Manager- Government and Public Sector

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Position Summary

Our Government & Public sector practice (GPS) provides organizational transformation services across the Caribbean Region, enabling Public Sector clients to achieve their goals, and deliver real change to citizens.

The Opportunity

We are looking for exceptional transformation managers to join our GPS team. You will work with and lead diverse professionals from our EY Caribbean Practice, Global EY and third parties to design and deliver projects that make meaningful impacts on our region.

To be successful as a transformation manager you must be able to recognize and perform the role beyond basic adherence to PPM best practices. At EY we need strategic thinkers who grasp the overarching purpose of the project. By understanding the expected benefits or future state, you can better assess/design the project delivery strategy and plan. This insight enables you to proactively course-correct and challenge assumptions, ensuring that the project not only follows a plan, but also delivers real value and achieves its intended outcomes.

Your key responsibilities

• Responsible for effective Project and Programme management (PPM) delivery:
  • Management and communication of TCQ drivers
  • Being outcome aware, and focused
  • Being commercially astute
  • Being confident to challenge and bring solutions to problems
• Possesses specialized knowledge of project and program delivery methods (including Agile and Waterfall), and ability to coach others on relevant processes, tools, techniques and enabling technologies
• Lead professional employees or supervise others to deliver complex technical initiatives, with accountability for performance and results.
• Apply depth of expertise to guide others and interpret internal / external issues to recommend quality solutions.
• Build working relationships with competency leaders (People, Technology and Business Consulting) to develop and deliver customized solutions to GPS clients
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with clients. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's challenges and recognize key performance drivers and trends.
• Responsible for continuous process improvement, the identification of innovative solutions through research and analysis, insight and experience of best practices.
• Meets performance objectives and metrics set locally (client service, quality and risk management, sales and business growth, solution development and teaming etc.)

Skills and attributes for success

• Emotionally intelligent team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated consistency in values, principles, and work ethic
• Tolerance for ambiguity and ability to navigate complexity
• Strong analytical mindset, takes abstract questions and issues and creates manageable, specific work streams
• Communication and presentation skills
• Structured problem solving, quantitative analysis, and storytelling skills

What we look for

Essential

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
• Five to Eight years project management/ leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience in transformation
• Relevant PPM qualification/ Certification
• Experience in use of PPM tooling
• Demonstrated responsibility for budget/ financial management
• Self-starter with a drive to learn
• An eye for detail

Preferrable

• Postgraduate degree (MBA, MSc)
• Eight + years experience including programme management
• Experienced in strategy development & planning, and systems thinking
• Experience/ certification in business change
• Experience in Government and Public Sector ways-of-working

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. You will have the opportunity to work with world class, leading and blue-chip clients and their personnel while learning and growing with a winning EY team environment.  Career progression, personal growth and learning is the norm.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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