Consulting Manager, Transformation Strategy, Architecture and Delivery (TAD)

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The opportunity

At EY Consulting, we are building a better working world by transforming businesses through the power of people, technology, and innovation. Our clients are at the heart of what we do. We’re focused on solving the key issues of our client buyers, building deeper relationships, and generating lasting value with significant impact.  

 

Our firm sets the standard for consulting services, fostering an environment that encourages career ownership at every stage. As a part of our team, you'll be at the forefront of this dynamic service line, driving change and delivering solutions that revolutionize business operations. You’ll help our clients with their innovation and transformation efforts: driving growth, reducing costs, and building future-ready organizations.

  

Your key responsibilities

EY’s Transformation Architecture and Delivery (TAD) practice offers a dynamic career path for professionals passionate about solving complex business, technology, and infrastructure challenges. As a Manager, you’ll help lead and drive transformation initiatives that align with clients’ strategic goals – bridging the gap between strategy and execution. You will contribute to the design and delivery of business and solution architecture frameworks, program management approaches, and value realization structures.

 

Whether your strengths lie in business strategy or technology strategy, you'll have the opportunity to build your career across TAD Business and TAD Technology Strategy teams, broadening your experience while specializing in the areas that best fit your interests and career goals.

 

TAD Business: In Business, you will partner directly with clients to plan, design, deliver, and deploy transformative solutions. Your work will center on directing strategic transformation programs through TMO and PMO frameworks, leveraging Agile methodologies like SAFe and Scrum to manage risk and resources across workstreams. You'll also shape governance models and portfolio strategies that align with organizational objectives, while crafting compelling business cases and ideation frameworks to secure executive buy-in. Through performance management and storytelling techniques, you'll help clients achieve measurable value realization at every stage of their transformation journey.

TAD Technology Strategy: In Technology Strategy, you will partner directly with clients to define and execute technology transformation agendas that align technology investments with business priorities. Your work will focus on designing technology operating models, optimizing costs and sourcing strategies, supporting M&A transaction and integration initiatives, and enabling enterprise-wide technology transformation. You'll shape governance frameworks, develop transformation roadmaps, and help organizations modernize their technology capabilities to improve performance, agility, and business outcomes. Through strategy, implementation, and value realization, you'll help clients build future-ready technology organizations.

 

Industry sectors

Our practice professionals serve clients across a variety of industries including, but not limited to: Consumer, Retail, Health, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Mobility, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Private Equity, Media, Technology, and Telecommunications.

 

 

 

Skills and attributes for success  

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree with approximately five years of related work experience, or a graduate degree with approximately four years of related work experience
• Approximately three or more years of consulting experience, including client service delivery, stakeholder management, structured problem-solving, and development of client-ready recommendations and deliverables
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies to enhance productivity, analysis, solution development, and client delivery
• Approximately three or more years of experience leading workstreams or small teams, including work planning, status reporting, issue/risk management, stakeholder updates, team coordination, and quality review of deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, facilitate meetings, synthesize inputs, translate business needs into actionable workplans, and maintain delivery momentum in dynamic environments
• Strong executive communication, presentation, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into clear recommendations, decisions, and action plans for client and EY leadership
• Ability to lead inclusive teams, support high-quality delivery, demonstrate commercial acumen, identify client needs, and contribute to account growth or business development opportunities
• Willingness and ability to travel, work flexible hours based on client and project needs (65-80%), and access reliable transportation to/from EY offices and client sites, as required

 

Ideally, you will have

• Experience managing large-scale transformation initiatives, including PMO/EPMO set-up, transformation office design, program governance, status reporting, risk management, and end-to-end program or portfolio delivery
• Experience leading or supporting technology operating model and process design, capability roadmaps, organizational change, technology strategy and transformation, cost optimization, sourcing strategies, enterprise architecture, and technology-enabled business transformation
• Familiarity with program and portfolio management tools and delivery methodologies, including MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Clarity, Planview, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or similar approaches
• Experience working with delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Waterfall) 
• Ability to apply structured frameworks to solve complex business and technology challenges
• Experience contributing to business development efforts, including shaping client conversations, developing proposals, supporting RFP responses, preparing client presentations, and using Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to create executive-ready deliverables

  

What we offer 

EY offers a competitive compensation package and benefits, along with opportunities for growth and advancement. You’ll work on high-impact transformation programs, collaborate with diverse teams, and gain exposure to senior client leadership across industries.