Expert Consultant, Marketing (MarTech)

Location: Chicago, Minneapolis, or New York, United States; willingness and ability to travel as needed.

Annual salary ranges: $122,000–$146,500 in New York, $107,000–$128,500 in Illinois, and $97,000–$117,000 in Minnesota, plus an annual discretionary performance bonus.

Company

Bain & Company’s FRWD is a 200-person marketing acceleration community that partners with clients and agencies to solve complex marketing challenges and drive business results.

What you will do

• Drive key client workstreams, especially MarTech-related initiatives, and deliver results aligned with client expectations.
• Develop marketing diagnostics, performance perspectives, prioritized opportunities, and transformation recommendations.
• Lead analyses and produce accurate, insightful client materials using digital advertising, e-commerce, and other in-platform data.
• Develop testing plans and connect marketing insights to broader business goals and measurable impact.
• Partner with Bain consultants, client teams, agencies, and cross-functional stakeholders in blended teams.
• Contribute expertise, best practices, internal initiatives, recruiting, and FRWD strategy and operations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant marketing industry experience in an agency, brand, in-house, or technology-platform role, including clear leadership experience and a consistent career trajectory.
• 3–5+ years of MarTech experience, such as MarTech stack assessments, marketing automation, CDP implementations, or measuring ROI on MarTech investments.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA is not required.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, analytical, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to solve complex problems using a hypothesis-driven approach.
• Experience contributing to high-performing, cross-functional, integrated teams and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated proficiency in specific marketing domains, recognized by peers and superiors.
• Strong expertise in digital media, including media partners, products, and industry best practices.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and a positive, at-cause attitude.
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed.

Nice to have

• MBA degree.
• E-commerce and retail media experience.
• Marketing measurement and analytics expertise.
• Marketing technology expertise.
• GenAI in marketing, such as agentic search.
• B2B marketing experience.
• Client services experience from consulting, agency, or similar contexts.
• Relevant digital-channel certifications, such as Meta Blueprint, Google Ads, Amazon Ads, The Trade Desk Trading Academy, or Adobe Marketing Platform.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment within an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative environment.
• Annual discretionary performance bonus.
• 4.5% 401(k) company contribution, increasing after three years and fully vested upon start.
• Individual medical, dental, and vision premiums fully covered.
• Paid time off including parental leave, sick leave, and holidays.
• Paid life and long-term disability insurance, plus annual fitness reimbursements.