People Consulting-HR Transformation-Senior Manager

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People Consulting – HR Transformation Senior Manager

Managing a global workforce is increasingly complex. People Consulting (PC) focuses on improving organizational and individual performance, delivering upon a highly complex and challenging mission, especially in an ever-changing working environment.  As a member of People Consulting, you’ll be part of a team with a wide variety of experiences within a supportive environment. When you join us, you will gain unique experiences and valuable knowledge working across capabilities, sectors and geographies and have the opportunity to take your career in the direction you want.

 

The opportunity

As a member of the HR Transformation team, you will join a talented group of professionals that help clients to integrate people, process and technology dimensions collectively to transform their HR function. We help our clients and their HR functions as they rebalance their priorities to make the most of a “new normal” and rethink their operating model to reflect this. This includes HR strategy and governance; change management and communication; organization and talent readiness; HR service delivery model and process; technology, data and analytics; and project and transformation management.   We look to unlock human value by working with clients to convert their HR function, focusing on operating horizontally across the organization, accelerating digitally, prioritizing spend and enhancing value. 

 

Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will design and implement visionary HR strategies and solutions, drawing on industry-leading practices. You will manage engagements focused on improving the effectiveness of HR operations and services, oversee project delivery, budget implementation, and performance goals. Building and maintaining strong client relationships will be crucial for revenue generation and commercial success. You will lead managers across various activities, deeply analyze functions or specializations, and drive innovation and thought leadership. Additionally, you will identify sales opportunities and manage engagement economics, including resource planning and budgeting for engagements.

• Identify and deliver upon HR transformation engagements of various sizes and complexity (domestic, international, phase zero through multi-phased deployments
• Manage a team of experienced client servers to deliver upon engagement scope
• Oversee service quality, provide subject matter expertise, grow and develop talent, manage client relationships and expectations

 

Skills and attributes for success

• You’ll be expected to lead project workstreams, from planning through implementation – including managing project resources and budgets effectively, and identify and effectively manage and mitigate any risks and issues
• Understanding of the Human Resources function, including strategy, process evaluation, process improvement and risk mediation, design of HR system delivery options and HR IT strategy
• Understand the HR technology vendor ecosystem, strong familiarity in top HCM technology vendors is strongly preferred
• Understanding of human resources opportunities, challenges and issues in at least one of the sectors we serve (e.g., Oil & Gas, Health, Telecommunications, Power & Utilities, Insurance, Media & Entertainment)
• Demonstrate technical competence in our key capabilities and take a practical/business driven approach to solving complex client challenges
• Contribute to the growth of the People Consulting practice by identifying additional engagement opportunities and building lasting relationships with clients
• Influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for any major change initiatives and/or decisions