P and U-OT SMR-Senior Manager

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Job Description

EY GDS Consulting - Power &Utilities sector OT Application Delivery Lead – Senior Manager

As part of our EY Power & Utilities sector in the Consulting team, you shall contribute technically to P&U Sector client engagements and internal projects. You will be responsible for overall client service quality delivery in accordance with EY quality guidelines & methodologies. You will need to manage accounts and relationships on a day-to-day basis and explore new business opportunities for the firm. Establishing, strengthening and nurturing relationships with clients (functional heads & key influencers) and internally across service lines and proactively will also be a part of your day-to-day activities. You will assist in developing new methodologies and internal initiatives and help in creating a positive learning culture by coaching, counselling and developing junior team members. 

The opportunity

We’re looking for a Senior Manager with expertise in Power &Utilities sector concepts - Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Metering, Retail or Customer and Trading. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of a new service offering.

Your key responsibilities

P&U OT Application Delivery Lead

• Ability to provide consulting services to Power & Utilities clients implementing Digital Grid Programs, capabilities and systems (ADMS (NMS), DMS (NMS), OMS (NMS), CVR, VOLTVAR, GIS, SCADA, GMS, CIM, FLISR) resulting in increased value and efficiency.  
• Act as an evangelist to Energy Efficiency by creating synergies with Distributed Energy Resources, Smart Grid Technologies, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure, Smart Energy Meters, Energy Storage, Demand Side Management and Demand Response
• Experience in clean / renewable energy, power distribution, intelligent/smart grids, grid modernization,  electric vehicles/eMobility and experience across power and utilities sector.
• Stay current with the latest trends in the industry to be a trusted advisor/subject-matter resource for our clients' businesses
• Participate in new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions
• Provide functional and/or technical experience and insights 
• Provide strategic and tactical insights, connectedness and responsiveness to all clients to help anticipate their needs
• Lead/manage workstream planning and delivery 
• Design and facilitate client meetings and workshops
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance client service delivery
• Develop long-term relationships with networks both internally and externally
• Enhance the EY brand through strong relationships across a network of existing and future clients
• Carry out blend studies on digitization of the power transmission and distribution
• Interact with technology licensors and integrate new technologies in power& utilities configuration and suggest margin improvements. 
• Build management relationships, strategy & sales and account growth.
• Extensive experience in sales enablement, solution development and programme management focused on Smart Energy Solution and Digital Utilities Transformation.
• Ability to challenge and inspire co-workers and clients to think about difficult situations in new and transformative ways
• Use of existing knowledge and experience to provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership
• Willingness to improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives

Business Development Support

• Carry out go-to market strategy for multiple revenue generating solutions and define roadmaps for projects in terms of technical scope, costs, and execution strategy.
• Interacting with various licensors, understanding new technologies and seeding new projects.
• Technical support to marketing team, Develop models for quick estimations.
• Demonstrate excellent project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services. Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess what the firm can deliver to serve clients
• Assist Partners in driving the business development process on existing client engagements by gathering appropriate resources, gaining access to key contacts & supervising proposal preparation
• Identify buyers, influencers & stakeholders in existing client engagements and build strong relationships
• Create innovative insights for clients, adapts methods & practices to fit operational team needs & contributes to thought leadership documents
• Practice secondment for developing new methodologies
• Facilitate discussions / knowledge sharing with key client personnel and contribute to EY thought leadership
• Plan & schedule client engagements. Determine and deploy the right team with adequate skill sets for executing engagements and periodically review status of engagements and work products.
• Demonstrate strong project management skills
• Maintain a strong client focus by effectively serving client needs and developing productive working relationships with client personnel. Stay abreast of current business and economic developments and new pronouncements/standards relevant to the client's business.
• Demonstrate industry expertise (deep understanding of the industry, emerging trends, issues/challenges, key players & leading practices)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Degree in electrical engineering
• Knowledge of applicable standards in power system modelling and data exchange (e.g. IEC CIM)
• Knowledge of applicable algorithms for power system analysis (e.g. load flow)
• Good business writing skills
• Good communication skills
• Maintaining end-to-end accountability and expectations for customer satisfaction and overall delivery excellence
• Prioritize deliveries in conjunction with implementation team
• Adopt a proactive, logical, and organized approach to problem resolution
• Any relevant product/platform certification

Project Management

• Introducing new ideas; preparing project plans, scope of work & technical specifications.
• Planning the detailed Transformation activities and finalising requirements
• Performing Project Management Consultant (PMC) role for various units.
• Working under close liaison with client’s business Manager and directors. 
• Proven ability to coordinate and work with multiple stakeholders in a distributed team environment. 
• Monitoring and controlling man-hours to ensure job is finished within budgeted man-hours.   

People Management 

• Conducting Orientation Program for new Joiners / Trainees.
• Mentoring & monitoring the performance of working team to ensure efficiency in process engineering and meeting of individual & group targets.

Others

• A minimum of 15 years of overall experience
• Minimum 10 years focused on the P&U sector
• Deep industry experience in the P&U life cycle - Generation, Trading, Transmission, Distribution, Metering, Retail or Customer.
• Relationship and stakeholder management, and client value creation. 
• Experience in AMS preferred

What we look for

• A dynamic person with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment with consulting skills.
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of professionals
• Opportunities to work with EY Consulting practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What working at EY offers

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies — and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees, and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

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