​​Meeting & Events Business Partner Senior Manager

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Within Meetings & Events (M&E) , BCG's rapid growth and transformation has driven the team to evolve to meet the demands of an increasingly complex global event portfolio — building more rigorous operational infrastructure, scaling contingent workforce capabilities, and embedding technology and innovation into how we plan and deliver events worldwide.

The team approaches this work with an entrepreneurial, data-driven, and customer-centric mindset , always questioning the status quo and proactively seeking opportunities for improvement, while reinforcing an inclusive culture grounded in collaboration, continuous learning, and adaptability.

What You'll Do

The M&E Business Partner Senior Manager will serve as a trusted advisor for key internal stakeholders across the assigned stakeholder group, Unlocking Potential (UP) . You will serve as the region’s critical connection to a broad range of event support services – both in M&E and across BCG. This includes driving a broad range of change management initiatives in the region to encourage adoption of M&E’s suite of service and digital product offerings.

You will also be responsible for delivering on the region’s cross-functional flagship meetings & events in accordance with the event goals & business objectives set by internal customers as well as supporting the delivery of UP and associated network and community events taking place across the region. You have a deep understanding of the assigned region(s) coupled with a passion for providing premium services core to successful meetings.

You will play a key role in representing the region’s unique stakeholder efforts to include diversity, inclusion, and well-being , to inform M&E’s long-term growth strategy and ongoing innovation to enhance meetings across BCG.

Key activities and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Regional Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management

- Developing and maintaining a regional BCG planner network by supporting the change & communications strategy for the region, hosting regular connects & business presentations for key stakeholders, and promoting M&E’s service portfolio and global initiatives (e.g., Shared Services model, Supplier Strategy, etc.)

Strategic Event Management & Execution

- Bringing strategic thought partnership, operational expertise, and day-of management experience for high value/high visibility events across all meeting formats (in-person, virtual, hybrid)
- Providing trusted advice to the region and event organizers for sourcing, operations, digital tools and other M&E services

Forward-Thinking & Strategic Recommendations

- Thinking ahead and ensuring your customer is ready for the events landscape of tomorrow
- Providing targeted recommendations that are risk appropriate, consistent with BCG’s image/brand, and reflect the best of BCG today and into the future

Flagship Program & Event Delivery

- Within regional flagship programs, assembling and managing event-specific teams to execute on design, technology, production, communication, security, and other event elements
- Guiding venue sourcing through centralized processes; helping drive sourcing best practices

Regional Expertise & Best Practices

- Providing regional expertise and best practices across M&E’s customer engagement team

What You'll Bring

- Bachelor’s Degree of equivalent in Business, Communication, Hospitality/Events or related field and 8 + years related experience in event management (preferable in a corporate environment)
- Experience working in a global service driven organization with both in-person and virtual teams, with increasing levels of stakeholder engagement; experience presenting to C-suite audience preferred
- Demonstrated expertise in building strong service delivery teams
- Technical understanding of digital meeting tools and platforms
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities
- Experience in a customer service organization strongly preferred
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) , including experience with PowerPoint ; strong command of the English language required
- Experience working across cultural boundaries in a complex, matrix structured organization preferred
- Previous experience working in a global/virtual team preferred
- People management experience preferred (distributed global team management experience will be valued)

Who You'll Work With

Our Global Meetings & Events (M&E) team focuses on creating safe and inspiring environments that bring people together to enable deep connections, accelerate capability building, and create global impact. The group partners closely with senior leaders, functional and regional event teams, and individual meeting planners across the company to enhance overall event experience while creating efficiencies and scale, and lowering risk for all meeting formats (in-person, virtual, & hybrid).

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