Project Manager - Change Management - Consulting Firm

Skills and attributes for success :

- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills, including business narratives and storytelling.

- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

- Strong facilitation skills with senior stakeholders to drive decisions and consensus.

- Understanding of standard project management methodologies - project initiation, current state analysis, future state design, process design, implementation and project transition/close.

- Understanding of IT, HR, Finance functional processes and transformations.

- Strong MS Office skills - particularly, to develop engaging PowerPoint presentations.

- Ability to work and team across cultures and organizational ranks.

- Good analytical, judgment, tact and decision-making ability along with critical thinking skills.

- Ability to take up travel and conduct multi time zone meetings outside of local business hours, when needed.

- To qualify for the role, you must have

- 10+ Years of relevant consulting experience with at least 6+ years of project /change management experience in the Big 4 professional services firms, other global management consultancies or blue-chip organizations.

- Experience of managing senior stakeholder relationships at CxO, Partner or Functional Head level.

- Proven ability to guide, lead and coach client leadership / project teams across the lifecycle of complex programs and strategic initiatives.

- Awareness and experience of leveraging technology as enablers.

- University degree.

Ideally, you'll also have :

- MBA or equivalent advanced education will be an added advantage.

- Certification in Facilitation is desirable.

- Certification in Project Management - PRINCE II, PMP, Agile will be an advantage.

- Certification in Change Management, Design Thinking will be an advantage.

What we look for :

- A future thinking professional with significant experience in leading transformations and strategic initiatives, and leveraging consulting skills, project and change management as key enablers.

- A professional that aspires to build a career in management consulting by driving transformation agendas.