Who You'll Work With
You will be based in our McKinsey office in Johannesburg, as part of our delivery assurance offering, working closely and in partnership with client's senior management and their specialist departments.
McKinsey Delivery Assurance aspires to help our clients to achieve one of their biggest challenges: make their transformation plans really happen. Our day-to-day work is to support large companies who need to adapt their operating models to the accelerated changes in their environment, by combining agility, sustainable efficiency, and employee engagement. All in all, we exist to deliver a lasting impact to our clients.
With McKinsey Delivery Assurance you can expect a uniquely varied and exciting working environment, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic growing team. Do you know that only 1/3 of transformations are successful and sustainable? McKinsey Delivery Assurance helps leading private sector organisations execute business transformation programs in a time of accelerated change. The business transformation includes organisational structure, capability building, and service redesign. We turn strategy into practice, using agile, efficient, and highly engaging methods that work on the ground rather than just looking good on paper. McKinsey Delivery Assurance integrates the skills, the approach, the corporate culture, and the resources that lead to the success of complex and challenging transformation projects and is ideally positioned to smoothly implement strategies designed by McKinsey & Company. We plan and deliver change projects together with our clients, helping them capture their full potential. We know what determines the success of large projects and what can ensure lasting implementation success. We work closely and in partnership with our clients' senior management and specialist functions. We combine strategic and operational project management, with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each industry. We measure our success by achieving the goals we set together with our clients.
What You'll Do
You will implement business transformation office projects in the Financial Services Sector, ensuring long term impact delivery.
As a Senior Delivery Manager:
You will lead on business transformation projects by engaging at a deep level across our clients' businesses, working in teams to build the capabilities, systems and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and then ensure those results will be sustained.
You will lead, coach, and motivate your team of consultants and client employees in each project.
You'll act as a subject matter expert, combining experience with strong problem-solving abilities to derive business insights and solid recommendations for clients.
You will contribute to the implementation of our Delivery Assurance groups growth strategy, and you will take responsibility on the development of the firm.
You will grow in a stimulating and human environment where quality of life at work is important.
Qualifications
8+ years of experience in project management / PMO and some coming from a consulting environment
Proven experience with the deliver, implementation and execution of business transformation, business change projects
Bachelor's degree, preferably in financial or similar field with strong record of academic achievement
Demonstrated track record in one or more of the following key service offerings: organizational development (including org. design/set up, talent management, etc.), transformational delivery (driving large transformational programs), and productivity and performance improvement
Experience developing business unit strategy and leading large- scale change programs, preferably while establishing strong relationships with senior clients
You have experience leading people and building teams, empowering team members to achieve impact
You enjoy the flexibility and agility that is required in a consulting environment
Proven expertise in Financial Services (retail banking preferred)
You are experienced in conducting workshops and coaching sessions
You are driven by creating long-lasting impact and enjoy leading teams to achieve results
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