Consultant, Full-Time MBA, United States

About the position

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

Responsibilities

  • As a member of our consulting team, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s top minds on cases that reshape business, government, and society.
  • You’ll collaborate on challenging projects with team members from many backgrounds and disciplines, increasing your understanding of complex business problems from diverse perspectives and developing new skills and experience to help you at every stage of your career—at BCG and beyond.
  • Consulting work is varied and rigorous, much of it performed at our client sites.
  • Projects can vary in length, size, and location, depending on the client’s challenge.
  • Because our clients operate all over the world, you may travel internationally.

Requirements

  • MBA students with graduation dates between November 2026 - September 2027 are welcome to apply!
  • You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of your home office.
  • As a member of that office, it is expected you will be in the office as directed.
  • Obtain a valid driver’s license and passport within six months of employment.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary performance bonus
  • BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution
  • Zero dollar (\$0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
  • Low \$10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
  • Dental coverage, including up to \$5,000 (USD) in orthodontia benefits
  • Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
  • Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
  • Fully vested retirement contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not
  • Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and annual office closure between Christmas and New Years
  • Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
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