Description & Requirements




WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK



Bain & Company is one of the top management consulting firms in the world that helps the world's most ambitious changemakers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperforming the competition, and redefining industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. We are over 1000 business professionals - serving functions in operations, HR, finance, legal, tech, marketing, research, and data analytics - who support our offices globally. Our mantra of "shared innovation, seamless execution," underpinned by a passion for results, teamwork, and creativity, helps Bain stay at the top of our game operationally.




WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH



This role organizationally sits within Next Generation Software Solutions (NGSS), which partners closely with Industry and Capability Practices to bring Bain's IP to life through the development and growth of tools, technologies, services, and support capabilities. In this role, you will be a part of the Coro team. Coro is Bain's product development and engineering organization for the firm's digital solutions supporting B2B commercial strategy, helping B2B clients accelerate top-line growth through pricing, sales, and go-to-market transformation. Coro brings together product, technology, data, and services to build and operate proprietary solutions that create differentiated value for Bain's clients and case teams.



The Manager, Product Management, is supporting the end-to-end discovery, development and delivery of all features/functionality for a proprietary AI-enabled product embedded in Bain's consulting work, translating the needs of case teams and B2B commercial experts into scalable, reliable software. Working with a dedicated Technology Lead and a cross-functional team spanning engineering, data, DevOps, and consulting, you will make day-to-day scope and delivery trade-offs, align key decisions with senior stakeholders across Bain, and ensure they are implemented, helping case teams deliver better, faster, and more enduring client results.




WHAT YOU'LL DO:




Discovery and Delivery Execution



• Work directly with Bain consultants, B2B commercial experts, and senior stakeholders to identify customer and business needs and market trends, surface opportunities for using AI in project delivery, define requirements, experiment to validate, and convert them into product decisions



• Partner daily with the Technology Lead, engineers, data specialists, designers, and other contributors to resolve ambiguity, evaluate trade-offs, and keep delivery moving



• Drive successful product releases, adoption and retention through internal and external enablement activities




Product Strategy, Planning and Operations



• Understand the broader Bain vision, relevant consulting solution(s) and software-enabled consulting strategy to contribute to the execution of product strategy in partnership with the Practice



• Produce concise, decision-ready product artifacts, including problem statements, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, roadmap recommendations, and senior stakeholder updates



• Develop and execute product roadmap and OKRs to achieve product objectives, including product positioning, budgeting, pricing, and go-to-market strategy



• Define and monitor measures of adoption, quality, reliability, and value; communicate outcomes, risks, and dependencies to leadership; Support alignment of the product vision and way forward across diverse stakeholder groups




Product Mindset and Customer Insights



• Implement product management and software development best practices to maximize value delivery, surface tradeoffs, manage risks and optimize processes; train and educate others



• Deeply understand client workflows and use cases, and track and analyze key metrics, voice of the customer, and user feedback to provide insights to the business and development, informing product decisions




Collaboration and Influence



• Lead cross-functional development teams as an agile product owner, guiding iterative development processes and maintaining a groomed, prioritized product backlog



• Actively participate in department initiatives, contributing to departmental best practices and facilitating training to exchange ideas and solve problems



• May take on management responsibilities; participate in onboarding and new hire training




ABOUT YOU




• Are passionate about reimagining how consulting work is done and building innovative tools that enable case teams to deliver measurable, lasting client results



• Proactively take ownership and responsibility of product outcomes, move quickly in ambiguous environments, communicate directly, create clarity, and help cross-functional teams make sound decisions without waiting for perfect information



• Earn the trust of Bain consultants, B2B commercial experts, and engineers through technical fluency, crisp judgment, and a willingness to engage directly with the details



• Combine user-centered product judgment with delivery and systems rigor, caring both about the experience of Bain case teams and the secure, reliable foundations that make quality repeatable across engagements




Required qualifications



• Associate's/bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.



• Five to eight years' professional experience, including experience in a strategy consulting setting, ideally involving B2B growth, pricing, sales, go-to-market transformation, data-intensive products, or technology delivery.



• Demonstrated experience steering software development projects or product workstreams from problem definition through delivery, including working directly with engineers and managing priorities, requirements, decisions, and stakeholders.



• Software and technology expertise gained through relevant academic study, software delivery, or technology-focused consulting work; sufficient technical depth to evaluate feasibility and trade-offs credibly with engineers and data specialists.



• Applied understanding of generative AI, demonstrated through practical work and the ability to assess capabilities, limitations, output quality, risks, and appropriate safeguards.



• Strong product judgment and structured problem solving, including the ability to prioritize competing needs and make sound decisions without perfect information.



• Excellent written and oral communication and the ability to effectively communicate across all levels, fostering collaboration and buy-in through clear and credible communication with (senior) Bain stakeholders.



• Ability to lead through influence, collaborate across consulting and technical teams, and take responsibility for outcomes in a fast-moving environment.