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What You'll Do

The Finance and Procurement Product Portfolio plays a critical role at the intersection of BCG’s Global Finance and IT functions. Its purpose is to deliver best-in-class financial systems that enable the organization to transact efficiently and responsibly, capture, enrich, and report core financial data to BCG’s business leaders, and comply with the complex fiscal requirements of a multinational organization. The portfolio also ensures that its platforms provide exceptional user experience, aligns with BCG’s global IT enterprise architecture and security standards, and minimizes the total cost of operations. It embraces the latest technologies and Agile ways of working to enhance financial systems and deliver business value at scale.

BCG’s global finance function is undergoing a major transformation, with technology serving as a core enabler. A key part of this transformation is the deployment of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud as the firm’s global ERP platform. This new platform creates exciting leadership opportunities, including the SAP Product Lead role. In this role, you will define and drive the strategy, vision, and roadmap for the SAP platform, ensuring that the solution evolves to meet business needs while maintaining stability, data integrity, and user satisfaction. You will collaborate closely with Finance and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and dependencies. You will also serve as the final decision-maker for changes to the SAP global template and ensure that the platform’s direction remains aligned with the broader portfolio vision.

To deliver results, you will lead four SAP squads and manage key vendor relationships that support the platform. You will act as an integrator across squads, ensuring consistency and coordination of initiatives and enhancements. Working closely with Product Owners, you will help shape business cases for investment to support the continuous enhancement of the platform. You will be accountable for business outcomes and KPI delivery as BCG continues to expand its use of the SAP platform globally.

Among your responsibilities, you will:

Provide Strategic and Functional Leadership

Translate business strategy and finance priorities into a cohesive, actionable vision for the SAP S/4Hana platform that delivers measurable valueEnsure that platform capabilities meet evolving business needs while maintaining a lean-core and maximizing use of native capabilities.Shape and maintain the delivery model across squads—embedding Agile practices, aligning roadmaps, and promoting outcome-focused delivery.Make informed decisions about investments, enhancements, and changes, with a focus on maximizing user satisfaction, operational efficiency, and data integrity.Manage the overall platform budget

Lead and Develop a High-Performing Product Team

Develop a team of Product Owners fostering ownership, accountability and a shared commitment to platform successEmpower Product Owners to shape and prioritize their backlogs with confidence while ensuring cross-squad consistency and integrated delivery.Promote a culture of collaboration, learning, and transparency across the portfolio squads and with the Finance and Procurement functionsSupport Product Owner growth and development through informal and formal feedback as part of BCG’s performance management process

 

Drive Cross-Functional Alignment and Continuous Improvement

Act as the connector across Finance and IT ensuring business goals, technical delivery and user needs are consistently alignedLead the functional framing of initiatives, clarifying scope and value in partnership with stakeholders and technology teams.Use data and feedback to evaluate platform performance, support business case development, and inform future priorities.Balance long-term strategic goals with the realities of day-to-day operations.

What You'll Bring

Demonstrated experience leading a product team or managing platforms within a Finance, ERP or SAP environmentStrong understanding of core Finance processes and how they are enabled through an ERP system, preferably SAPBachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field12 years relevant experience in a global finance functionExperience coaching and developing a high performing teamA customer-focused, data-informed mindset to decision-makingExceptional communications and stakeholder management skillsExperience in consulting or professional services is a plus

Who You'll Work With

All members of your squads for whom you will be their servant leaderProduct Owners who will report to you and support you in your roleInternal clients including functional Business Process OwnersProduct Portfolio Lead who will be your line manager and set the vision, roadmap, budget, priorities and OKRs for the PortfolioChapter Leads and Technical Lead for technical solutioning and deliveryAgile Coaches, with whom you will share passion for Agile ways of workingOther Product Leads within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between squads and culture

Additional info

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Thinking strategically while managing detail and complexity across multiple product squads.Balancing business priorities and technical constraints, guiding decisions with input from functional, data, and user perspectives.Building and leading teams, with a focus on coaching, collaboration, and a shared sense of purposeCommunicating with clarity, adapting your message for audiences ranging from executive stakeholders to squad-level contributors.Applying an Agile mindset, continuously seeking ways to optimize performance and user value.Driving alignment and momentum across multiple squads, even in the face of ambiguity and competing priorities.Operating with transparency, building trust through open communication and data-driven decision-making.Navigating organizational complexity, working across functions, portfolios and squads to shape outcomes that are scalable, practical, and have a high impact.

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