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Strategy& Consulting – Senior Manager – Technology and Data Strategy


Job Description
Line of Service

Advisory
Industry/Sector

Technology
Specialism

Technology Strategy
Management Level

Senior Manager
Job Description & Summary

A career in our Strategy Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the
opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their
toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and
most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever
changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data
possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business
strategy to create a competitive advantage.

We are one of the top three strategy consultancies globally, bringing the very best strategic thinking to
help clients solve their toughest problems, and build the differentiating capabilities they need to outperform
their competitors. In joining, you’ll help develop strategies that translate into action and help our clients
power ahead in fiercely competitive global markets.

Who we are looking for

Are you from a Strategy Consulting or Corporate Strategy background? Do you have experience advising
on technology strategy for corporate clients or in carve-out / M&A situations?

PwC’s Strategy& Consulting practice is growing quickly and we are looking for strategy professionals to
join us through the next phase of our journey.

The Strategy& Consulting practice is looking for Senior Managers to join the team. The ideal candidate will
be an experienced strategy consultant from a recognised firm or has experience in the Technology and
Data department in a corporate environment.

About the Strategy& Consulting Team

As a Senior Manager in Strategy&, you will play a central role in solving the most critical strategic
problems for our clients. You will have the opportunity to drive transformational business change, working
closely with Executive clients, Directors and Partners and leveraging PwC’s global network.

You will spend the vast majority of your time delivering client projects. In these, you will lead 1-2
workstreams or a large project, either independently or managing junior colleagues and clients. You will
engage in hypothesis-led problem-solving, development of project approaches, execution of qualitative
and quantitative analysis, client engagement and collaboration with the team.
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Outside of engagements, you will build networks and engage with our consulting team, generate thought
leadership, new propositions and initiatives based on your personal interests and insights; and drive your
own personal development and that of your colleagues to deliver ever more value to clients. 

Strategy& offers in-depth training across all consulting levels and will support your development
throughout your career.  Using a combination of formal training programs, on-the-job feedback and
guidance from your allocated career coach, we support our Managers, Senior Associates and Associates
to develop exceptional leadership analytical thinking, specialist technical and sector knowledge and
relationship skills.

About the role

Our projects are typically short and sharp, providing the opportunity to gain a variety of experience across
sectors and/or engagement types, whilst continuously learning and developing. You'll work on client
projects in teams of varying sizes, coaching less experienced team members. You will be interacting with
clients and operating closely with senior members of the team, this combination of responsibility and
senior support provides individuals with significant development opportunities. 

Technology Strategy professionals bring a unique mixture of business and technology expertise to
develop strategic plans that define how technology can create value for an organisation or in a deal
situation. Working at the intersection of business and technology, these strategists work alongside client
leadership to define holistic strategies that combine business objectives with technology opportunities.
Technology Strategy professionals must maintain deep knowledge of evolving trends and the latest
advancements in technology, strategy, and management to develop innovation solutions and approaches.
These professionals understand best practices and will work to define strategies that may include
governance, organisation structure and staffing, enterprise architecture models, business capability
models, process definitions, and enterprise operating models.  At their core, Technology Strategy
professionals identify the most important client issues or opportunities and maximise value by conducting
rigorous analysis and developing strategic plans to address issues and/or seize opportunities.

We are looking for suitable candidates in areas of

● IT Value Strategy: shaping the direction of IT to align the overall shareholder and business
vision and objectives and drive measurable improvements
● New Technology Disruption: exploring new and emerging technologies to create a vision of
how technology will shape the future and invent the next wave of cutting-edge business
solutions
● CIO Strategy / IT Operating Model: shaping how the IT function will need to operate to
achieve the New IT and stakeholder objectives and workforce talent strategy
● Enterprise Architecture Strategy: developing the foundation for client business and
technology capabilities and execution improvement
● CDO Strategy: defining the future data landscape within client organisation and data
operating models including analytics strategy, outlining usage and effectiveness of Artificial
Intelligence

Typical duties include:


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● Leading a team of consultants and taking responsibility for project proposal and delivery
● Running projects on a day-to-day basis, structuring and managing the work streams and
supervising delivery
● Coordinating with key project stakeholders including clients and other internal teams
● Planning initial hypotheses and analysis; formulating initial hypotheses based on previous
experience, knowledge of the sector and understanding of the scope of work
● Storyboarding to present a compelling narrative to the client
● Developing the approach to address the project brief, and driving research and analysis with
appropriate tools and techniques
● Contribute to the development of various service offerings, practice thought leadership, and
body of knowledge
● Coach and develop team members
● Contributing to the wider business through business development, knowledge sharing,
coaching and mentoring junior team members and other activities

Our team is primarily based in the London Bridge office, with c. 40-50% of time spent on client sites,
typically throughout the UK and Europe.

Requirements

● Previous strategy consulting experience from either a strategy consulting firm or the strategy
or technology function in a corporate
● Strong technical skills and 7+ years experiences in at least 2 of those following areas;
IT Value Strategy
Technology Disruption and Innovation 
IT Operating Model 
Digital Strategy
Cloud Strategy
Enterprise Architecture Strategy
Data Strategy
● Ability to multi-task effectively and balance time between project delivery and business
development support effectively
● Good client management skills, including an understanding of how to communicate with
clients of different backgrounds and opinions
● Proven experience of coaching junior team members
● Evidence of contributing to the wider team and leading on business development
opportunities
● We expect candidates to have an outstanding academic track record
● Fluency in another (European) language is an asset
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You’ll be joining a driven and diverse team that’s welcoming of your opinions and enables you to develop
within one of the world’s leading professional organisations. With an increasingly agile workforce, we're
open to flexible working requirements where appropriate and have many successful arrangements
currently in place. Please apply if you have a keen interest in the work we do.

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

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:


Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Cloud Strategies, Commercial Strategies, Digital Strategy, Information Technology Strategies, IT


Operating Model, Technological Innovation, Technology Strategy Development
Optional Skills

Business Development, Business Development Support, Customer Engagement


Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes
Government Clearance Required?

No
Job Posting End Date
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Greybridge Search & Selection Ltd: Strategy& Consulting – Senior Manager – Technology and Data
Strategy

Job Details
Job Requisition ID 351227WD
Location London
Posting Date 09/07/2022 - 1 day ago
Job Family Strategy Consulting
Time Type Full time
Job Type Regular

Recruiter

Caicy Sandford [C]

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