Executive Career Coach Associate Director

EY Executive Career Coach

EY Career Center

Associate Director

The opportunity

You’ll provide expert level executive career coaching and consulting as a member of the EY Career Center team. The EY Career Center is a first of its kind, highly innovative collaboration of EY’s Talent and Markets organizations serving EY leaders and executive-level friends of the firm with career planning, exploration and navigation services. As an executive career coach, your clients will expect customized, best-in-class career coaching and consulting empowering them to discover their best future. As a team member, you’ll be part of a dynamic team of coaches, networking specialists as well as strategy and operations leaders who will look to you to lead and contribute to the strategic goals of the practice.  

Your key responsibilities  

You’ll be responsible for working both “in” and “on” the business. As an executive career coach/consultant, you will have a book of business comprised of highly tenured EY leaders as well as executive level friends of EY who are in career exploration/navigation. Your primary responsibility as a practitioner is to provide an exceptional coaching experience to your clients leveraging your expertise in career crossroads and transition coaching methodologies and tools. In collaboration with your team, you’ll also advance the strategic goals of the EY Career Center to accelerate the brand of coaching and the center as a key differentiator for EY. This includes developing thought leadership and initiatives, designing and executing on innovative offerings and utilizing systems thinking and organizational development skills to optimize business processes and navigate relationships with key stakeholders.

Skills and attributes for success  

• Possesses deep knowledge in career coaching.
• Adept at meeting the client where they are and customizing coaching and consulting approaches to align with the client’s goals.  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively market and brand our practice internally and externally as well as position coaching clients for success.
• Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders in Talent (Career pillar) and Markets organizations to share best practices and team on approaches and offerings.
• Ability to utilize large-scale systems thinking and organizational development skills to optimize business and change management processes that impact client and stakeholder relationships.
• Maintain an external presence and promotes EY's reputation as a leader in coaching culture.
• Is mindful of ROI measurements and suggests improvements to coaching processes and programs.
• Maintain relationships with leaders and key stakeholders. Adept at communicating coaching themes; collaborates on best practices and seeks to understand and deliver on stakeholder needs.
• At associate director level, is highly seasoned and recognized for their expertise within and outside the business unit. Is "at the table" with management and influences when key business issues are discussed affecting the development of their designated client group.
• Receives general direction rather than supervision. Work is reviewed for results achieved.

To qualify for the role, you must have  

• A minimum of 10-12 years related work experience in a professional services or corporate environment; business context/acumen preferred.
• International Coach Federation (ICF) credential: ACC, PCC or MCC required
• Advanced degree or equivalent work experience.
• Mastery in the following key skills: Coaching, consulting, facilitation, supporting and leading change, strategic and conceptual thinking, influencing, project management.
• Understanding of a professional services firm and relevant industry businesses is required.

What we look for

We’re interested in experts and innovators with broad coaching experience yet a specialized background in career transitions and navigation. If you have a genuine passion for serving as a sounding board and trusted advisor to leaders in transition and also have an innovative mindset of continually iterating initiatives to have the highest and best impact, this role is for you.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.