IT Strategy & Transformation Consultant

  • Full-time

Company Description

About us

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world.

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in health and life sciences, consumer and manufacturing, energy and utilities, financial services, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the US, UK, Europe, and the Nordics.

Job Description

We are growing our IT Strategy & Transformation team within our CIO Advisory capability. We are actively recruiting talented people with a passion for IT strategy & transformation across all levels of experience. Our capability helps organizations to define IT strategies and roadmaps and deliver IT Transformation across infrastructure, technology and business services effectively and efficiently. We do so by:

  1. Establishing strategic priorities and opportunities that are fit for the future
  2. Designing strategic blueprints for modern IT and business services functions
  3. Delivering complex transformation engagements.

As an IT Strategy and Transformation Consultant, you will help your client to define their IT and digital strategy, design target operating models, improve service management and deliver transformation programs to create future-ready IT organizations. You will also provide client-side advice to client’s pre-procurement to help ensure they are informed to make the best evidence-based investment decisions. You will demonstrate initiative, drive, and a commitment to helping your clients succeed.

At PA you have the license to think innovatively when it comes to achieving the best outcomes for our clients. We build multi-disciplinary teams to achieve our clients’ ambitions so you will have the opportunity to work with colleagues with a range of business transformation, technology, and digital expertise across a range of sectors.

Your responsibilities will depend on your grade, however at all levels you will have the opportunity to;

  • Work with business and IT leaders, up to and including the CIO/CTO/CDO and Executive team.
  • Draw on your knowledge of the principles of Service Management, Agile, Lean and Dev Ops as well as the opportunities that are possible through emerging trends in digital architectures, process automation, cloud infrastructure, strategic sourcing, and artificial intelligence.
  • Collaborate with your colleagues to manage some of our most exciting projects across our portfolio of clients globally. 

Qualifications

  • A minimum of 4 years’ relevant Strategy or Transformation experience in an IT or digital context, although more would be expected for senior roles.
  • Knowledge of the general principles of information technology and technical/process experience in the following is essential: IT strategy development, IT operating model design, IT service management, digital and agile/lean transformation
  • A passion for adding value to clients’ business and embracing change driven by IT, technology and digital
  • An ability to demonstrate outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • A desire to develop PA’s internal CIO Advisory capability as well as working with our clients
  • Whilst the role will be primarily focused on clients based in the US, flexibility to travel both nationally and internationally is important

Advantageous to have:

  • Experience of working with IT leaders or equivalent (CIO, CTO, CDO) to define their vision and strategy
  • Knowledge of IT Service Management (ITIL) and IT Controls (COBIT) frameworks
  • A proven ability to think conceptually, solve problems and to deliver practical results
  • Experience of working in large transformational programs
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage a large and varied workload, to prioritize and multitask

MBA and/or experience working in a consulting firm
 

Additional Information

Benefits 

  • Group medical insurance 
  • Health Savings Account with company match 
  • Long term care plan 
  • Group dental insurance 
  • Vision plan 
  • 401(k) Savings Plan with company profit sharing contribution 
  • Commuter and Parking tax-savings benefit 
  • 15 days paid vacation days with the opportunity to buy five additional days 
  • 10 paid Holidays plus 10 paid sick days 
  • Company and Voluntary income protection benefits 
  • Gym and health incentive reimbursement 
  • Pet and legal insurance Plans 
  • Employee Assistance Plan 
  • Annual performance-based bonus 

About us 

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world. 

As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. 

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough use of technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. 

An innovation and transformation consultancy, we are over 3,200 specialists in consumer, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and transport. Our people are strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers and technologists. We operate globally from offices across the UK, US, Europe, and the Nordics. 

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life. 

Salary Range DOE:

75,000-225,000

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