International Opportunities

Our Associate Abroad and Ambassador Programs are exciting opportunities offered to outstanding performers who have been with the company for the requisite period of time (9 to 12 months for associates; 12 to 24 months for consultants). If you are eligible for the program, you can nominate the offices in which you would like to work, and we will do our best to find a place for you in one of them.

As an Associate Abroad or Ambassador, you will be fully integrated into your host office, gaining valuable insights into the way business is done in a different environment, developing your international skills, experiencing new cultures, and building strong networks of BCG friends and colleagues from around the world.

There may come a time when you seek—for personal or business reasons—to transfer from one BCG office to another. This could involve a move to another office in the same country or to an office abroad. In these circumstances, we make every effort to accommodate your needs, consistent with the circumstances in the office to which you want to transfer and, of course, the needs of our clients and the business.

As a Social Impact Secondee, you typically spend 6 to 12 months working with one of our global social impact partners. As a secondee, you join the social-sector organization, developing the perspective of what it is like to work on the inside. You will be able to expand your own skill set while helping to meet tangible, critical goals for those most in need. As a Social Impact Secondee, you will maintain your links with BCG, no matter where in the world you are working.

BCG secondees have worked with our global partners the United Nations World Food Programme and Save the Children. Roles have ranged in location from Laos to London.

Beyond the Social Impact Secondment Program, BCG will also help you find opportunities to work with other nonprofit organizations on a leave-of-absence basis. Our staff have taken Social Impact LOAs with organizations ranging from TechnoServe to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to Endeavor.

Client Secondments offer you the chance to work at a BCG client, to understand what it is like “on the other side of the table.” We support these assignments, which typically last about a year or more, and they can be inside or outside your home-office country. You can take on a range of roles in client businesses while at the same time maintaining your links with BCG colleagues and drawing on BCG for support.