calibre,andcost of potential talent pools and candidates
  • Developingand leadingthe proactive search and channel strategytoensure the continued flow of high-quality candidates through the process
  • Targetingpassive candidates throughvarious acquisitionchannelsincludingsocial mediaandprofessional networks.
  • Challengingconventional recruitment thinking and processes, beingprepared to push backon stakeholderswhere necessary to ensure the best candidate experience possible
  • Owningthe candidate outreach strategy, producing anddisseminatingtargeted marketing content to ensure maximum engagement pre-application
  • Conducting in-depthassessmentsofidentified talent in line with stakeholder requirements, to better understand functional expertise and BCG-fit
  • Leadingon the production ofTalent Intelligencereports, providingdetailed analysis in support of search projectsandcandidate talent-pool development, as well as internaltalentassessments, competitoranalysis, and intellectual capital effortsto stakeholders
  • Maintaining and populating our candidate database to ensure we keep consistentcommunication with all BCG-fit/silvermedallistcandidates
  • Collaboratinginternationally across BCG functions, business units, and cohorts, bringing creative ideas together and providing strategic input

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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Posted: July 2nd, 2026