Senior Manager

About the Bridgespan Group

Founded in 2000, Bridgespan has offices in Boston, Johannesburg, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, and Singapore. Across these six locations, we have a diverse team of staff with varied backgrounds and experience across multiple sectors.

We work with social change organizations such as BRAC, CAMFED, the Harlem Children’s Zone, Janaagraha, Noora Health, PolicyLink, and UnidosUS; philanthropies such as the Tanoto Foundation and the Ford Foundation; impact investors such as TPG’s Rise Fund, ABC Impact, Black Ambition and the Impact Investors Council of India; and bold, collaborative initiatives such as TED’s Audacious Project, Blue Meridian Partners and Co-Impact.

We value diversity, passion, respect, candor, and most of all having a social impact and working towards societies characterized by equity and justice. Equity is central to all that we do. Our mission to break cycles of poverty is impossible if we do not also achieve equity and racial equity in the US, given the intersection of issues of race, gender, caste, etc., with poverty and justice. We are doing the essential work to build a team and leadership at all levels that is diverse, develop a truly inclusive culture, and integrate a focus on equity in all our client work.

As our firm's global footprint expands, we seek individuals who are enthusiastic about collaborating with teams across the globe. If you want to work with the market leader that bridges the worlds of game-changing philanthropists, social change leaders, and impact investors, then Bridgespan is the place for you.

About Bridgespan Southeast Asia

Bridgespan Southeast Asia is our newest office globally. Since our office opened, we have completed advisory projects on a range of issues, including education, climate, health, and many others and published several knowledge reports and articles. Our clients include prominent international and regional foundations doing work throughout Asia and beyond, such as the Tanoto Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and other large private family offices and trusts; impact investment funds such as ABC Impact; nonprofits such as Tenure Facility, the Asia Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW); ecosystem actors such as Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), and several other confidential engagements. Project examples include:

• Advising a family foundation in reorienting their philanthropy towards impact, including developing strategies for each of their issue areas
• Supporting sourcing and due diligence for a philanthropic collaborative
• Strengthening operating model for regional foundations that are experiencing rapid growth
• Supporting impact diligence and portfolio company success for impact funds
• Developing cross cutting sectoral knowledge reports, such as ‘Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Green Job Growth in Southeast Asia’, and ‘The Philanthropic Potential of Asia’s Rising Wealth’

Position

Bridgespan is currently seeking an experienced strategy consulting Senior Manager. Senior Managers who join Bridgespan traditionally are in good standing with a leading strategy consulting firm and join Bridgespan because of a passion to make greater social impact, a desire to work full time in the impact sector and a commitment to consistently apply an equity lens to the work. The Senior Manager role is viewed as a senior role within the firm, a true stepping-stone to Partner where consultants have developed expertise in team and client management, while also developing specific thought leadership in a practice area central to Bridgespan’s mission. Senior Managers overlook all the different workstreams within a case and are typically staffed on two projects on a time. They are also responsible for overseeing the formulation and implementation of equity centered strategic recommendations to improve the performance of Bridgespan’s clients. Senior Managers build and maintain client relationships, provide leadership and supervision across lines of difference to case team members and assume responsibility for the analytical process by which case teams create value

Responsibilities

Case Team Leadership

• Identify and articulate the key strategic and organizational challenges that impact Bridgespan’s clients
• Take ownership of the full case: solutions, drive solutions considering client needs beyond case, execution, synthesis, delivery; support client in implementing solutions
• Develop and manage a team across multiple complex workstreams to ensure the highest quality, data-driven analyses, and insights as well as implementation-ready solutions that enable effective client decision-making
• Provide operational leadership to the case team including well-scoped workplans to ensure on-time execution of key deliverables, balancing the fulfillment of team goals with the professional growth and satisfaction of individuals
• Effectively manage the formal and informal professional development of team members through skill planning, coaching, and performance feedback

Client Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative senior client relationships with respect to objectives, critical issues, work plan, implications, recommendations, potential risks/ roadblocks, and implementation plan
• Facilitate client decision making using all modes of communication: formal and informal; written and verbal (1-on-1, small group, large group presentation)
• Develop strong advisory relationships with senior clients, as well as other sector leaders, “above and beyond” the case work issues

Firm Contribution

• Lead and contribute to firm-building initiatives as a member of the Bridgespan management team (e.g., recruiting) as well as serve in various ad-hoc leadership capacities (e.g., office retreat, alumni relations, and community service activities)
• Lead the professional development of junior staff members, including participating in consensus reviews for non-team members
• Contribute to the firm’s knowledge strategy by developing and writing case studies, generating knowledge insights or research projects from client work that will be broadly applicable to others in the sector and serving as a subject matter resource to other case teams
• Contribute to the firm’s equity and global mindset priorities
• Begin to support relationship building and impact development opportunities

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of professional experience, with 4 years of consulting in a leading consulting firm and at least one year as Senior Manager type role as outlined above
• Significant demonstrated interest in the impact sector
• Proven ability to engage in strategic issues
• Significant experience in both process and project management
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills
• Ability to use data to drive insights
• Outstanding interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to build senior level client relationship
• Experience and proficiency with addressing issues of equity and systemic inequities in Southeast Asia/ Asia overall
• Ability to effectively supervise/ manage team members, including across lines of difference and build inclusive team environments
• Ability to meet deadlines, often within very tight timeframes
• Post graduate degree (MBA, MPP, MPA) preferred

At Bridgespan, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are passionate about helping our clients achieve breakthrough results. An organization that reflects the diversity of our clients and their beneficiaries will produce deeper relationships, engagement, and insights.

Bridgespan is committed to providing equal opportunities. We serve diverse organizations and are committed to non-discrimination. Bridgespan will not discriminate against any employee with respect to any term or condition of employment, including but not limited to less favorable treatment, exclusion from employment or employment opportunities (including hiring, assignment, performance assessment and promotion) on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, gender (including pregnancy), gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, expression, veteran’s status or other protected characteristics or status.

We actively partner with organizations representing minority concerns and interests to build high-performing teams that mirror the communities we serve. All company sponsored programs including training, job, social and recreational activities are required to be nondiscriminatory and all human resource practices are monitored to ensure equal opportunity.

Location

This position is based in Singapore, and we will seek to fill this vacancy by early September, 2025. We prefer candidates that have authorization to work in Singapore but are open to exploring visa sponsorships for the right candidate, particularly those from other Southeast Asian countries.

Operational details

Note that a cover letter is a required part of your application. Please submit your resume and cover letter in one combined PDF file. You can refer to Bridgespan webpage careers section for any additional details