Manager - Strategy & Business Design

Company Description

Join us. But be you. At Deloitte, you’ll do more than just join something, you’ll add something. You’ve found a place that values your curiosity, passion, and desire to work alongside brilliant people on the things that really matter. There really is only one question: What impact do YOU want to make?

The Team You'll Join

You'll join our growing Strategy, Risk and Transactions team as a Manager - Strategy & Business Design in our Auckland office.

Our team works with chief executives and their teams to catalyse enterprise wide, strategy-led transformation to realise full business value, leveraging deep perspectives about customers, technology evolution and disruption, sector-blurring ecosystems and changing sources of competitive advantage.

Our people have widely varied backgrounds but are united by a passion for creating a lasting impact for our clients. At Deloitte, the success of our business is founded on recruiting the best people who share our values and relish the opportunity to embrace change, making a difference on every engagement.

Help build our Strategy and Business Design consulting capability, partnering with New Zealand’s leading private and public sector organisations to help them identify, develop, and deliver impactful improvements in their industries.

Job Description: The Impact You'll Make

As a Manager - Strategy & Business Design within our Strategy and Business Design team you will work with a team of great consultants, coached by Directors and Partners, working on some of our client’s and country’s most complex and pressing issues.

You will be working with client executives across a wide range of exciting organisations to understand their challenges and solve their most difficult strategic issues. Working collaboratively is a core value practiced every day.

You will be responsible for on the day-to-day leadership of interesting engagements and providing our clients with the insights and solutions they need to grow, improve performance and create sustainable competitive advantage. You will help clients take advantage of the many opportunities to be digitally enabled and impactful for New Zealand and on the world stage.

As well as taking responsibility for projects, project work streams and guiding more junior team members on the day-to-day delivery of outcomes for clients, you will also contribute by developing client relationships, creating and sharing eminence, identifying opportunities and selling additional client work.

We are a fun, caring and inclusive team who value people’s individual aspirations and connection to our purpose – to make an impact that matters.

If you have what it takes as a consulting professional, leader and practice-builder, we can promise opportunities to grow your career in a culture that develops, challenges, innovates and inspires.

The broad nature of our client base means you have the opportunity to gain exposure to a range of industries and sectors, and a broad spectrum of complex challenges. You will also see your career accelerated through regular exposure to, and interaction with senior client executives.

Qualifications: Your Expertise

• 5-8 years demonstrated experience managing corporate / organisational strategy development, execution of strategic initiatives, and operating model design and implementation projects.
• Candidates will need 3-4 years’ experience working in the strategy team within a professional service or Consulting firm, or within the internal strategy function of a blue-chip organisation.
• Experience working in financial services, consumer products or healthcare would be well regarded, as would experience working on M&A transactions.
• Strong quantitative and analysis skills, able to uncover the heart of problems, identify root causes, offer clear solutions and drive change.
• Ability to communicate, present and contextualize complex ideas concisely and accurately while adjusting style and tone to suit your audience.
• Ability to understand client issues and work with a cross-functional team to meet these challenges head-on.
• Experience and passion for developing and mentoring a diverse and inclusive team, you enjoy seeing newer practitioners grow and develop.

Additional Information: Making an Impact That Matters, Together

We are driven by our desire to create positive outcomes for our clients, communities, and people. Everything we do is with intent - the intent to make a meaningful difference.

Our shared values are at the heart of everything we do. Living these values, including ‘taking care of each other’ and ‘fostering inclusion’, is essential to ensuring everyone feels included at work and able to reach their full potential. For us to succeed and thrive as an organisation, we understand the importance of creating a culture where diverse perspectives matter and where everyone is given an equal opportunity to grow and develop.

How You’ll Be Rewarded: We Offer You

• Flexible work arrangements – work in a way that suits you, us and our clients best
• Subsidised professional qualifications and paid professional memberships
• Subsidised health insurance
• Income protection insurance
• 22 days annual leave
• Social events, social sports teams, and monthly firm drinks
• A focus on wellness and well-being
• Community focused volunteer days
• A focus on the environment and sustainability
• Plus much more

Does this sound like the sort of role and organisation for you? Then apply now we'd love to hear from you.

Please note that our teams are enjoying a break over the summer period and our offices are closed from 19th December until Monday 12th January so expect a delay in our response.

We believe the strongest teams are made up of diverse individuals and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that women and individuals from under-represented backgrounds may hesitate to apply if they don't meet all criteria. If you're passionate about this role and believe you have the skills, we encourage you to apply, even if your experience, ideal working hours or qualifications aren't a perfect match.

Key skills/competency

• Corporate Strategy
• Organisational Transformation
• Operating Model Design
• Strategic Initiative Execution
• Quantitative Analysis
• Client Relationship Management
• Business Development
• Team Leadership
• Consulting
• Problem Solving