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BCG X is the tech build & design unit of BCG. Turbocharging BCG’s deep industry and functional expertise, BCG X brings together advanced tech knowledge and ambitious entrepreneurship to help organizations enable innovation at scale. With nearly 3,000 technologists, scientists, programmers, engineers, and human-centered designers located across 80+ cities, BCG X builds and designs platforms and software to address the world’s most important challenges and opportunities. Teaming across our practices, and in close collaboration with our clients, our end-to-end global team unlocks new possibilities. Together we’re creating the bold and disruptive products, services, and businesses of tomorrow.
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We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.
We Are BCG X
We’re a diverse team of more than 3,000 tech experts united by a drive to make a difference. Working across industries and disciplines, we combine our experience and expertise to tackle the biggest challenges faced by society today. We go beyond what was once thought possible, creating new and innovative solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Leveraging BCG’s global network and partnerships with leading organizations, BCG X provides a stable ecosystem for talent to build game-changing businesses, products, and services from the ground up, all while growing their career. Together, we strive to create solutions that will positively impact the lives of millions.
What You'll Do
Our BCG X teams own the full analytics value-chain end to end: framing new business challenges, designing innovative algorithms, implementing, and deploying scalable solutions, and enabling colleagues and clients to fully embrace AI. Our product offerings span from fully custom-builds to industry specific leading edge AI software solutions with a specific focus on Operations (OPS) topics such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operational Excellence and Industry 4.0. As a Lead Forward Deployed AI Scientist, you'll be part of our rapidly growing team. You'll have the chance to apply data science methods and analytics to real-world business situations across different sectors to drive significant business impact in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Lean Manufacturing and CAPEX/OPEX Optimization context. We help companies identify and develop growth opportunities that reshape the future. As a core member of BCG X you will also take a larger and more proactive role in shaping the strategy of BCG X – and of BCG overall. You will work closely with partners & managing directors to drive our company’s growth & business development. Additional responsibilities will include developing and delivering thought leadership, managing teams of data scientists, engineers, and designers. Successful candidates are intellectually curious builders who are biased toward action, scrappy, and communicative.
We are seeking a strong candidate with significant experience in advanced analytics to fill an exciting Lead Data Forward Deployed AI Scientist position within BCG X dedicated to Operations (OPS), with exposure to Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement environments. The Lead Data Forward Deployed AI Scientist is expected to be recognized expert in data science and will manage a team of data scientists and engineers to build innovative new products and analytics solutions in BCG X. Successful candidates possess the following:
- Comfortable in a client-facing role, manage engagements, client relationships, provide “thought leadership” to teams
- Explain sophisticated data science concepts in an understandable manner and act as interface between business & tech.
- Likes to distill complex results or processes into simple, clear visualizations
- Significant experience applying advanced analytics to a variety of business situations, ideally including Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Procurement, and a proven ability to synthesize complex data
- Solid understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinnings, and can translate this into business implications for our clients
- Familiarity with industrial / operational data (plant data, ERP/MES data, IoT & sensor time-series) and optimization techniques (Linear/Mixed-Integer Programming, Simulation) applied to Demand Forecasting, Production Planning & Scheduling, Inventory Optimization and Predictive Maintenance
- Have strong project management skill
What You'll Bring
- 7+ years of relevant industry work experience providing advanced analytics solutions
- Advanced degree required in a field linked to analytics, statistics or geo- statistics, operations research, geography, applied mathematics, computer science, engineering, or related field
- Strong record of professional accomplishment and leadership
- Looking for individuals with deep technical and data science expertise, acute strategic and analytical skills, ability to lead and persuade, drive and energy, and desire to work in a project-based environment
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage projects and teams
- Proven ability to drive topics and make a commercial impact
- Fluency in at least one coding language (Python)
- Experience applying GenAI/LLM techniques to operations use cases (e.g., copilots for plant operators, agentic workflows, maintenance decision support,...)
- Experience of change management and upskilling, driving adoption of AI tools among plant frontline, such as engineers, operators, etc.
- Familiarity with typical operational systems: MES/SCADA, SAP, OT environments
**Additional info **
- Fast-paced, intellectually intense, service-oriented environment
- Ability to travel based on client and business needs
- Fluency in English
- Experience managing and growing a team
Additional info
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