Job Description

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


As Asia Pacific Unlocking Potential (UP) Director, you will shape and drive the regional UP strategy, accountable for the full Unlocking Potential portfolio including Diversity, Inclusion, Mental Health, Wellbeing and Flex@BCG. Reporting into the AP Consulting Team Executive Director, you will play a critical leadership role in steering global UP transformation efforts, influencing stakeholders within and beyond the function, and embedding programs that enable all BCGers to thrive. You will represent Asia Pacific in shaping global UP direction and collaborate with AP systems to embed initiatives in a way which strengthens the overall people agenda - deeply understanding and navigating with nuance the complexity of diverse system contexts.



This is a senior, visible leadership role requiring strategic direction-setting, transformation leadership and skill in influencing stakeholders at all levels of the firm. You will define regional priorities, lead multi-pillar change initiatives and hold accountability for delivering tangible outcomes to strengthen employee experience across Asia Pacific. You'll work closely with AP leadership, global UP colleagues, system teams, and people functions beyond UP to shape a culture where all BCGers can thrive and perform at their best.



Your remit includes orchestrating the UP network across AP systems to drive a collective agenda, facilitate ideation and ensure best-practice sharing across systems and regions. With your team, you are also accountable for strengthening our AP-wide Diversity networks (i.e., Women@BCG, Pride@BCG, Accessibility@BCG); including creating cross-AP linkages and driving network-specific programming and change efforts - e.g., relevant conferences, Project Sandy, Segment of One, Pride mentorship and more.

Key responsibilities:

Set and own the regional UP strategy

, spanning diversity, inclusion, mental health, wellbeing and flexibility--anchored in business priorities and evolving workforce needs

Lead transformational change efforts

, identifying opportunities for impact and embedding lasting change across systems in partnership with senior stakeholders

Influence at the highest levels

(UP MDPs, System Leaders, RPALs, People Chairs, HRDs), fostering buy-in and aligning on outcomes

Shape and represent AP's voice in global forums

, co-designing UP direction and translating global frameworks into regionally relevant execution

Ensure delivery of priority cross-system projects

, e.g. including mental health enablement, sustainable peak performance, inclusive leadership development, sponsorship programs

Act as a sparring partner to system and people teams

, coaching them to elevate local UP agendas and scale best practices, and working together to shape programs that recognise each systems' distinctive context

Oversee data and insight-driven decision-making

, leveraging People Survey and KPI analysis in partnership with AP HR Analytics to track progress, inform leadership, and adjust course

Ensure effective delivery of flagship initiatives

, including the bi-annual AP Pride@BCG Conference and senior women engagement forums


What You'll Bring

Prior HR or consulting experience (Principal / equivalent level) with 10+ years relevant experience Experience driving cross-functional and regional initiatives Familiarity with mental health, wellbeing, or flexibility programming is a plus Experience working across Asia Pacific systems and with global teams

Comfort with evening calls and operating across multiple time zones



Who You'll Work With

AP Consulting People Team Executive Director (line manager) AP Unlocking Potential Senior Manager - Diversity & Inclusion (direct report)

- AP CHRO, People Chairs, and System Leadership - Global Unlocking Potential Center of Excellence and regional UP counterparts


- AP Unlocking Potential MDPs, HRDs, and BST leads - Global, AP and local networks and champions



Additional info


You are a strategic and commercially-minded leader with a passion for building inclusive, high performing


environments. You bring vision and execution, and can convert complex ideas into lasting impact. You thrive in a matrixed environment and operate with high autonomy, sound judgment and credibility. You likely bring:

Proven success leading transformational initiatives across regions or functions, ideally spanning employee

experience, wellbeing, D&I or change enablement

A reputation as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, including ability to influence executive decision-making and

lead through ambiguity

Strong strategic and commercial thinking, with comfort balancing long-term vision and near-term outcomes Ability to embed change at scale, including coaching others and sustaining momentum across systems Skilled in navigating complex, high-stakes stakeholder environments, resolving competing priorities and

securing alignment

Advanced analytical acumen--confident using data to derive insights, measure impact, and adapt programs Clarity and nuance in communication--able to deliver complex messaging with empathy and authority A collaborative, inclusive leadership style with energy for mentoring and enabling others Experience managing and developing senior talent; able to coach others to lead through complexity

and ambiguity



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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