Project Leader (Commercial Acceleration) - Performance Improvement CoE

About us

Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that helps the world’s 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 Bain's 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

This position is based in the BCN’s Gurgaon office and is an integral part of the Performance Improvement Centre of Expertise (PI CoE). PI CoE helps Bain case teams in India and abroad on multiple cost reduction/optimization activities through a suite of solutions ranging from Procurement (Spend cube, analytics, maturity assessment, vendor strategy etc.), Supply Chain (Inventory Optimization, Network Optimization, Manufacturing Diagnostics, Integrated Business Planning etc.) to cost diagnostics (Net Working Capital, Value Calculator etc.), savings and PMI Analysis. 

The CoE undertakes complex and advanced data analysis to analyze client’s data and then generates critical insights to help achieve the cost objective. Over time we have built seamless solutions and use powerful, dynamic visualizations/charts on multiple platforms (Power BI, Tableau) to showcase our results. PI CoE is also involved in generation of critical IP useful for new performance improvement cases globally at Bain.

What you’ll do

We are looking for a high-performing Project Leader to join our Commercial Acceleration team supporting the Performance Improvement (PI) practice area. This team plays a critical role in driving proposal and client development efforts by partnering with Bain's consulting teams and subject-matter experts.

In this role, you will lead a team comprising Associates and Analysts to deliver high-impact, client-ready proposals, sales pitches, and go-to-market materials. You will also support the development of intellectual property (IP), thought leadership, and Bain’s internal capabilities. The role requires strong problem-solving skills, an understanding of business operations and cost transformation, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders across levels.

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