Head of Strategy Consulting - London, United Kingdom - LPS New Zealand

Description

Be in the driving seat of your own career - Create an impact

• Accelerate Business Performance
• Sydney Based

About Expert360:

Expert360 empowers more than 42,000 (and growing) elite professionals around the world to find great work and be successful.

We are Australia and New Zealand's #1 skilled talent network, where you can engage carefully hand-picked talent that plugs seamlessly into your team, goals, mission and culture, helping you strategically scale your team.

Expert360 was founded in 2013 with a simple but powerful mission - to connect amazing people with great companies to get important work done.

We believe in choice, flexibility and empowerment. We believe if you can change the world of work, you can change the world.

We're now at a pivotal moment in time - how, when and where work gets done is shifting rapidly.

If you are driven by new challenges, making an impact, hustle and great growth opportunities then this is the place to be.

Come and join us in defining and bringing to life the future of work


About the Role:

Have you been thinking about what's next?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a

Head of Strategy Consulting to join our Expert360 team based in the beautiful

Sydney, Australia. As the Senior Strategy Manager you will join a thriving community of passionate Experts and will take a lead in driving out the development and execution of robust enterprise strategies on behalf of our clients.

As the Head of Strategy Consulting you will play a key role working as part of our strategy team and will be responsible for supporting the delivery of our clients most important strategic initiatives, creating plans and strategies to amplify transformation and long-term growth, as well as driving the company's strategic objectives forward.

You will be responsible for the delivery of strategic projects including ensuring interdependencies, critical paths and deliverable dates are aligned and achievable.

We are seeking an energetic, adaptable consulting leader with a diverse set of strategic management tools who can work well with stakeholders and partner at all levels.

An ability to think critically, plan and execute effectively, lead change management and be comfortable with ambiguity.

Ideally you will be an individual with a strong corporate strategy background, with previous experience working for a recognized global Management Consultancy firms such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Kearney, LEK, Roland Berger, along with a blend of industry and consulting experience with excellent c-suite stakeholder engagement skills.

This role will allow you to be in the driving seat of your own career, with great opportunities to grow both laterally and upward


You will be responsible for:

• Plan and lead discussions with leadership and stakeholders to drive initiatives forward.
• Develop tools and templates to provide the Executive team visibility into project progress and enable escalation of roadblocks
• Managing strategic projects utilising problem solving frameworks
• Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and issues, and escalate to leadership as required
• Lead specific workstreams, owning deliverables and driving completion of strategic projects
• Manage stakeholder expectations and drive change management to ensure alignment to program goals and deliverables
• Manage the strategic portfolio of activities across key identified areas of need

To be successful you will have:

• 6-9 years relevant work experience within a management consulting firm such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG or the likes of Kearney, LEK, Monitor Deloitte etc.
• Strong demonstrated experience in both implementation and ownership of the completed project deliverables (ROI and benefits realisation)
• Ability to execute against strategic initiatives, identifying solutions, expected results and leading successful deployment of solutions
• Proven relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to be able to effectively communicate, collaborate and influence senior executives and work across diverse business groups
• Experience leading high performing teams
• Ability to identify, manage and monitor remediation of any potential risks and impediments that affect program scope, schedule, and quality, escalating unresolved items in a timely manner
• Strong academic background in finance, business, or economics, MBA preferred
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen, analytical and problemsolving skills
• Ability to communicate complex topics and lead problemsolving from definition to implementation

Your Future with Expert360 - What we offer

• Growth
• A true meritocracy unrivaled opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. Be in the driving seat of your own career, with great opportunities to grow both laterally and upward.

• Flexibility

• A flexible approach to work enabling you to create a balanced life to achieve your work and life goals.

• Inclusivity

• Experience