**Strategic Growth Leader**

**Business Transformation Opportunity**

We are seeking an experienced professional to drive strategic initiatives that propel profitable growth for our global businesses.

This role offers a unique blend of challenge and opportunity, allowing you to engage with key stakeholders and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement across a global organization.

As a highly skilled Business Transformation & Strategy Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing complex international programs and projects, ensuring successful delivery of key strategic initiatives.

You will collaborate closely with C-Suite stakeholders to gain effective buy-in and ensure the availability of organizational resources. Your expertise in designing and implementing target operating models (TOM) and M&A type projects will enable alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage highly complex, broad, and/or multi-year international programs and projects, ensuring successful delivery of key strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with C-Suite stakeholders to gain effective buy-in and ensure the availability of organizational resources.
• Design and implement target operating models (TOM) and M&A type projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Develop detailed program delivery roadmaps, including resources, outcomes, schedules, costs, assumptions, dependencies, and business integration plans.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in design and delivery, providing guidance and support to the wider business in defining the right approaches and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose.
• Foster effective relationships with senior business partners and third-party vendors, facilitating timely decision-making and trade-offs.
• Ensure transparent and effective communication of progress, risks, and issues to key stakeholders, providing regular updates and escalating as necessary.
• Adhere to defined standards and governance structures, ensuring overall program delivery meets quality standards and objectives.
• Manage dependencies with other initiatives and negotiate resource requirements with executive management when faced with conflicting priorities.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Overall 10+ years of professional services experience with minimum of 5 years of related experience in designing and implementing changes to operating models, preferably, in a management consulting setup.
• Demonstrated experience as a Program Manager leading large and complex programs across matrix structured organizations, ideally across continents/regions.
• Proven track record in managing and coordinating implementation with teams across different locations, including off-shoring/near-shoring teams.
• Strong understanding of change management principles and the ability to drive sustainable changes within the organization.
• Excellent communication and diplomacy skills, with the ability to guide, influence, and convince colleagues, leaders, and external stakeholders.
• Highly resourceful with outstanding problem-solving skills, able to drive innovative approaches to achieve desired outcomes.
• Analytical and quantitative mindset, using data and insights to shape direction and make informed decisions.
• Change management credentials, including experience leading people and clients through change journeys.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to operate and influence at the C-Suite level.
• Demonstrated experience in target operating models (TOM) and organizational change programs.

Benefits:

• MBA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Relevant program management qualification: MSP/PMI/APM or equivalent.
• Experience in Employee Benefits / Pensions / Investments or HR Consulting business and solutions is highly desirable, but not essential.
• Understanding of how to work with different cultures globally to deliver programs.

What makes you stand out:

• An exceptional individual who can lead and manage complex international programs and projects.
• A strategic thinker with a proven track record in driving sustainable changes within an organization.
• A strong communicator with excellent diplomacy skills and the ability to guide, influence, and convince colleagues, leaders, and external stakeholders.