Project Leader (IP & Delivery) - Strategy & Transformation CoE

About us

Bain & Company is a global management consulting that helps the worlds most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bains case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.

Who you will work with

Strategy and Transformation (S&T) CoE regularly collaborates with Sr. stakeholders (Sr. Partners, EVPs) from Bains Strategy & Transformation Practice and works with Bain case teams across the globe on strategy / transformation case requirements.

The work spans across industries with variety of analysis including but not limited to industry/sector analysis and scans, analyzing disruptive themes and evolving start-up ecosystem, Investment analysis, M&A and Corporate venture capital Scans, Digital heuristics identifying key trends/drivers/challenges, survey analysis, etc.

Additionally, the team also supports Global S&T Practice in managing CEO Forums and Podcasts that entails developing IPs / POVs / Tools and managing communication with senior Bain Stakeholders, including Partners, Practice leadership as well as Marketing team and third-party vendors.

What youll do 

• This is a Project Leader role within the Strategy & Transformation (S&T) CoE at BCN, partnering with senior leaders across Bains global S&T practice, including Partners and EVPs, and with case teams across industries and geographies
• The role is designed for a proactive, ownership-oriented individual who can operate as an individual subject-matter and delivery expert - independently taking complex, high-priority work from an initial question through to a high-quality outcome; the Project Leader will work with a Manager/Senior Manager for strategic thought partnership and selectively leverage junior team members where needed
• A core part of the role is working with Bains S&T leaders todevelop differentiated perspectives and intellectual property (IP) on the issues shaping the S&T agenda - these may include industry and sector shifts, disruptive business trends, emerging business models, innovation and startup ecosystems, VC/PE investment landscapes, and account full-potential opportunities; the role will turn these insights into compelling Bain perspectives, commercial assets and, where relevant, support client work
• The Project Leader will also bring an AI-enabled delivery mindset, proactively using GenAI, automation and emerging tools to create repeatable workflows and solutions that improve the quality, speed and scalability of the work

SCOPE OF WORK

• Lead complex workstreams end-to-end – structure ambiguous questions, develop hypotheses, define the approach, synthesize evidence and drive the work through to clear, actionable outcomes
• Build differentiated perspectives and IP – partner with senior S&T leaders to identify important questions, develop new points of view, and translate research and analysis into compelling executive content and commercial assets
• Apply insights to client and commercial priorities – bring relevant industry, market and S&T perspectives to priority case work, proposals, account for full-potential opportunities, and client-development efforts
• Drive stakeholder alignment and execution – work confidently with Partners and case-team leaders, clarify expectations, anticipate issues and keep complex workstreams moving
• Use AI to improve and scale delivery

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   – identify opportunities to build reusable AI-enabled workflows, tools and analytical solutions while maintaining strong judgment and quality control
• Leverage junior team members where required, while remaining personally accountable for the overall answer and quality of delivery

About you

We are looking for a proactive, ownership-oriented and solution-driven individual who can independently make progress in ambiguous situations, form an independent point of view and build credibility with senior stakeholders

You will bring:

1. 4-7 years of relevant professional experience after a Masters/postgraduate degree, ideally in consulting, strategy, business research, knowledge services or a comparable professional-services environment
2. Demonstrated ability to independently own complex, high-priority workstreams end-to-end, with a strong bias toward action and outcomes
3. Strong problem solving and business judgment, with the ability to quickly understand unfamiliar industries, business models and strategic questions
4. Excellent research, analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to translate diverse sources of evidence into differentiated insights and executive-ready perspectives
5. Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the maturity and confidence to work directly with Partners, senior case-team leaders and geographically dispersed stakeholders
6. Strong work-planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and competing priorities in fast-moving environments
7. A proactive, solution-oriented mindset — anticipating needs, finding practical ways forward and taking initiative rather than waiting for detailed direction
8. A strong AI and innovation orientation, with interest or experience in using GenAI, automation and emerging tools to create repeatable solutions and new ways of working.
9. Ability to guide junior team members when needed, while remaining hands-on and accountable for the overall answer and quality of delivery
10. Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills; experience with automation, AI-enabled tool development, agentic workflows is an advantage

What makes us a great place to work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the worlds best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoors Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoors list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents.