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Jens Baier leads Boston Consulting Group’s work in human resources (HR) in Central and South America, Europe, and the Middle East (CEMA). Since joining the firm in 2000, he has managed a wide range of projects, including HR excellence programs, migration of HR IT to cloud solutions, strategy development, large scale transformation, organizational redesign, role of the center definition, set up and optimization of shared services, and cost efficiency programs. He has worked with clients in a wide range of industries in Germany, Europe, the Middle East, and South Africa. 

Jens is a certified executive coach. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for Daimler Chrysler in Belgium, for EADS in Paris, and for Thyssen Krupp and Mercer Management Consulting in Munich. He did his apprenticeship at Deutag AG in Duisburg.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • Master in Management, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für
  • Unternehmensführung (WHU)

Publications and Videos

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Skill-Based Strategic Workforce Management: How to Prepare Organizations for the Future

The world of work is continuously evolving. This report explores how companies can adapt to the rapid changes, currently mostly driven by digital transformation and sustainability.
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How Work Preferences Are Shifting in the Age of GenAI: Decoding Global Talent 2024

What a survey of 150,000 people in 188 countries tells us about seeking and keeping work in the face of technological disruption.
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Decoding Global Talent 2024: Dream Destinations and Mobility Trends

What a study of 150,000 people in 188 countries tells us about where people will move for work—and why.
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How Generative AI Will Transform HR

HR is stepping into a future of more powerful core capabilities and stronger strategic leadership—and GenAI is central to this change.
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What Job Seekers Wish Employers Knew

A survey of 90,500 people shows how companies can successfully attract and hire the talent they need.
What the workforce in public sector wants

What the Public Sector Workforce Wants

What 11,000 workers around the world tell us about their ideal post-pandemic workplace.
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Shifting Skills, Moving Targets, and Remaking the Workforce

Our analysis of more than 15 million job postings reveals the future of work.
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What the Industrial Goods Workforce Wants

A global survey of 16,600 industrial sector employees reveals changing attitudes about work, what’s important on the job, and the training needed to stay ahead.
Decoding the Digital Talent Challenge

Decoding the Digital Talent Challenge

In a global survey, 9,900 digital workers shared their attitudes about remote work, job change, and what their ideal workplace should offer. Employers, take note.
What the Insurance Workforce Wants

What the Insurance Workforce Wants

What employees in the industry tell us about remote work, job preferences, automation, and learning.

BCG x WFPMA Webinar: Revisiting a Success Story

A look at the key insights and findings of the 2021 Creating People Advantage study, followed by a panel discussion featuring experts from both organizations.

Organizations Must Prepare Now for the Future of Work

Jens Baier, managing director and senior partner at BCG, sees a strong need for action to redefine the way we work and the way organizations operate and collaborate.