Manager - Senior Manager - Private Sector, HR Transformation

With over 1,000 professionals in the UK, our Human Capital practice is renowned for providing distinctive depth and breadth of HR and Organisational Transformation services to clients undertaking complex major programmes. Our HR Consulting offering consistently innovates and drives HR and Workforce Transformation for some of the largest UK private sector organisations and well-known global brands. In HR Consulting, you will be joining a rapidly growing part of the business that partners with our clients to help them with HR Transformation and transitioning to the Future of Work. This could be building a new people and workforce strategy, employee brand, employee value proposition, reward model, implementing a new HR operating model, redesigning end to end talent processes, development and capability pathways and everything in between.

As a Manager in the team, you will work closely with the Directors and Partners to make a difference by really influencing and shaping the strategic development of the team. You will also have the commercial experience necessary to build and develop significant new business opportunities for the Firm - focused on the development of senior client relationships within Human Capital across the Private (Consumer, Energy, Life Sciences and Technology) sector. In doing so, you will also build a level of eminence in the marketplace that gives you the platform to support the Firm's growth ambitions over the long-term - as well as building high-performance teams around you to support these growth plans.

As a Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Leading HR Consulting projects to drive HR transformation.
• The role will focus on transforming HR functions across the Private Sector.
• Elements can include the transformation or creation of the HR vision and strategy, HR Operations, HR Shared Services, HR process design and technology alignment, Capability development, HR Assessment and Business Case development and the transformation and delivery of the overall HR Service Delivery Model in line with business and HR strategic requirements.
• Managing the design, development and delivery of specific HR interventions, frameworks, or solutions to meet customer needs across a range of areas including but not limited to learning & talent strategies, employee experience interventions, reward and benefits strategies, people technology, recruitment.
• Leading several multi-disciplinary work streams of Consultants and Senior Consultants to deliver against client objectives.
• Providing insight, innovation and thought leadership to clients on the latest thinking across HR including how to structure a HR function and drive value through HR Shared Services, Centres of Expertise and HR Business Partners.
• Using a strong understanding of market trends and the financial aspects of HR programmes and strategies to advise clients on market and cost effectiveness solutions.
• Planning, scoping, and shaping the HR elements of major projects and programmes.
• Establishing good working relationships cross Consulting competencies and other Deloitte service lines.
• Having a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them, having a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture.
• Playing a key role in pre-sales and bid development.
• Reporting on client project risks and opportunities.
• Applying commercial acumen when pricing propositions and projects in line with Deloitte frameworks, tools and methodologies.
• Actively contributing to the growth of the business by identifying and delivering sales opportunities.
• Offering a strong and compelling point of view around HR related matters and issues, such that it builds the credibility of the UK business.

To be successful in this role, you will be a subject matter expert leading multiple, high-profile projects and bids, whilst developing innovative thought leadership. You will have the opportunity to learn from the best in the business and help recruit the best people, coach, and support them whilst driving activity such as proposition development and marketing.

Expertise in managing or leading across one or more of the following areas: HR operations, HR transformation programmes, enabling HR technologies, shared services, HR organisation design or a specialist HR area (e.g. learning, recruitment, benefits, reward, performance, talent).

Deep expertise in HR Operating Model design and implementation for large global private sector organisations.

Full understanding of the strategic and operational drivers of the HR function and the value it brings to any organisation.

Track record in leading and managing the successful delivery of large, complex programmes / engagements including planning, project governance, risk management and financials to meet agreed KPI’s.

Awareness of HR and related market trends and a passion and appetite to explore further and bring new thinking into everyday.

Excellent facilitation, communication and data analysis skills and a natural ability to influence others.

Have an ability to manage senior stakeholders effectively and manage complex and diverse client scenarios, focusing on high quality and delivery through others even in high pressured, time critical situations.

Be acutely aware of risk management and managing risks associated with people, process, systems, change and commercials.

Track record in account development, business and relationship development and the ability to identify and act upon opportunities to build and develop Deloitte's HR Transformation practice footprint, including commercial and financial management of projects.

Strong organizational skills with experience of managing, developing and supporting team members.

Experience of managing and delivering HR Transformational change in an external client facing consulting role.

Experience of working in the Private Sector industry (Consumer, Energy, Life Sciences or Technology).

Exceptional communication skills, able to articulate complex ideas to all levels of an organisation, and effectively lead and manage all key stakeholders and team members, resolving issues, competing demands and conflicts.

Our hybrid working policy allows you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

We are committed to creating an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.