Practice Consultant

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

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 Partners
,
other 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

• Use product thinking to shape digital and AI-enabled sustainability solutions — translating customer or user needs into actionable features and priorities
• Contribute to digital and AI scaling efforts by identifying opportunities to embed automation, analytics, and emerging technologies that enhance delivery and impact
• Provide hands-on support for clients and case teams, for example in leveraging technology solution
• Assess and recommend AI and digital tools, guiding build vs. buy decisions and leading third-party vendor assessments for sustainability-related technologies
• Support development and piloting of AI-driven sustainability solutions by forging strategic partnerships with technology providers and/or building and testing proof-of-concept models in collaboration with engineering teams
• Identify issues, create hypotheses, and execute analysis; translate data into meaningful insights; present recommendations to key decision-makers

PRACTICE STRATEGY, PLANNING, AND REPORTING

• Contribute to a culture of innovation by surfacing new ideas, sharing learnings from pilots, and championing the use of emerging technologies within the practice
• Monitor developments in AI and emerging technologies and help translate these into practical insights, tools, or trainings to upskill colleagues across the practice
• Manage and prioritize a product management backlog of Sustainability related IP items
• Provide direct proposal support
• 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
• Support impact tracking and feedback loops for piloted tools and IP to inform iteration and broader scaling
• 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

Experience

• Current or former top-tier management consultant or equivalent experience, or experience as a product manager or strategy lead at a technology firm
• Demonstrated product thinking: able to frame user needs, inform feature prioritization, and guide digital solution development in partnership with technical teams
• Demonstrated experience engaging with technical topics and tools (e.g., Python, OpenAI APIs, Azure)
• Familiarity with machine learning workflows and tools (e.g., model training, evaluation, or deployment), with the ability to collaborate effectively with data scientists/ML engineers
• Experience working in fast-evolving, ambiguous environments — such as internal innovation teams or digital incubators
• Demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills, and a proven self-starter
• 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 Sustainability, digital innovation, and AI
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and tools (e.g., Python, R, OpenAI APIs), with an applied understanding of how they can create business value
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize effectively, and deliver results in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with technical and non-technical teams, including engineers, product managers, and sustainability experts
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas into clear, executive-friendly narratives (including in PowerPoint)
• Ability to communicate technical or digital concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• 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
• A strong team player, acts in an at-cause manner
• Maturity to manage highly confidential information
• Knowledge of Bain's operating model, processes, and business functions (internal candidates only)
• Fluency in English