Consulting, Technology Strategy & Transformation, Senior Manager

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
GPS X-Sector

Specialism
Technology Strategy

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance.

In technology strategy at PwC, you will specialise in developing and implementing strategic plans to leverage technology for business growth and innovation. You will analyse market trends, assess organisational needs, and provide guidance on technology investments and initiatives. Working in this area, you will collaborate with stakeholders to align technology strategies with overall business objectives to increase utilisation of technology resources, driving competitive advantage.

Meaningful work you'll be part of

As a Technology Strategy and Transformation Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Act as an expert in your areas of focus (i.e. enterprise architecture, including cloud technology, information, data, and business architecture)
• Strong communicator of turning complex concepts and strong facilitation working with broad technical teams and clients
• Facilitating the creation and evolution of architecture principles and standards to support decision-making, guiding development teams in creating secure, efficient, and adaptable AI solutions.
• Lead, and contribute to the delivery of business led technology enabled transformation programs
• Lead and manage diverse teams of motivated and talented individuals, contributing to their development and helping them reach their potential
• Identify and address client needs through critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Lead the delivery of business led technology enabled transformation programs that places the users at the center, using agile design, development and implementation methodologies
• Provide guidance and recommendations on project direction such as setting priority of work packages, resource allocation, and work package scheduling
• Developing architecture roadmaps to provide guidance on project direction.
• Prioritize and handle multiple priorities and tasks; including leading and participating in multiple concurrent projects, while also contributing to practice development and business development activities
• Help others think critically and share complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences, including senior executives.
• Coach and collaborate with peers, including providing coaching, feedback and guidance on work performance
• Lead practice development activities (e.g. new service offerings, training packages, recruiting initiatives, marketing)

• Lead business development activities, including writing proposals and presenting them to clients, and responding to RFPs

Experiences and skills you'll use to solve

• Deep experience in a consulting environment with a focus on enterprise architecture, program architect, systems integration and integration patterns.
• The ability to design, architect, and implement cloud-based technology solutions; review client's existing infrastructure, IT governance model, and systems provisioning approach; and identify gaps in current state architecture as compared to industry leading practices for enterprise architecture and develop target state architecture
• Propose suggestions and best practices to optimize clients' technology ecosystem, leveraging new technology paradigms (e.g. serverless, containers, microservices)
• Good understanding of solution architecture, API lifecycle, technical documentation, including logical architecture, and systems design artifacts, plus integration architecture concepts and patterns, including Microservices, Service Oriented Architecture, Batch Integration, Restful services, Pub / Sub etc. including Event Driven Architecture
• Working knowledge of migration strategies, plans, and key considerations for modernization of legacy systems
• Experience with architecture modelling is required; while certifications in TOGAF, and cloud platform (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP) architecture would be an advantage
• Significant experience in any or all of the following areas will be an asset:
• Developing digital strategies, including conducting maturity or needs assessments, identifying and prioritizing opportunities / projects, developing roadmaps and estimates, and building consensus with client stakeholders
• Advising on, or developing technology and IT operating models, including governance models and processes
• Advising on, or developing product roadmaps, blueprints and implementation roadmaps that align technology investments with critical business priorities
• Automation, integration, analytics and BI, blockchain, IoT, and other emerging technologies
• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work.
• A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard
• The ability to function as an architecture subject matter expert for implementing and overseeing technology strategy and solutions in client organizations
• Relevant experience, either from consulting / professional services or in an industry role, experience in Public Sector, Telco, and Retail will be preferred
• Ability to provide guidance and recommendations on project direction such as setting priority of work packages, resource allocation, and work package scheduling.
• Solid executive level communications skills with prior working experience in a consulting environment
• Experience delivering in waterfall, scrum, agile, and other methodologies
• Good oral and written communication skills, including developing business presentations, technical writing and facilitating data driven options analysis senior level stakeholder discussions with an ability to express complex technical concepts in terms that are understandable to the business
• A demonstrated commitment to valuing differences, developing and coaching diverse teams, and ensuring diverse perspectives are heard

Why you'll love PwC
We're inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you'll be a part of amazing teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This purpose-led work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about us at http://pwc.com/ca/whypwc.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
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Required Skills

Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Analytics Strategy, Architecture Development, Business Architecture, Business Model Innovation, Business Transformation, Cloud Computing, Coaching and Feedback, Commercial Strategies, Communication, Creativity, Digital Customer Experience, Digital Strategies, E-Commerce, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Influence, Information Technology Applications, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 19 more}

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Travel Requirements
Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Government Clearance Required?
No

Job Posting End Date

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