People Transformation Change Manager in London

The KPMG Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from London, we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise. KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We have supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We have proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

As the digital workplace changes, CEOs are prioritising the people aspects of transformation including change, learning, skills, and workforce planning. AI is increasing the skills gap, creating significant demand for re-skilling and up-skilling, and opportunities to help clients design learning and workforce solutions. This is an exciting time to be joining our team! You will have the opportunity to work with FTSE100 clients across a broad range of industries, including Energy, Telecoms, Retail, Life Sciences and Aerospace & Defence, shape our approach to learning and workforce transformation and further develop our brand and capability.

We are looking for a skilled professional who shares our enthusiasm for the potential of people focussed consulting solutions. This individual should be committed to making a meaningful difference for both individuals and organisations, while contributing to the development of innovative solutions and helping us position ourselves as thought leaders in the field.

You will join our People Consulting Practice which is an integral part of KPMG Advisory and is a growing part of our business. This team helps to transform organisations by focusing on the people lens of any transformation. We do this by focusing on 4 key capability areas:

• Learning Solutions
• Workforce Transformation
• People Centric Transformation
• HR Transformation

Across these capabilities we support our clients around: digitally enabled employee engagement; skills and capabilities; learning transformation, agile organisation and workforce; shaping the future of the workforce; people change and leadership capability; value-driving efficient and cost-effective HR, powered by tech.

Description of role: We are seeking a manager, with experience in large scale transformations who will bring experience, insight, and energy to drive complex solutions for our clients. We are specifically looking for an individual who has experience in one or more areas of change and transformation management, org design and development, learning solutions, skills and capability analysis, future strategic workforce planning, and an understanding of AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience of consulting with large, complex clients.

What will you be doing?

• Work closely with FTSE 100 clients primarily across a diverse set of corporate clients, for example Energy, FMCG, Telco, Pharma, Life Sciences, and Media.
• Lead People Consulting projects and workstreams with a small team of consultants, to drive business change, integrating across large multi-disciplinary programme teams and providing direction and knowledge on the people side of the solution/implementation.
• Build and manage existing relationships with clients, and support in generating new client opportunities.
• Take a lead role in continuing to innovate our People Consulting tools and assets.
• Take a lead in knowledge sharing and developing skills internally across our team.
• Be a coach for consultants helping them to develop and progress their careers.

What will you need to do it?

You will ideally have proven consultancy experience in helping clients to shape and deliver their People, Organisational Design, Talent, Skills and Workforce transformation programmes and solutions:

• Change management experience, particularly supporting large technology transformations.
• Previous Consulting experience across a range of Organisational Design, Workforce Transformation, Learning/talent strategy & planning.
• Skills and capability assessment and designing a skills-based organisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of how AI tools can be used to enhance people and change strategies.
• Stakeholder management including defining the right solution for clients based on their unique context and needs.
• Leadership alignment across workstreams.
• Have ‘core consulting’ experience in developing proposals, managing teams and project risks, influencing upwards both internally and externally, and leading through complexity and ambiguity.

Our Locations: We are open to talk to Managers – People Consulting in the UK as this is where the team is based. London or Manchester. With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.