Job Role: Business Transformation Office Manager – CMT

Industry – Comms, Media, Telco
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Career Level: Manager

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Role Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Business Transformation Office Manager to join our newly established Transformation Office and Value Management team within the Strategy & Consulting division. The Transformation Office helps clients ensure the success of large-scale transformations through our global standard approach and methodology. This role is pivotal in shaping, leading, and driving these transformations. The ideal candidate will possess a profound understanding of engaging and working closely with C-suite stakeholders on enterprise-level transformations, demonstrating expertise across programme governance, executive governance and communication, integrated planning, value case development, value tracking, and realisation through a dedicated Value Realisation Office and adept use of programme management tooling. Experience in change management, would be highly regarded.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead and define the strategic direction for transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Programme Governance and Executive Communication: Establish and maintain a governance structure that promotes transparency, strategic alignment, and executive oversight. Drive effective communication strategies to engage stakeholders at all levels, including the C-suite.
• Integrated Planning: Oversee the development and implementation of integrated plans that align with the strategic objectives of transformation projects.
• Value Definition, Tracking, Reporting: Define value case for large transformation programmes. Lead the Value Realisation Office to ensure that value case initiatives are tracked, realised, and reported accurately. Address client questions such as: How do we measure and ensure the value extracted from the transformation journey? How do we define the value related to transformations? How do we demonstrate more value to the enterprise?
• Business Readiness: Define, engage, and track business readiness criteria to move through phases of the transformation programme. Address client needs for setting up a Transformation Office and managing large-scale, complex transformations.
• Scope, Vendor, Budget Management: Oversee the management of additional vendors, programme budgets, and overall programme scope. Guide clients on partnering with vendors for establishing digital factories to implement digital transformation initiatives.
• Tooling and Methodologies: Champion the adoption of best-in-class programme management tools and methodologies to drive efficiency, collaboration, and success in transformation initiatives.
• Data and AI: Using Data and AI to drive programme insights and improve ways of working, driving efficiencies and enhanced reporting and oversights

We are looking for experience in the following skills: 

• Industry Experience: Experience in Comms, Media and Telco
• Industry Knowledge: Extensive experience working with C-suite stakeholders and a deep understanding of programme governance, executive governance, integrated planning, value case development, and programme management tooling.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across all levels of an organization.

What’s in it for you 

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance, a generous Shared Parental Leave policy, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! 

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.  

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