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Boston Consulting Group

Global strategy and transformation consulting firm

Housing & Delegate Management Director - Meeting & Events Digital

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLisbon, PortugalNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in consulting, program management, or digital operations management, preferably in a global professional services or enterprise context.
  • Demonstrated leadership of large-scale, complex event service portfolios with measurable financial, customer, or operational impact.
  • Proven success managing large, global teams.
  • Expertise in digital platforms such as Cvent, mobile apps, and artificial intelligence tools, with a strong understanding of compliance, risk, and data governance in events.
  • Strong change management experience, including integrating teams and processes across functions.
  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • Willingness to travel 10–20%.
  • Strong service mindset and collaborative style.
  • Analytical thinking, strong judgment, pragmatism, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the strategy for the Digital, Housing & Delegate Management service, aligning it with firmwide priorities in digital, artificial intelligence, and customer experience.
  • Shape the service portfolio across registration, digital platforms, and housing to ensure scalability, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement.
  • Champion digital event design and curate platforms and registration touchpoints to deliver inclusive and seamless end-to-end participant journeys.
  • As category manager for the service, ensure the supplier mix meets business needs and service delivery expectations.
  • Partner with IT, Procurement, Marketing, Recruiting, and other functions to integrate the service into enterprise digital and event strategies.
  • Represent the service on the Extended Meetings & Events Leadership team.
  • Oversee highly complex, multi-region event services.
  • Establish global standards and playbooks for quality assurance, General Data Protection Regulation compliance, and supplier accountability.
  • Identify and mitigate risks across data, legal, and vendor domains to safeguard the organization's brand and financial interests.
  • Champion adoption of tools such as Cvent, Orbit, and artificial intelligence-enabled platforms to streamline workflows, improve data capture, and enhance stakeholder experiences.
  • Develop the team from platform builders into digital event designers, applying creativity, data insights, and design thinking to attendee engagement before, during, and after events.
  • Collaborate with event owners and senior stakeholders to co-design digital engagement strategies that extend event impact into community, learning, and affiliation.
  • Lead service digitization, embedding automation and analytics to improve cost efficiency, attendee experience, participant insights, and operational resilience.
  • Bring external industry benchmarks and innovations into the organization and position the function as a thought leader in digital events.
  • Lead a global team of 11 full-time employees and seven contingent staff.
  • Build an inclusive, high-performance culture balancing empowerment with accountability, and mentor, coach, and develop team members to improve capability and retention.
  • Equip the team with the skills, tools, and mindset to advise stakeholders as digital experience architects.
  • Serve as the senior point of contact for executive stakeholders and translate technical and operational issues into clear recommendations and trade-offs.
  • Advise senior leadership and influence budget, scope, and digital priorities for flagship events.
  • Lead cross-functional steering groups to evolve services for enterprise and client-facing needs.
  • Partner across the Global Meetings & Events team, IT, Practice Areas, and Executive functions.
  • Manage strategic supplier relationships to secure value, service, and innovation.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA or Juris Doctor degree is preferred.
  • Experience in a global professional services or enterprise context is preferred.

About the Company

Boston Consulting Group

Global strategy and transformation consulting firm

BCG provides global management consulting, advising leaders in strategy and transformation across industries, with expertise in M&A, operations, pricing, sustainability, and AI. BCG X builds AI solutions, digital products, and new ventures by combining engineers, data scientists, designers, and venture builders for clients. Specialist units Inverto, Platinion, and Quantis support procurement, IT architecture, and sustainability, while the BCG Henderson Institute supplies research. The goal is to help clients achieve lasting performance improvements and durable value through strategic advisory plus hands-on technology execution.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1963

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