Practice Area Lead - Senior Researcher, Data and Research Service (DRS), Research Unit, CKA
Pros
It is not back-end or back office or any such synonymous teams DRS is a profit center for BCG and is specialist capability hub that provides specific research and competitive intelligence services to BCG's clients together with the consulting staff A very critical capability hub within BCG system - 7 out 10 consultants say that DRS insights are very important and critical during a case engagement; Rest 3 have not yet interacted with DRS team Any type of consulting is 50% research and CI, 20% analysis, 20% insights and inference generation, and 10% recommendation and implementation Great work life balance Opportunity to innovate within the boundaries of business needs Opportunity to work with smart new hires from best undergrad schools such as DTU, NSIT, Hindu Great team culture - focus on enjoyment with work - management does try to host team bonding events in every quarter and two annual offsite events Learning is central to everything - a lot can be learned - depends on the willingness of the associate researchers and researchers - one needs to ask the PA Lead, this is not college where PA lead will come and teach, ARs and Rs need to take the initiative Good opportunity to learn the functioning of a leading consulting company from the inside Support and time given to build specialization in topics/ sectors/ industries however overall effort of specialization should align with overall vision of the business
Cons
Sometimes seriousness is lost in too many team bonding activities; however PA Leads bring balance to this Some more clarity of role of DRS in overall organization is needed - it was easier to communicate this in early years of DRS and instill sense of important function but with growth in size, new effective ways need to be identified; again PA Leads and Management is working on this No track for lateral movement to consulting Fresher heavy bottom of organization pyramid and lean middle layer of lateral hires
