Technology Consulting Manager - Infra, Cloud & EA at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

• A career within Technology Consulting Advisory services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical challenges. We focus on building technology enabled and agile operating models, planning their new enterprise architecture into a differentiating capability system that helps them win in the market, leveraging digital analytics to enhance customer experience and optimizing business operations, and using modern technologies and next generation sourcing strategies to help our clients get fit for growth.
• To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional, our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• CIO Strategy / IT Operating Model: shaping how the IT function will need to operate to achieve the Business objectives
• IT Infrastructure and Data Centres - technology infrastructure design and implementation, data center facilities design and implementation
• Cloud Transformation: shaping Cloud Strategy, modernization and migration to cloud, cloud compliance and security, hybrid clouds, multi-clouds and cloud economics.
• Enterprise Architecture: developing the foundation for client business and technology capabilities and execution improvement
• Manage projects, project budgets, project teams including subcontractors, and oversee the delivery of project outputs to a diverse range of clients
• Running projects on a day-to-day basis, structuring and managing the work streams and supervising delivery
• Leading a team of consultants and taking responsibility for project proposals and delivery
• Coordinating with key project stakeholders including clients and other internal teams
• Planning initial hypotheses and analysis; formulating initial hypotheses based on previous experience, knowledge of the sector and understanding of the scope of work
• Storyboarding to present a compelling narrative to the client
• Developing the approach to address the project brief, and driving research and analysis with appropriate tools and techniques
• Contributing to the wider business through business development, knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring junior team members and other activities

Person Specification

• Previous technology consulting experience from either a Top Tier Consulting firm, Large Technology Companies, Telco or Corporate.
• Strong technical skills and 8+ years experiences in at least 2 of those following areas;
  • Digital Strategy and IT Operating Model 
  • IT Infrastructure, Data Centres 
  • Public / Private / Hybrid Cloud Technologies
  • Enterprise Architecture
• Ability to multitask effectively and balance time between project delivery and business development support effectively
• Good client management skills, including an understanding of how to communicate with clients of different backgrounds and opinions
• Evidence of contributing to the wider team and leading on business development opportunities
• Experience in managing large and complex programs and projects/teams
• Experience in writing competitive bids, managing budgets, tasks, and client interactions
• Proven experience of coaching junior team members

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems (or related technical areas) 
• Professional Certifications: PMP/ Prince 2/ Prince2 Agile, TOGAF, CISSP, CISM, ITIL, CGEIT etc.
• Cloud Certifications: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform etc.
• IT Infrastructure/ Data Centre Certifications: Microsoft, Linux, CISCO, VMware etc
• Professional Body Membership