Practice Consultant, Performance Improvement (AI)

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Company

Bain & Company is a global consulting firm supporting clients through strategy, performance improvement, product development, and business transformation.

What you will do

• Build and refresh diagnostics, tools, sales plays, benchmarks, and points of view for the Capital Projects Acceleration and Engineering & R&D practices.
• Develop expertise in schedule acceleration, capital operating models, quantitative risk, engineering productivity, and related priority areas.
• Use AI tools for research, analysis, and content development, and help build AI-enabled tools for client diagnostics and decision-making.
• Enable case and client teams through practice-IP application, onboarding, bootcamps, and connections with specialists and affiliates.
• Support proposals, pitches, sales plays, commercialization, competitive insights, and go-to-market activities.
• Strengthen the practice ecosystem through partner relationships, affiliate networks, knowledge management, events, business operations, and coaching of junior team members.

Requirements

• Current or recent consulting experience, ideally at Consultant or Manager level.
• Typically 4–8 years of professional services experience, or 4–5 years with an MBA or Master’s degree, plus an undergraduate degree.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, including the ability to turn analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Ability to independently drive workstreams from start to finish and deliver high-quality outcomes with limited oversight.
• Curiosity and technical aptitude, with the ability to understand capital projects and engineering/R&D organizations quickly.
• Accuracy with quantitative data and analytical tools, plus hands-on experience using AI tools for research, analysis, and content development.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including executive-level materials, and confidence engaging senior stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset with interest in business development, proposals, and go-to-market activities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and functions in a global environment, adapt to dynamic initiatives, and continuously learn and improve.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or supporting junior team members.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment.
• Work in a supportive and inclusive environment that brings together diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, perspectives, and skills.
• Collaborate with practice leaders, partners, Knowledge Management, Centers of Excellence, case teams, Marketing, Business Development, and external partners.
• Contribute to practices that are evolving as AI changes how projects are planned, engineered, and delivered.