Technology Project Delivery Leader Associate Director - BMC

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

 

 

The Brand, Marketing and Communications (BMC) function has an important role to play in helping to achieve EY’s ambition to create long-term value as the world’s most trusted, distinctive professional services organization. We work hand in hand with the business to take services and solutions to market; bring our purpose, building a better working world, to life for our people, clients, and communities; engage our people and build a high performing culture; and to build the commercial value and emotional resonance of the EY brand. 

 

Through the collective power of BMC, and the other teams and specialists we work with, we aim to build a better working world by driving commercial value through distinctive marketing and communications that deliver measurable market impact.
 

The opportunity

EY’s Brand, Marketing and Communications function is on a journey to grow and improve our world-class marketing and communication technology stack across all our member firms worldwide. In a multi-year transformation program, we are making significant investments in technology 

 

The BMC Technology Delivery Leader reports to the BMC Technology Enablement Leader and is responsible for leading the strategic execution of the BMC technology roadmap and the delivery of innovation and change to the BMC Technology portfolio – with rigor and execution excellence. The BMC Tech Delivery Leader works closely with all leaders across BMC and their teams to ensure the successful delivery of our BMC technology roadmap. They have a key role in ensuring collaboration and synchronisation between the Product management teams and EY Technology. 
 

Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the strategic execution of the BMC technology roadmap and the delivery of innovation and change to the BMC Tech portfolio. This will include establishing and managing best in class project teams across multiple pillars of BMC. The role will entail:

• Driving cohesion and alignment across all delivery teams and vendor to achieve quality deliverables within budget and in time – in line with leadership expectations and to deliver on BMC strategy 
• Prioritizing across a portfolio of projects to ensure delivery excellence 
• Leading projects across a complex stakeholder group to deliver optimal solutions while managing resource constraints and prioritization
• Holding the teams to the highest standards in terms of rigour, project discipline and responsibility while ensuring everyone’s behaviour embodies EY values
   

Skills and attributes for success

 

• Exceptional large program management capability honed in complex organizations, working with mixed business, technology and vendor teams
• Understanding and knowledge of Marketing and Communications Technology solutions in large organizations
• Proven ability to balance day to day delivery needs, whilst embracing the ongoing innovation potential of new tools and technologies
• Comfortable working in a matrixed organisation with excellent communication and networking skills – able to effectively manage and influence senior leaders as well as a broad range of stakeholders
• Solution focused with a high level of persistence to overcome resistance and obstacles
• Strong influencing skills to build a compelling case for change and gain acceptance of product or service
• Leadership skills to successfully lead large, diverse and virtual teams, and in some cases, without formal authority
• Driving operational improvements and efficiencies through the creation and implementation of rigorous process and controls, acts as a gatekeeper for quality
• Experience in a cross-border role, successfully managing multiple complex projects at a global and regional level
   

To qualify for the role you must have

 

• Excellent project management skills ideally SAFE certified or similar
• Strong change management experience
• Experience working across global teams, leveraging offshore and vendor resources

 

Ideally, you’ll also have/are

 

• Visionary/ innovative and strategic thinker whilst maintaining focus on details
• A network outside EY to get fresh ideas 
   

What we look for

We’re looking for an experienced, determined individual who enjoys driving change and who wants to shape and help transform