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WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world’s best places to work. We are currently the #1 ranked consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list and have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor’s list since its founding in 2009. Extraordinary teams are at the heart of our business strategy, but these don’t happen by chance. They require intentional focus on bringing together a broad set of backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills in a supportive and inclusive work environment. We hire people with exceptional talent and create an environment in which every individual can thrive professionally and personally. WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH You’ll join the Product, Practice and Knowledge (PPK) group as part of the Customer Practice. 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 is considered a business unit of Bain. The primary role of the Practice is to drive commercial growth, build and deepen Bain’s expertise, and continually innovate to ensure Bain is best positioned to solve clients’ most pressing challenges. The Director of Product Management is part of the leadership team of the Customer Experience Transformation (CXT) Solution within the practice and leads a cross-functional team in building AI / tech products,
collaborating closely with technical and innovation groups across Bain. WHAT YOU’LL DO **Your core responsibilities will include**:
AI / tech strategy and leadership
- Own the outcome-based roadmap for AI / tech products in the portfolio, including integration with tech products / components owned by other solutions - grounded in client / user needs, technical constraints, and future-back vision
- Stay on top of industry and technology trends and the competitor ecosystem, balancing what's possible with what serves the Solution vision and maintaining a PoV on build / buy / partner
- Role model continuous AI / tech innovation by leading discovery efforts to test hypotheses, validating what's valuable for clients / users, and turning Bain IP and insights into tangible products and client-facing offerings
- Mentor a team of product managers that lead individual innovations and build a high-performance culture
- Define and execute quarterly objectives and key results, continuously measuring and reporting on progress and direct decisions on the product backlog, positioning, budgeting, pricing, and go-to-market strategy Delivery and execution
- Drive AI / tech innovation throughout the product lifecycle: - Ideate + discover with internal stakeholders, potential clients and users
- Test + learn with Lighthouse clients (leveraging insights to generate IP and data assets)
- Scale successful innovations to drive consulting revenue and client outcomes
- Evolve to stay differentiated and market competitive
- Measure + collect continuous feedback internally and externally
- Deliver cross-product strategic initiatives, reporting progress and outcomes to senior leadership
- Draft business pla
📌 Director, Customer Practice Digital Solutions (Cxt) (Milano)
🏢 Bain
📍 Milano