Business Transformation Consultant

We are seeking a skilled Business Transformation Consultant to join our team. As a consultant, you will be responsible for guiding organizations in executing their growth strategies by defining, designing and delivering meaningful enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a bespoke program/project management operating model, including the setup of a PMO or a Transformation Management Office.
• Understand and assess clients' project management ways of working.
• Prepare materials to be used in client discussions and workshops.
• Co-facilitate discussions and workshops with clients to help them reimagine their project management processes and practices.
• Formulate recommendations to improve clients' project management processes, practices, and tools.
• Enabling clients define, implement, and manage complex programs and projects from delivery strategy to execution.
• Contribute to defining the program within the organization, focused on identifying strategic plan objectives and program outcomes.
• Assist in the oversight of the delivery of programs and related projects to ascertain cohesion of program elements, and to ascertain achievement of strategic objectives and outcomes.
• Collaborate with project managers to coordinate and monitor project plans, ensuring effective integration and alignment of risks and issues, assumptions, timelines, budget, resources and deliverables across multiple projects.
• Consolidate and evaluate program-level risks and issues and assist in identifying and implementing appropriate mitigation and resolution plans.
• Monitor utilization and analyze resource requirements across projects in the program to help in the allocation and optimization of program resources.
• Facilitate program cadences with project and program teams, including review of minutes of meetings and tracking of action items.
• Prepare program status updates and reports to stakeholders, subject to review by the immediate supervisor.
• Assist in the preparation for and facilitation of program reporting with senior management and stakeholders.
• Conduct and facilitate data collection and analysis to monitor overall performance against program objectives and outcomes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, information systems and other related fields.
• 4-8 years of relevant experience in program and project management, including supporting program delivery and leading individual projects as a project manager.
• Experience in managing and implementing transformation initiatives, including IT-led projects, or an activity workstream, having utilized formal methodologies such as PMBOK, PRINCE2, and Agile, within the last 3-5 years.
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
• Experience in program and project delivery management tools (e.g. MS Project, Azure DevOps, JIRA).
• The ability to demonstrate integrity, personal leadership and teaming.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interested in pursuing a long-term career in Business Transformation.
• Good understanding of project governance and change management principles.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within cross functional teams and foster a positive team environment.
• Training and certifications in Program and Project Management such as, but not limited, Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or equivalent qualifications.
• Supported and mentored project teams, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and high performance in program and project delivery.
• Knowledgeable in the operating model of the following sectors: Government & Public Sector, Financial Services, Consumer Product and Retail, IT-BPM, Heath & Life Sciences, Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications, and Industrials & Energy.
• Flexible and is willing to work in client sites within or beyond Metro Manila.

Job Type: Full-time

Employment type: Full-time

Industry: Professional Services