Senior Transformation Manager - Ernst & Young

The Team and the opportunity

If you are looking to join a dynamic and diverse team delivering large-scale transformation programme consultancy services, come and talk to EY's Transformation Delivery team about the opportunities we can offer you. To continue the successful growth of our TD team within EY's Consulting practice, we are looking for experienced, motivated people who have previously worked in programme and project management, business or digital transformation roles, either in industry or in a client-side advisory role to join our team.

About TD in EY:

Our TD team sits within the Business Consulting pillar of EY's Consulting practice. With a clear purpose of 'building a better working world', EY's TD team is committed to delivering exceptional client services across a range of sectors across the Island of Ireland. In EY, our approach to delivering exceptional programme/project management and transformation services for our clients is underpinned by three defining features of our approach:

• We provide transformation and project management capability to clients to help them deliver transformational projects and programmes that deliver real business value.
• We work with a diverse group of clients across a range of sectors including government and public sector, energy and utilities, transport, education, consumer products, and retail.
• We collaborate with EY teams to bring the best of EY to our clients which includes a full suite of consultancy services.

Your key responsibilities

In order to grow EY's successful TD business we are looking for experienced Senior Managers who will be responsible for:

• Managing and delivering large-scale transformation programmes and projects to time, cost and quality;
• Leading the delivery of major project and programme activities, including business process design, testing and end user training involving multiple cross functional stakeholders.
• Building valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and developing a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities;
• Ensuring the consistent delivery of excellent, high-quality work products by EY teams, providing a platform to build and maintain our global brand, reputation and purpose.
• Acting as a subject matter resource in one or more areas, leveraging your knowledge and experience to shape services for clients;
• Leading presentations and proposals for medium to high complex projects and providing subject matter insight to bids and proposals in relevant areas;
• Creating innovative commercial insights for clients, adapting methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contributing to thought leadership;
• Driving improvements by taking responsibility for engagement/account level Quality & Risk Management (QRM) initiatives, ensuring that project teams understand and comply with our Q&R requirements.

• Assisting in client account management activities such as recruitment for the project team, managing financial aspects of client engagements, and quality and risk management;
• Building valued relationships with clients and colleagues to assist in generating new business opportunities for EY;
• Leading and supporting presentations and proposals for elements of medium to high complex projects to prospective and existing clients;
• Communicating effectively with EY senior management and working to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams;
• Understanding EY's service offerings and actively identifying opportunities to better serve our clients;
• Building strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other services lines;
• Supporting team development activities, including: Supporting, coaching, and mentoring activities; Conducting performance reviews and contributing to performance feedback; Contributing to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training activities;
• Understanding, following and communicating workplace policies and procedures.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Experience in a management consulting or similar advisory role in industry or the public sector.
• Approximately over 8 years of Project Management experience of managing and delivering large-scale projects, and transformation programmes, including project planning and monitoring, resource management (including project finances), benefits realisation, etc.
• Experience as a client-facing project manager, using waterfall methodologies across one or more of our focus sectors (government and public sector, energy and utilities, transport, education, consumer products and retail).
• Ideal candidates will have agile certifications such as Professional Scrum Master / Product Owner, SAFe Scrum Master / Product Owner.
• Ideal candidates will have multidisciplinary experience including project management, business process design, testing the solution and end user training.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a track record in managing complex stakeholder programmes;
• Good understanding of project governance and change management principles;
• Strong 3rd level educational qualifications.
• Additional professional qualifications, such as PRINCE2® or PMP, are desirable.
• Additional areas of interest include: process improvement, agile methodologies, and business case development.

You must have full working rights to work in Ireland to be considered for this role.