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PMG: Strategic Hiring
PMG transformed its engineering team into forward-deployed engineers (FDEs) and now maintains a roster of more than 50 FDEs working with multiple clients simultaneously.
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The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening consulting executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-4.4pts) on signal share.
PMG: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Consulting median of 1 across 47 tracked companies; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 3 tracked across 98 days.
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