
Consultant, Advanced Degree, United States
Required skills
- MD
- JD
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Medical trainee
- Practicing physician
- Business strategy
- Client site
- Travel
- Driver's license
- Passport
Nice to have
- Non-business masters students
Role summary
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is seeking individuals with advanced degrees for a Consultant role in the United States. This position offers an accelerated path for personal and professional growth, working on transformative projects with diverse teams. Responsibilities include tackling complex business challenges, collaborating with clients, and contributing to organizational growth and competitive advantage. The role requires strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, along with the ability to travel and work extended hours. Candidates must possess a relevant advanced degree (PhD, MD, JD, etc.) and be prepared for a hybrid work environment with client site engagement.
Who We Are
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.
What You'll Do
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.
What You'll Bring
This job listing is for those who fall into one of the below advanced degree programs or pathways and are looking to start full-time with BCG in either April 2027 or August 2027. Non-business masters students who have not previously earned a doctorate should apply through our Associate process.
- PhD or equivalent (e.g., EdD, PsyD, ScD/DSc, DBA)
- MD or equivalent (e.g., DO, MBBS, PharmD)
- JD or equivalent (e.g., LLB with licensure to practice)
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Medical trainee (e.g. resident, intern, fellow)
- Practicing physician
Additional info
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. This role puts you on an accelerated path of personal and professional growth and development and so, at times, requires extended working hours. Our work often requires travel to client sites. Therefore, our expectation is that you will obtain a valid driver’s license and passport within six months of employment.
FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: BCG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of administering all employment decisions and actions without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
The first year base compensation for this role is:
Consultant: $190,000 USD Annually
In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible for an annual discretionary performance bonus and BCG’s Profit Sharing and Retirement Fund (PSRF) contribution. BCG also provides a market leading benefits package described below.
At BCG, we are committed to offering a comprehensive benefit program that includes everything our employees and their families need to be well and live life to the fullest. We pay the full cost of medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees – and their eligible family members.* That’s zero dollars in premiums taken from employee paychecks. All our plans provide best in class coverage:
- 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
*Employees, spouses, and children are covered at no cost. Employees share in the cost of domestic partner coverage.
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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