General Information

Job Title
Practice Consultant
Job ID
97719
Areas of Work
Analytics, Data & Research
Employment Type
Permanent Full-Time
Location(s)
New Delhi

Description & Requirements

ABOUT US

 Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 61 offices in 38 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest $2 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1 percent among other consulting firms. 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.


WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

 Over the past two decades, Bain has formalized Industry and Capability areas, internally known as “Practices”, integral to how Bain wins and delivers results to its clients. A Practice can be considered a Business Unit of Bain & Company. While there may be some allocation to client-facing work, the role within a Practice is primarily focused on supporting our client-facing partners and case teams to deliver great client and people success stories. Specifically, the Practice defines and implements their own strategy and allocates resources to: 

  • Boosts Bain’s knowledge and expertise in the sector or capability: co-create, shape and manage innovative perspectives and products to help the business win more projects, and to serve clients more effectively and efficiently
  • Prioritize clients and enable client full potential
  • Develop partner team and capabilities
  • Build the practice’s brand and reputation externally

 

For an overview of Bain’s Industry and Capability Practice architecture, go to Iris or visit www.Bain.com.

 

WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

 Sustainability (which covers environmental, social, and economic justice issues) is an increasingly important topic for our clients. In the Sustainability Practice, we help our clients make critical decisions that impact the core of their business strategy, related to sustainability strategy, the environmental and social impact of operations, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability-related growth and cost opportunities. We work to ensure that sustainability efforts are anchored in business fundamentals and demonstrate a clear return on investment – and that those efforts are then firmly embedded within our clients' strategy and operations.

 

Read more about our Sustainability consulting services to learn more about our work.

 

The Practice Consultant is a critical member of the Sustainability Practice, and the analytical, interpersonal, creative thinking, business management and leadership skills will be called upon from day one. You will also work alongside the Practice team to become a critical contributor to help achieve the Practice’s annual and longer-term goals which includes driving global collaboration, supporting case teams to drive results with clients, building new intellectual property (IP) and increasing our visibility and reinforcing our competitive differentiation externally. This role requires close collaboration with Bain’s Sustainability Partnersother experts across Bain globally, and potentially internal engineering and product teams or external technology partners to build or partner on innovative tech solutions. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

 The scope of work is flexible, but will likely fall into the following main categories.

 Solution design, development, deployment, and delivery 

  • Develop elements of specific IP, including global reports, research briefs, market overviews and solution/topic specific materials tailored to specific sectors/industries
  • Support planning for commercializing IP and solution development, for example by developing business cases for investment, including ROI modeling, impact assessment, and commercialization planning
  • Provide hands-on support for clients and case teams, for example in leveraging technology solutions
  • Build elements of training materials for affiliates on latest IP
  • Identify issues, create hypotheses, and execute analysis; translate data into meaningful insights; present recommendations to key decision-makers
  • Support the day-to-day implementation of transformation projects, focusing primarily on the delivery and operationalization of strategic initiatives to achieve significant business outcomes and impact
  • Run analysis and support business case development for solution investments 
  • Contribute to scaling of sustainability-focused AI and digital solutions, identifying opportunities to integrate automation, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to drive business impact

 

PRACTICE STRATEGY, PLANNING, AND REPORTING

  • Support data collection, maintenance, and analysis on experts and commercial collateral 
  • Provide direct proposal support
  • Bring together disparate data sources; highlight issues and spot trends to inform decision-making
  • Drive and support the primary and secondary research efforts of the team; collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data across a variety of sources
  • Codify best practices 
  • Contribute to additional projects and perform select ad hoc analytics


PRACTICE COMMUNICATIONS AND TEAMING

  • Work effectively cross-practice and cross-functionally; proactively share and solicit information across practice, focusing on the key implications
  • Serve as a bridge between sustainability and digital transformation teams, ensuring AI-driven solutions align with both business and sustainability impact goals
  • Train and informally coach junior team members, as appropriate

 

EDUCATION 

  • Required: Bachelor of Arts or equivalent undergraduate degree with strong academic credentials
  • MBA is a plus

 

EXPERINECE  

  • Current or former top-tier management consultant or equivalent experience 
  • Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills, and a proven self-starter 
  • Knowledge of, and experience with, leading business and analytics tools
  • Ability to structure and lead complex business research and analysis in fast-paced environment, as well as the skills to drive to pragmatic business insights
  • Experience and proficiency in creating high quality presentations and executive-level communications

 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

  • Passion for business issues; intellectual curiosity and thirst for learning, particularly in practice area topics and technology 
  • Consistent track record of delivering results, including ability to execute more than one project at once
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, executive-friendly narratives (including in PowerPoint)
  • Strong analytical abilities; comfort with Microsoft Excel functionalities and working with data analysis tools (e.g. Tableau)
  • Passion for sustainability and deploying cutting-edge sustainability techniques and tools that help clients accelerate their growth and reach full potential
  • Analytical skills to optimize workflows and improve team efficiency through automation/familiarity with automation tools and scripting languages for process improvements
  • Maturity to manage highly confidential information   
  • Able to work independently and prioritize in a dynamic and fast-paced environment (comfortable with a remote supervisor and team)
  • Attentive to detail, organized and possess solid work planning skills
  • Excellent customer service attitude 
  • A strong team player, acts in an at-cause manner
  • Willingness to be flexible to meet the needs of the practice and its case teams 
  • Knowledge of Bain’s operating model, processes, and business functions (internal candidates only)
  • Fluency in English 

 

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

  • Comfort with AI technologies and tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok), with an applied understanding of how they can create business value
  • Interest for the tech industry broadly (e.g., digital transformation, disruptive business models)