Job Profile SummaryWant to be part of something electrifying? bp has embarked on a new and ambitious strategy, to deliver on its net-zero ambition and to drive efficiency and new business models, by using digital technologies. It's an exciting time to embark on your journey with bp as we undergo technology transformation and growth which you can support in defining. Let me tell you about the role As Head of Platforms and Systems you will lead our digital technology function that designs and runs both our software platform for electrification and our back-office systems. You join the bp Pulse team at a point when we are poised to scale up significantly to support the business' global growth plans. You will ensure we grow efficiently and sustainably in an unpredictable, innovative, and competitive environment, partnering internally and externally as required, and thinking strategically. Providing a software platform, you deliver an accelerator for software delivery teams by championing 'platform-thinking', through collaboration with internal peers and confidently building bridges between technology, product, and business functions. As you balance trade-offs in build-vs-buy decisions for the platform and the commercial off-the-shelf solutions to meet business needs, you empower teams and drive them to strategic decision making. Most importantly, you will be a key part of a broader bp Pulse team, dedicated to making positive change, transforming an industry, and helping our planet by playing a critical role in delivering BP's "Net Zero by 2050". Job AdvertWhat you will deliver Work closely with wider bp/Innovation & engineering/People & Culture teams to clarify resource challenges and align on strategy Work with strategy, engineering, security, data, product, and customer operations functions at all levels to uncover (internal) customer needs and requirements stemming from changes to business direction to achieve organisational goals Provide a pan-engineering bridge between technical and business worlds as you lead strong and productive relationships with stakeholders at all levels to understand and deliver on market needs and priorities, and evangelise platform and engineering strategy and roadmaps Work closely with your platform and systems teams and your engineering leadership peers to ensure the systems scale, perform, and complement the broader technical vision for the company Take a platform ecosystem view of systems and a sociotechnical view of teams so that bp pulse are positioned to create and leverage network effects that accelerate the drive to net zero Drive a platform-mindset that transparently balances (internal) customer needs with the necessary engineering work in roadmaps across platforms and systems development Work in partnership with engineering teams to engender a highly collaborative product engineering focus where autonomy, mastery and purpose are at the forefront Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions across internally built platforms and low-code solutions and effective and efficient delivery of integrations across the two What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications) Self-starter mentality with drive and motivation whilst also being an exceptional communicator who works well within a multidisciplinary senior leadership team, bringing non-technical colleagues with them on a collaborative, agile journey. Proven track record of performing in high-intensity and ambiguous environments, operating within tight financial resources, and meeting challenging deadlines while collaborating with others. Previous experience in multi-tenant SaaS Platforms and in building and harnessing platform ecosystems and network effects. Proven experience collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups to realise commercial outcomes through sustainable software delivery practices. Solid track record of addressing customer needs with platforms and partner ecosystems. Providing strong direction throughout product life cycles as well as joint projects with partners, vendors and 3rd party suppliers. Knowledge of platform architectures, cloud services (AWS), web standards, CRM and ERP (SAP / Amazon Connect / Salesforce) and IoT fleet management. Familiarity with solution design methods, techniques and standards. Strong working knowledge of IT operations, systems, and development. Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and GDPR in relation to IT systems and security. Why join us? This is a very exciting and high-profile role and one that will play a key part in our continued transformation. With benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning, and development opportunities to enable you to craft your own career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others. In this role you will feel empowered, capable, energised, and able to act as a key decision maker and influencer. Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, neuro diversity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We operate a 60/40% hybrid model encompassing office, remote home working and a flexible working policy to offer that work life balance! EntityCustomers & Products Job Family GroupIT&S Group Relocation availableNo Travel requiredNegotiable CountryUnited Kingdom About BPCUSTOMER AND PRODUCTS We're gearing up for the future. At bp our goal for C&P is to deliver the future of mobility, energy and services for our customers by innovating with new business models and service platforms. C&P will become a hub, housing our midstream, lubricants, aviation, sale of chemicals, mobility and convenience, marketing and our next-generation businesses, making it a highly integrated and interconnected organisation. And with safety being our core value, our commitment to safe and reliable operations will never change. Want to join the team? This means: • being customer-centric, agile and responsive to changing customer needs and dynamic markets • focusing on growth and development of customer offers • optimising the chemicals and fuels value chains to maximise integrated value • contributing to the reduction of carbon intensity of the products we create, and sell, by 50% by 2050 or sooner • creating strategic partnerships that drive long-term value for C&P • being digitally enabled and empowered by customer insights and data to deliver solutions. Legal disclaimerWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic background, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.
Dec 19, 2022
Full time
Job Profile SummaryWant to be part of something electrifying? bp has embarked on a new and ambitious strategy, to deliver on its net-zero ambition and to drive efficiency and new business models, by using digital technologies. It's an exciting time to embark on your journey with bp as we undergo technology transformation and growth which you can support in defining. Let me tell you about the role As Head of Platforms and Systems you will lead our digital technology function that designs and runs both our software platform for electrification and our back-office systems. You join the bp Pulse team at a point when we are poised to scale up significantly to support the business' global growth plans. You will ensure we grow efficiently and sustainably in an unpredictable, innovative, and competitive environment, partnering internally and externally as required, and thinking strategically. Providing a software platform, you deliver an accelerator for software delivery teams by championing 'platform-thinking', through collaboration with internal peers and confidently building bridges between technology, product, and business functions. As you balance trade-offs in build-vs-buy decisions for the platform and the commercial off-the-shelf solutions to meet business needs, you empower teams and drive them to strategic decision making. Most importantly, you will be a key part of a broader bp Pulse team, dedicated to making positive change, transforming an industry, and helping our planet by playing a critical role in delivering BP's "Net Zero by 2050". Job AdvertWhat you will deliver Work closely with wider bp/Innovation & engineering/People & Culture teams to clarify resource challenges and align on strategy Work with strategy, engineering, security, data, product, and customer operations functions at all levels to uncover (internal) customer needs and requirements stemming from changes to business direction to achieve organisational goals Provide a pan-engineering bridge between technical and business worlds as you lead strong and productive relationships with stakeholders at all levels to understand and deliver on market needs and priorities, and evangelise platform and engineering strategy and roadmaps Work closely with your platform and systems teams and your engineering leadership peers to ensure the systems scale, perform, and complement the broader technical vision for the company Take a platform ecosystem view of systems and a sociotechnical view of teams so that bp pulse are positioned to create and leverage network effects that accelerate the drive to net zero Drive a platform-mindset that transparently balances (internal) customer needs with the necessary engineering work in roadmaps across platforms and systems development Work in partnership with engineering teams to engender a highly collaborative product engineering focus where autonomy, mastery and purpose are at the forefront Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions across internally built platforms and low-code solutions and effective and efficient delivery of integrations across the two What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications) Self-starter mentality with drive and motivation whilst also being an exceptional communicator who works well within a multidisciplinary senior leadership team, bringing non-technical colleagues with them on a collaborative, agile journey. Proven track record of performing in high-intensity and ambiguous environments, operating within tight financial resources, and meeting challenging deadlines while collaborating with others. Previous experience in multi-tenant SaaS Platforms and in building and harnessing platform ecosystems and network effects. Proven experience collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups to realise commercial outcomes through sustainable software delivery practices. Solid track record of addressing customer needs with platforms and partner ecosystems. Providing strong direction throughout product life cycles as well as joint projects with partners, vendors and 3rd party suppliers. Knowledge of platform architectures, cloud services (AWS), web standards, CRM and ERP (SAP / Amazon Connect / Salesforce) and IoT fleet management. Familiarity with solution design methods, techniques and standards. Strong working knowledge of IT operations, systems, and development. Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and GDPR in relation to IT systems and security. Why join us? This is a very exciting and high-profile role and one that will play a key part in our continued transformation. With benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning, and development opportunities to enable you to craft your own career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others. In this role you will feel empowered, capable, energised, and able to act as a key decision maker and influencer. Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, neuro diversity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We operate a 60/40% hybrid model encompassing office, remote home working and a flexible working policy to offer that work life balance! EntityCustomers & Products Job Family GroupIT&S Group Relocation availableNo Travel requiredNegotiable CountryUnited Kingdom About BPCUSTOMER AND PRODUCTS We're gearing up for the future. At bp our goal for C&P is to deliver the future of mobility, energy and services for our customers by innovating with new business models and service platforms. C&P will become a hub, housing our midstream, lubricants, aviation, sale of chemicals, mobility and convenience, marketing and our next-generation businesses, making it a highly integrated and interconnected organisation. And with safety being our core value, our commitment to safe and reliable operations will never change. Want to join the team? This means: • being customer-centric, agile and responsive to changing customer needs and dynamic markets • focusing on growth and development of customer offers • optimising the chemicals and fuels value chains to maximise integrated value • contributing to the reduction of carbon intensity of the products we create, and sell, by 50% by 2050 or sooner • creating strategic partnerships that drive long-term value for C&P • being digitally enabled and empowered by customer insights and data to deliver solutions. Legal disclaimerWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic background, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.
The Company: The company is a well-known manufacturer of industrial sensors and control systems used in the automation engineering sector. They offer fantastic career progression opportunities and are present in over 70 countries and employ over 5,000 staff worldwide. Products are sold across the UK and an important position has arisen due to an internal promotion for a Business Operations Analyst to support the management team. Rare opportunity to join a market leader in the engineering sector. The Role: The Business Operations Analyst will be pivotal in supporting all areas of the business from sales, finance, marketing, stock control, warehousing, etc. Hybrid working available. Using PowerBI you will use your analytical skills to provide crucial data to senior managers. You will be given full training in the UK and Germany. Highly visible role. Massive growth potential in the business. £30k-£40k Basic, Monthly Bonus Scheme, End of year bonus, Healthcare, Pension Based from the UK HQ in Hampton. The Ideal Person: Experience of using PowerBI. Flexible and inquisitive nature. Able to analyse and report data effectively. Advanced Excel skills. Experience of SAP/Salesforce an advantage. Engineering experience not required. Critical thinking and problem solving skills. Consultant: Darren Wrigley Email: Tel no. Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK. About On Target At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally.
Dec 01, 2022
Full time
The Company: The company is a well-known manufacturer of industrial sensors and control systems used in the automation engineering sector. They offer fantastic career progression opportunities and are present in over 70 countries and employ over 5,000 staff worldwide. Products are sold across the UK and an important position has arisen due to an internal promotion for a Business Operations Analyst to support the management team. Rare opportunity to join a market leader in the engineering sector. The Role: The Business Operations Analyst will be pivotal in supporting all areas of the business from sales, finance, marketing, stock control, warehousing, etc. Hybrid working available. Using PowerBI you will use your analytical skills to provide crucial data to senior managers. You will be given full training in the UK and Germany. Highly visible role. Massive growth potential in the business. £30k-£40k Basic, Monthly Bonus Scheme, End of year bonus, Healthcare, Pension Based from the UK HQ in Hampton. The Ideal Person: Experience of using PowerBI. Flexible and inquisitive nature. Able to analyse and report data effectively. Advanced Excel skills. Experience of SAP/Salesforce an advantage. Engineering experience not required. Critical thinking and problem solving skills. Consultant: Darren Wrigley Email: Tel no. Candidates must be eligible to work and live in the UK. About On Target At On Target, we specialise in sales, technical and commercial jobs in the Engineering, Construction, Building Services, Medical & Scientific, and Commercial & Industrial Solutions sectors, enabling our consultants to become experts in their market sector. We place all levels of personnel, up to Director across the UK and internationally.
Summary: The Global Marketing Organization (GMO) creates relevance, distinctiveness and growth for the PwC brand and business. We work together with the global markets and territory marketing leaders to deliver the go-to-market priorities that are aligned to Platforms, and enable sales and marketing excellence across the network. The Strategic Marketing Centre of Expertise is a global team, accountable for the development and execution of data-driven integrated marketing strategies to maximize awareness, develop relationships, build pipeline and increase PwC's market share with our Global Clients. Responsibilities: As the Marketing Effectiveness and Measurement Senior Manager, this position will bring an inquisitive mindset to strategic marketing and drive marketing campaign optimization across the PwC network through measuring the effectiveness of campaigns. Candidates should have a strong affinity to quantitative and qualitative data analysis and designing and implementing integrated campaigns that build from awareness right through to sales opportunities. This position will create measurement frameworks for strategic marketing campaigns at PwC and drive upskilling across the strategic marketer network to bring measurement of campaign effectiveness into every campaign and drive a continuous improvement mindset. The role will also work closely with the leadership team to build a consistent best practice approach to all marketing activities to help drive effectiveness and impact across everything that we do. This is a role for an experienced marketer who loves using data and insight to drive continual improvements in what we do and how we do it. It requires somebody with a strong commercial mindset, who enjoys working with people and teams and can both inspire and build confidence. Preferred Experience: Demonstrates abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas: Measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, using a combination of sales data from a CRM platform, marketing data with the aid of visualisation tools and other channel metrics; Making strategic recommendations on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and marketing tactics (holistically and individually) to inform future marketing campaign plans; Setting standards and processes for campaign measurement, ideally in a B2B or professional services context; Acting as a subject matter advisor to senior leaders and the business to influence how the practice engages the marketplace to drive relevance, distinctiveness and growth; Upskilling strategic marketers with the tools, frameworks and skills required to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and drive a data driven mindset to content marketing; Evaluating the appropriateness of proposed marketing activities, assessing alignment to the marketing strategy, targets and business development opportunities; Understanding marketing trends and channels that have increased demand generation and brand equity; Building and managing relationships with other marketing functions and the business, across a global network, including effectively managing a matrixed organization; Creating data-driven customer journeys for activation across the full marketing funnel and multiple channels, leveraging MarTech; Developing marketing tactics across the marketing mix and the leading strategy to tie initiatives together using customer journey and marketing automation principles; and, Working with marketing automation systems such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud preferable. A detailed understanding of different types of campaigns and best practice around modern marketing techniques, with the ability to systematise and upskill the wider team. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 08, 2021
Full time
Summary: The Global Marketing Organization (GMO) creates relevance, distinctiveness and growth for the PwC brand and business. We work together with the global markets and territory marketing leaders to deliver the go-to-market priorities that are aligned to Platforms, and enable sales and marketing excellence across the network. The Strategic Marketing Centre of Expertise is a global team, accountable for the development and execution of data-driven integrated marketing strategies to maximize awareness, develop relationships, build pipeline and increase PwC's market share with our Global Clients. Responsibilities: As the Marketing Effectiveness and Measurement Senior Manager, this position will bring an inquisitive mindset to strategic marketing and drive marketing campaign optimization across the PwC network through measuring the effectiveness of campaigns. Candidates should have a strong affinity to quantitative and qualitative data analysis and designing and implementing integrated campaigns that build from awareness right through to sales opportunities. This position will create measurement frameworks for strategic marketing campaigns at PwC and drive upskilling across the strategic marketer network to bring measurement of campaign effectiveness into every campaign and drive a continuous improvement mindset. The role will also work closely with the leadership team to build a consistent best practice approach to all marketing activities to help drive effectiveness and impact across everything that we do. This is a role for an experienced marketer who loves using data and insight to drive continual improvements in what we do and how we do it. It requires somebody with a strong commercial mindset, who enjoys working with people and teams and can both inspire and build confidence. Preferred Experience: Demonstrates abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas: Measuring and reporting on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns, using a combination of sales data from a CRM platform, marketing data with the aid of visualisation tools and other channel metrics; Making strategic recommendations on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and marketing tactics (holistically and individually) to inform future marketing campaign plans; Setting standards and processes for campaign measurement, ideally in a B2B or professional services context; Acting as a subject matter advisor to senior leaders and the business to influence how the practice engages the marketplace to drive relevance, distinctiveness and growth; Upskilling strategic marketers with the tools, frameworks and skills required to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and drive a data driven mindset to content marketing; Evaluating the appropriateness of proposed marketing activities, assessing alignment to the marketing strategy, targets and business development opportunities; Understanding marketing trends and channels that have increased demand generation and brand equity; Building and managing relationships with other marketing functions and the business, across a global network, including effectively managing a matrixed organization; Creating data-driven customer journeys for activation across the full marketing funnel and multiple channels, leveraging MarTech; Developing marketing tactics across the marketing mix and the leading strategy to tie initiatives together using customer journey and marketing automation principles; and, Working with marketing automation systems such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud preferable. A detailed understanding of different types of campaigns and best practice around modern marketing techniques, with the ability to systematise and upskill the wider team. Not the role for you? Did you know PwC offer flexible contract arrangements as well as contingent work (ie temporary or day rate contracting)? The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Companies stand or fall by their technology and you'll work with clients in all industries, from finance and retail to manufacturing and energy who share this belief. What they all have in common is an understanding that future success comes from embracing the most advanced technology - and building their organisations around it. By joining PwC's Technology Consulting team, your clients will be looking to you to help them define their journey - generating insights to illuminate innovative ideas, creating amazing experiences for customers, achieving huge cost savings or embracing new collaborative mindsets. And you'll be doing it as part of one of the most awarded, innovative and ambitious teams in the industry. We're recognised as leaders and have alliance relationships with major technology providers - including AWS, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and SAP - as well as for our expertise in cloud, cyber security, data and analytics, and RPA. Salesforce You'll be joining our Salesforce Consulting services team. At PwC, We believe Salesforce is a key platform for driving large transformations for our clients. This commitment means we're a Salesforce Global Strategic Partner and the fastest-growing Salesforce Consulting Partner, with a track record of delivering projects from start-ups to large transformation projects. We've won more than 35 Salesforce awards for our innovative work, as well as being rated by analysts as a Market Maker for Salesforce Globally. A career within Salesforce Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage Salesforce technology to enhance their customer experiences, enable sustainable change, and drive results. We focus on understanding our client's challenges and developing custom solutions powered by Salesforce to transform their sales, service and marketing capabilities by exploring data and identifying trends, managing customer life cycles, strategically building and leveraging online communities, driving employee engagement and collaboration, and connecting directly with channel partners to share goals, objectives, and activities in a secure, branded location. Responsibilities As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Directors and above Be involved in the financial management of clients Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Develop project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria Train, coach, and supervise team members Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand The essentials: Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, we are open to strong candidates from all relevant educational backgrounds but ideally from a technology, science, engineering or business background; Consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm; Expert knowledge and understanding of digital trends and challenges across industries, gained through project experience, contribution to thought leadership, articles, client recommendation, etc. Proven experience in providing technical leadership on complex, digital and front-office transformation initiatives, managing mixed technical teams to deliver the work; Expertise in architecting digital and multi-channel technology solutions, covering all layers of the technology stack; Demonstrable track record of helping to shape successful business development of digital and other front office business transformation initiatives. Have a minimum of Salesforce Platform App Builder and Salesforce Platform Developer I certifications. The nice to have: Have both the Salesforce System Architect and the Salesforce Application Architect certifications or the Technical Architect certification. Majority of related experience gained in one of the following sectors: Financial Services - Retail and Commercial Banking Private Sector - Energy, Utilities and Resources Private Sector - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Private Sector - Retail and Consumer Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 08, 2021
Full time
Companies stand or fall by their technology and you'll work with clients in all industries, from finance and retail to manufacturing and energy who share this belief. What they all have in common is an understanding that future success comes from embracing the most advanced technology - and building their organisations around it. By joining PwC's Technology Consulting team, your clients will be looking to you to help them define their journey - generating insights to illuminate innovative ideas, creating amazing experiences for customers, achieving huge cost savings or embracing new collaborative mindsets. And you'll be doing it as part of one of the most awarded, innovative and ambitious teams in the industry. We're recognised as leaders and have alliance relationships with major technology providers - including AWS, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and SAP - as well as for our expertise in cloud, cyber security, data and analytics, and RPA. Salesforce You'll be joining our Salesforce Consulting services team. At PwC, We believe Salesforce is a key platform for driving large transformations for our clients. This commitment means we're a Salesforce Global Strategic Partner and the fastest-growing Salesforce Consulting Partner, with a track record of delivering projects from start-ups to large transformation projects. We've won more than 35 Salesforce awards for our innovative work, as well as being rated by analysts as a Market Maker for Salesforce Globally. A career within Salesforce Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage Salesforce technology to enhance their customer experiences, enable sustainable change, and drive results. We focus on understanding our client's challenges and developing custom solutions powered by Salesforce to transform their sales, service and marketing capabilities by exploring data and identifying trends, managing customer life cycles, strategically building and leveraging online communities, driving employee engagement and collaboration, and connecting directly with channel partners to share goals, objectives, and activities in a secure, branded location. Responsibilities As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Directors and above Be involved in the financial management of clients Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients Develop project strategies to solve complex technical challenges for our clients Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team Shape and deliver projects to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients and our own quality criteria Train, coach, and supervise team members Continue to develop internal relationships and developing your PwC brand The essentials: Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, we are open to strong candidates from all relevant educational backgrounds but ideally from a technology, science, engineering or business background; Consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm; Expert knowledge and understanding of digital trends and challenges across industries, gained through project experience, contribution to thought leadership, articles, client recommendation, etc. Proven experience in providing technical leadership on complex, digital and front-office transformation initiatives, managing mixed technical teams to deliver the work; Expertise in architecting digital and multi-channel technology solutions, covering all layers of the technology stack; Demonstrable track record of helping to shape successful business development of digital and other front office business transformation initiatives. Have a minimum of Salesforce Platform App Builder and Salesforce Platform Developer I certifications. The nice to have: Have both the Salesforce System Architect and the Salesforce Application Architect certifications or the Technical Architect certification. Majority of related experience gained in one of the following sectors: Financial Services - Retail and Commercial Banking Private Sector - Energy, Utilities and Resources Private Sector - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Private Sector - Retail and Consumer Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Design Manager - Fire Suppression - WD What you will do: We are recruiting for a Leader, a highly organised individual who possess the technical skills to build on the continued success of the design team. The successful candidate will bring a leadership mindset, have a commercial margin focused approach whilst ensuring the team deliver projects and milestones on time. The Post Order Design Manager will provide first line leadership to the design, BIM and CAD teams, and will have responsibility for meeting all defined KPI's along with development of competencies of the post order team, and proactive managing capacity/workload. The successful candidate will demonstrate commercial tenacity and bring Programme and operational management skills to the role. You will require a strong core technical skill set, positively challenge and provide solutions to the design team, internal and external stakeholders. A critical success factor will be your ability to appoint the right resource to projects and maintain the overall success of the Post Order design team. The Post Order design manager will be the lead contact to the senior operations team, and therefore an ability to build strong and trusting relationships with the sales and commercial contracting teams is vital to success and achieving objectives. The role will be office based, and you will work with a diverse community of sales and project teams responsible for driving the Post Order design resources both within the UKI and within Our Global Design Centre's. Your Team will be based across the UK, so from time to time there will be travel requirements, additionally customer and site visits and attending meetings at other company locations may be required, It is expected that much of the best practices developed within the sales management organisation will be leveraged by the design manager for performance management, development and continuous improvement of their team and Post Order processes, along with building close links and relationships with our Global Design Partners who also support Post Order Design functions. How you will do it: Ensure the Team deliver a Quality Post Order design service in line with Project requirements and Design Standards. WIH, Resource and Impact Assessment planning to ensure smoothness of workflow People Focused - strong people management skills, 121, team meetings Own communication to wider operational departments, covering WIH, capacity planning, project updates and escalation management, successfully managing changing priorities Team Management Responsibility BIM/CAD/Revit Management Generate Post Order designs that help protect installation margins Proactively work with suppliers and operational colleagues to achieve cost certainty Collaborate with broader business Quality and effectiveness of post order designs that meet current design standards Update and support opportunity status within CRM solution - Salesforce Ownership of competency matrix and training plan Ownership and responsibility for proactive capacity planning and resource management Day to day team management & coaching Competence and development plans for the team (technical, commercial and skills based) Communication, planning, and alignment of priorities with field sales and Installation and Operations teams Champion use of salesforce.com Performance and engagement of Post Order design Team Installation order executed margin - performance to sold and post order impact Productivity and effectiveness of engineering resources What we look for: Essential: Experience in leading a team Experience in designing solutions for fire Suppression systems (and ideally related electrical/building services solutions), M&E Contracting knowledge would be an advantage Producing design documents, specifications, Customer presentations and supporting material Cost schedule development and production Awareness of Health & Safety regulations/requirements, construction industry processes and contract documentation Bid management Hitting Deadlines Working under pressure WIH, Resource and Capability Planning Management Experienced at working with Contractors and understanding of all associated design processes and documentation requirements in the Post Order arena Fire Suppression, Fire and/or security technical standards (system design codes along with industry relevant standards), knowledge from within the Sire & Security world BAFSA, LPC, BAFE, FIA, UK&I, ROI Design Standards knowledge Electrical wiring standards/requirements PC literacy, including knowledge of Microsoft Office products. CAD / 3-D modelling / design package awareness Configure - price - quote tools and applications Formal procurement and construction processes and systems CRM management and use Educated to A-level standard (or equivalent) Preferred: Specific training associated with technical standards, codes, or industry related programmes Ideally some form of management / leadership training Programme or Project Management Certification would be advantageous Site experience, understanding installation management If you are successful we can offer you a company culture that promotes work life balance, a commitment to continued learning and development, access to mental health support, a fantastic benefits package which includes a competitive salary, company car, medical, pension, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme, discount on Johnson Controls security products including ADT Smart Home plus voluntary schemes for childcare vouchers, cycle to work, eye care vouchers and holiday purchase. Job Engineering Primary LocationGB-West Midlands-Birmingham Organization Bldg Technologies & Solutions
Dec 03, 2021
Full time
Design Manager - Fire Suppression - WD What you will do: We are recruiting for a Leader, a highly organised individual who possess the technical skills to build on the continued success of the design team. The successful candidate will bring a leadership mindset, have a commercial margin focused approach whilst ensuring the team deliver projects and milestones on time. The Post Order Design Manager will provide first line leadership to the design, BIM and CAD teams, and will have responsibility for meeting all defined KPI's along with development of competencies of the post order team, and proactive managing capacity/workload. The successful candidate will demonstrate commercial tenacity and bring Programme and operational management skills to the role. You will require a strong core technical skill set, positively challenge and provide solutions to the design team, internal and external stakeholders. A critical success factor will be your ability to appoint the right resource to projects and maintain the overall success of the Post Order design team. The Post Order design manager will be the lead contact to the senior operations team, and therefore an ability to build strong and trusting relationships with the sales and commercial contracting teams is vital to success and achieving objectives. The role will be office based, and you will work with a diverse community of sales and project teams responsible for driving the Post Order design resources both within the UKI and within Our Global Design Centre's. Your Team will be based across the UK, so from time to time there will be travel requirements, additionally customer and site visits and attending meetings at other company locations may be required, It is expected that much of the best practices developed within the sales management organisation will be leveraged by the design manager for performance management, development and continuous improvement of their team and Post Order processes, along with building close links and relationships with our Global Design Partners who also support Post Order Design functions. How you will do it: Ensure the Team deliver a Quality Post Order design service in line with Project requirements and Design Standards. WIH, Resource and Impact Assessment planning to ensure smoothness of workflow People Focused - strong people management skills, 121, team meetings Own communication to wider operational departments, covering WIH, capacity planning, project updates and escalation management, successfully managing changing priorities Team Management Responsibility BIM/CAD/Revit Management Generate Post Order designs that help protect installation margins Proactively work with suppliers and operational colleagues to achieve cost certainty Collaborate with broader business Quality and effectiveness of post order designs that meet current design standards Update and support opportunity status within CRM solution - Salesforce Ownership of competency matrix and training plan Ownership and responsibility for proactive capacity planning and resource management Day to day team management & coaching Competence and development plans for the team (technical, commercial and skills based) Communication, planning, and alignment of priorities with field sales and Installation and Operations teams Champion use of salesforce.com Performance and engagement of Post Order design Team Installation order executed margin - performance to sold and post order impact Productivity and effectiveness of engineering resources What we look for: Essential: Experience in leading a team Experience in designing solutions for fire Suppression systems (and ideally related electrical/building services solutions), M&E Contracting knowledge would be an advantage Producing design documents, specifications, Customer presentations and supporting material Cost schedule development and production Awareness of Health & Safety regulations/requirements, construction industry processes and contract documentation Bid management Hitting Deadlines Working under pressure WIH, Resource and Capability Planning Management Experienced at working with Contractors and understanding of all associated design processes and documentation requirements in the Post Order arena Fire Suppression, Fire and/or security technical standards (system design codes along with industry relevant standards), knowledge from within the Sire & Security world BAFSA, LPC, BAFE, FIA, UK&I, ROI Design Standards knowledge Electrical wiring standards/requirements PC literacy, including knowledge of Microsoft Office products. CAD / 3-D modelling / design package awareness Configure - price - quote tools and applications Formal procurement and construction processes and systems CRM management and use Educated to A-level standard (or equivalent) Preferred: Specific training associated with technical standards, codes, or industry related programmes Ideally some form of management / leadership training Programme or Project Management Certification would be advantageous Site experience, understanding installation management If you are successful we can offer you a company culture that promotes work life balance, a commitment to continued learning and development, access to mental health support, a fantastic benefits package which includes a competitive salary, company car, medical, pension, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme, discount on Johnson Controls security products including ADT Smart Home plus voluntary schemes for childcare vouchers, cycle to work, eye care vouchers and holiday purchase. Job Engineering Primary LocationGB-West Midlands-Birmingham Organization Bldg Technologies & Solutions
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. PwC is working with a broad spectrum of clients who are increasingly responding to the challenges and opportunities of operating in the digital age, underpinned by a Cloud-first agenda. PwC provides independent advice and extensive capability to help our clients deal with the impact of digital disruption on traditional ways of doing business. We help our clients with assessment and identification of transformational opportunities, road mapping, design, and execution, supported by our Strategy, Operations and Technology teams alongside the appropriate delivery partner ecosystems. About the role There is a significant shift in how Financial Services are thinking about their digital transformations, leveraging a vibrant ecosystem of Fintech and partners, enabling fast time to market and new revenue streams. This shift in architecture thinking is primarily driven by the following factors: Banks are now looking to transform using business led, cloud based ecosystem solutions that can be configured, deployed and adapted quickly. Banks have spent years on developing digital apps, but not digitised their underlying platforms. Cost reduction and need for agility is bringing this to the top of the agenda It is generally acknowledged that 'custom build' digital banks by incumbents is not a good strategy and that traditional 'core banking replacement' programmes destroy value. Covid has brought channel shift and digital capabilities front and centre. Migration to digital banking just accelerated this shift by 3-4 years PwC has developed a unique and innovative set of assets, platforms and ecosystem partnerships to support our clients capitalising on that growth. Working with our clients' leadership teams, our API Ecosystem architect will lead the architectural design and solution components of highly complex, often business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's technology base. They will have a wealth of experience in hands on delivery of multi-year technology delivery programmes at global, multinational clients or worked at tier 1 technology firms to implement their solutions to clients. They have a broad understanding of the capabilities, technology and vendor landscape in financial services in either capital markets, retail or commercial banking. Our API Ecosystem architect has deep understanding of the technology trends in financial services and several years of experience architecting and delivering cloud native, API enabled architectures for this Industry. They are able to articulate the business and technological value of an ecosystem architecture, brings a broad awareness of the Fintech capabilities available in the market and understands how modern technologies can deliver and manage efficient partnerships with ecosystem players. They set themselves apart in being able to develop solutions for both emerging and often cloud based technologies and client legacy systems in a way that delivers value to the client and enables the client to move to an agile technology estate. They will work with partners to make appropriate software and vendor choices to support this plan and apply several best of breed technologies to create an overall solution. Ultimately working with clients to grow revenue, remove complexity, scale globally, reduce costs and set our clients for success in the digital age. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The API ecosystem architect will have a proven track record in helping Banking & Capital Markets clients transform their organisations through leading on business case development, taking lead roles in developing solution and technical architectures. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will: Have extensive examples of leading the development of solution architectures of large technology enabled business transformations encompassing the wide range of multi-disciplinary skills required to deliver change through emerging technologies; Be a trusted adviser, with a track record of advising senior executives and company boards on executing value led technical transformation within leading organisations; Have 10+ years' experience as a technical/solution architect - with a successful track record of designing and delivering complex projects including emerging technologies underpinned by cloud components, in one or more industries The candidate will have experience in all of the following areas: Industry Knowledge: Experience and understanding of the Financial Services industry, including knowledge of the technological capabilities required, challenges and vendor landscape. Emerging Technology: Understand technology trends around emerging technologies such as AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, etc. API and Integration: extensive experience in API and ecosystem integration architectures, design patterns, API platforms and technology landscape. Digital Architectures: Architecting end to end digital solutions for business and operational teams leveraging DevOps capabilities Industry recognised front and back office applications: Broad understanding of front to back technologies in Financial services (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday) and a level of functional knowledge Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration/middleware solutions, Open API's, Microservices/Containerisation, etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Migration to cloud using either Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or any other large cloud providers They will have market presence, having a personal significant track record of delivering impactful results across a large network of clients; An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Be accomplished in building effective relationships with third-party delivery organisations through the process of sourcing selecting, and managing the technical engagement with vendors/software providers; A confident and impactful communicator, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain solution design to non-technical audiences, and technical design to technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 03, 2021
Full time
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. PwC is working with a broad spectrum of clients who are increasingly responding to the challenges and opportunities of operating in the digital age, underpinned by a Cloud-first agenda. PwC provides independent advice and extensive capability to help our clients deal with the impact of digital disruption on traditional ways of doing business. We help our clients with assessment and identification of transformational opportunities, road mapping, design, and execution, supported by our Strategy, Operations and Technology teams alongside the appropriate delivery partner ecosystems. About the role There is a significant shift in how Financial Services are thinking about their digital transformations, leveraging a vibrant ecosystem of Fintech and partners, enabling fast time to market and new revenue streams. This shift in architecture thinking is primarily driven by the following factors: Banks are now looking to transform using business led, cloud based ecosystem solutions that can be configured, deployed and adapted quickly. Banks have spent years on developing digital apps, but not digitised their underlying platforms. Cost reduction and need for agility is bringing this to the top of the agenda It is generally acknowledged that 'custom build' digital banks by incumbents is not a good strategy and that traditional 'core banking replacement' programmes destroy value. Covid has brought channel shift and digital capabilities front and centre. Migration to digital banking just accelerated this shift by 3-4 years PwC has developed a unique and innovative set of assets, platforms and ecosystem partnerships to support our clients capitalising on that growth. Working with our clients' leadership teams, our API Ecosystem architect will lead the architectural design and solution components of highly complex, often business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's technology base. They will have a wealth of experience in hands on delivery of multi-year technology delivery programmes at global, multinational clients or worked at tier 1 technology firms to implement their solutions to clients. They have a broad understanding of the capabilities, technology and vendor landscape in financial services in either capital markets, retail or commercial banking. Our API Ecosystem architect has deep understanding of the technology trends in financial services and several years of experience architecting and delivering cloud native, API enabled architectures for this Industry. They are able to articulate the business and technological value of an ecosystem architecture, brings a broad awareness of the Fintech capabilities available in the market and understands how modern technologies can deliver and manage efficient partnerships with ecosystem players. They set themselves apart in being able to develop solutions for both emerging and often cloud based technologies and client legacy systems in a way that delivers value to the client and enables the client to move to an agile technology estate. They will work with partners to make appropriate software and vendor choices to support this plan and apply several best of breed technologies to create an overall solution. Ultimately working with clients to grow revenue, remove complexity, scale globally, reduce costs and set our clients for success in the digital age. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The API ecosystem architect will have a proven track record in helping Banking & Capital Markets clients transform their organisations through leading on business case development, taking lead roles in developing solution and technical architectures. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will: Have extensive examples of leading the development of solution architectures of large technology enabled business transformations encompassing the wide range of multi-disciplinary skills required to deliver change through emerging technologies; Be a trusted adviser, with a track record of advising senior executives and company boards on executing value led technical transformation within leading organisations; Have 10+ years' experience as a technical/solution architect - with a successful track record of designing and delivering complex projects including emerging technologies underpinned by cloud components, in one or more industries The candidate will have experience in all of the following areas: Industry Knowledge: Experience and understanding of the Financial Services industry, including knowledge of the technological capabilities required, challenges and vendor landscape. Emerging Technology: Understand technology trends around emerging technologies such as AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, etc. API and Integration: extensive experience in API and ecosystem integration architectures, design patterns, API platforms and technology landscape. Digital Architectures: Architecting end to end digital solutions for business and operational teams leveraging DevOps capabilities Industry recognised front and back office applications: Broad understanding of front to back technologies in Financial services (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday) and a level of functional knowledge Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration/middleware solutions, Open API's, Microservices/Containerisation, etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Migration to cloud using either Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or any other large cloud providers They will have market presence, having a personal significant track record of delivering impactful results across a large network of clients; An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Be accomplished in building effective relationships with third-party delivery organisations through the process of sourcing selecting, and managing the technical engagement with vendors/software providers; A confident and impactful communicator, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain solution design to non-technical audiences, and technical design to technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. About the role There is a significant shift in how Financial Services are thinking about their digital transformations, leveraging a vibrant ecosystem of Fintech and partners, enabling fast time to market and new revenue streams. This shift in architecture thinking is primarily driven by the following factors: Banks are now looking to transform using business led, cloud based ecosystem solutions that can be configured, deployed and adapted quickly. Banks have spent years on developing digital apps, but not digitised their underlying platforms. Cost reduction and need for agility is bringing this to the top of the agenda It is generally acknowledged that 'custom build' digital banks by incumbents is not a good strategy and that traditional 'core banking replacement' programmes destroy value. Covid has brought channel shift and digital capabilities front and centre. Migration to digital banking just accelerated this shift by 3-4 years PwC has developed a unique and innovative set of assets, platforms and ecosystem partnerships to support our clients capitalising on that growth. Working with our clients' leadership teams, our API Ecosystem architect will lead the architectural design and solution components of highly complex, often business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's technology base. They will have a wealth of experience in hands on delivery of multi-year technology delivery programmes at global, multinational clients or worked at tier 1 technology firms to implement their solutions to clients. They have a broad understanding of the capabilities, technology and vendor landscape in financial services in either capital markets, retail or commercial banking. Our API Ecosystem architect has deep understanding of the technology trends in financial services and several years of experience architecting and delivering cloud native, API enabled architectures for this Industry. They are able to articulate the business and technological value of an ecosystem architecture, brings a broad awareness of the Fintech capabilities available in the market and understands how modern technologies can deliver and manage efficient partnerships with ecosystem players. They set themselves apart in being able to develop solutions for both emerging and often cloud based technologies and client legacy systems in a way that delivers value to the client and enables the client to move to an agile technology estate. They will work with partners to make appropriate software and vendor choices to support this plan and apply several best of breed technologies to create an overall solution. Ultimately working with clients to grow revenue, remove complexity, scale globally, reduce costs and set our clients for success in the digital age. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The API ecosystem architect will have a proven track record in helping Banking & Capital Markets clients transform their organisations through leading on business case development, taking lead roles in developing solution and technical architectures. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will: Have extensive examples of leading the development of solution architectures of large technology enabled business transformations encompassing the wide range of multi-disciplinary skills required to deliver change through emerging technologies; Be a trusted adviser, with a track record of advising senior executives and company boards on executing value led technical transformation within leading organisations; Have 10+ years' experience as a technical/solution architect - with a successful track record of designing and delivering complex projects including emerging technologies underpinned by cloud components, in one or more industries The candidate will have experience in all of the following areas: Industry Knowledge: Experience and understanding of the Financial Services industry, including knowledge of the technological capabilities required, challenges and vendor landscape. Emerging Technology: Understand technology trends around emerging technologies such as AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, etc. API and Integration: extensive experience in API and ecosystem integration architectures, design patterns, API platforms and technology landscape. Digital Architectures: Architecting end to end digital solutions for business and operational teams leveraging DevOps capabilities Industry recognised front and back office applications: Broad understanding of front to back technologies in Financial services (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday) and a level of functional knowledge Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration/middleware solutions, Open API's, Microservices/Containerisation, etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Migration to cloud using either Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or any other large cloud providers They will have market presence, having a personal significant track record of delivering impactful results across a large network of clients; An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Be accomplished in building effective relationships with third-party delivery organisations through the process of sourcing selecting, and managing the technical engagement with vendors/software providers; A confident and impactful communicator, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain solution design to non-technical audiences, and technical design to technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 03, 2021
Full time
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. About the role There is a significant shift in how Financial Services are thinking about their digital transformations, leveraging a vibrant ecosystem of Fintech and partners, enabling fast time to market and new revenue streams. This shift in architecture thinking is primarily driven by the following factors: Banks are now looking to transform using business led, cloud based ecosystem solutions that can be configured, deployed and adapted quickly. Banks have spent years on developing digital apps, but not digitised their underlying platforms. Cost reduction and need for agility is bringing this to the top of the agenda It is generally acknowledged that 'custom build' digital banks by incumbents is not a good strategy and that traditional 'core banking replacement' programmes destroy value. Covid has brought channel shift and digital capabilities front and centre. Migration to digital banking just accelerated this shift by 3-4 years PwC has developed a unique and innovative set of assets, platforms and ecosystem partnerships to support our clients capitalising on that growth. Working with our clients' leadership teams, our API Ecosystem architect will lead the architectural design and solution components of highly complex, often business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's technology base. They will have a wealth of experience in hands on delivery of multi-year technology delivery programmes at global, multinational clients or worked at tier 1 technology firms to implement their solutions to clients. They have a broad understanding of the capabilities, technology and vendor landscape in financial services in either capital markets, retail or commercial banking. Our API Ecosystem architect has deep understanding of the technology trends in financial services and several years of experience architecting and delivering cloud native, API enabled architectures for this Industry. They are able to articulate the business and technological value of an ecosystem architecture, brings a broad awareness of the Fintech capabilities available in the market and understands how modern technologies can deliver and manage efficient partnerships with ecosystem players. They set themselves apart in being able to develop solutions for both emerging and often cloud based technologies and client legacy systems in a way that delivers value to the client and enables the client to move to an agile technology estate. They will work with partners to make appropriate software and vendor choices to support this plan and apply several best of breed technologies to create an overall solution. Ultimately working with clients to grow revenue, remove complexity, scale globally, reduce costs and set our clients for success in the digital age. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The API ecosystem architect will have a proven track record in helping Banking & Capital Markets clients transform their organisations through leading on business case development, taking lead roles in developing solution and technical architectures. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will: Have extensive examples of leading the development of solution architectures of large technology enabled business transformations encompassing the wide range of multi-disciplinary skills required to deliver change through emerging technologies; Be a trusted adviser, with a track record of advising senior executives and company boards on executing value led technical transformation within leading organisations; Have 10+ years' experience as a technical/solution architect - with a successful track record of designing and delivering complex projects including emerging technologies underpinned by cloud components, in one or more industries The candidate will have experience in all of the following areas: Industry Knowledge: Experience and understanding of the Financial Services industry, including knowledge of the technological capabilities required, challenges and vendor landscape. Emerging Technology: Understand technology trends around emerging technologies such as AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, etc. API and Integration: extensive experience in API and ecosystem integration architectures, design patterns, API platforms and technology landscape. Digital Architectures: Architecting end to end digital solutions for business and operational teams leveraging DevOps capabilities Industry recognised front and back office applications: Broad understanding of front to back technologies in Financial services (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday) and a level of functional knowledge Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration/middleware solutions, Open API's, Microservices/Containerisation, etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Migration to cloud using either Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform or any other large cloud providers They will have market presence, having a personal significant track record of delivering impactful results across a large network of clients; An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Be accomplished in building effective relationships with third-party delivery organisations through the process of sourcing selecting, and managing the technical engagement with vendors/software providers; A confident and impactful communicator, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain solution design to non-technical audiences, and technical design to technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. Learn more here: The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Find out more about our firmwide Employee Value Proposition: Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. PwC is working with a broad spectrum of clients who are increasingly responding to the challenges and opportunities of operating in the digital age, underpinned by a Cloud-first agenda. PwC provides independent advice and extensive capability to help our clients deal with the impact of digital disruption on traditional ways of doing business. We help our clients with assessment and identification of transformational opportunities, road mapping, design, and execution, supported by our Strategy, Operations and Technology teams alongside the appropriate delivery partner ecosystems. About the role Working with our clients' leadership teams; our technology delivery leads are responsible for delivering technology enabled business transformation programs. These are often multi-year, highly complex, business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's digital landscape. They will have a wealth of hands on experience gained from Industry or from a large global systems integrator. Well practised in an agile delivery lifecycle approach, the delivery lead will manage all stages of the project lifecycle, tenaciously driving through troubleshooting and issue resolution to keep delivery on track. The delivery lead will be required to scope, size and pull together multi-disciplined teams to deliver and drive forward the solution. They will be expected to be a 'hands on' delivery practitioner; able to motivate and robustly drive a team through a complex plan of work. They have a well-developed technical background coupled with strong stakeholder management. They will set themselves apart by having experience in delivery and scoping of large scale cloud transformation programs involving multiple SI partners. They will lead a portfolio of opportunities as well as shaping and selling new and follow-on programs of work. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical Amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The Technology Delivery lead will have a proven track record in helping global brands transform their organisations, taking a lead role for overall delivery of the solution. Furthermore, the ideal delivery lead will: Demonstrate working to the best industry standards and ensure that the delivery of the solutions are pragmatic, timely and aligned to the Clients business objectives and security requirements; Have 10+ years' hands on experience as a technical delivery lead, with a track record of delivering complex projects including emerging technology and cloud components, in one or more industries for Tier 1 clients; In possession of knowledge of emerging technology and to implement this in a large scale environment. The candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: Emerging Technology: AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) Industry recognised standard applications: SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, MS Dynamics 365, Workday Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration, API's, Containers etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary, cross geography teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Offshore Delivery Management - An effective technical delivery leader with deep experience in managing delivery through offshore teams; Individual, social and business interaction - flexibility in using a range of influencing styles in order to build strong sustainable relationships, and demonstrating the firm's values; Business acumen - Ability to explore opportunities and seek to understand if they are commercially right for the firm in the context of our Purpose. Lead client delivery engagements with focus on profitability and long-term sustainable growth for the firm and clients; Relationships - Ability to anticipate client's needs and deliver high quality, value-added services and solutions which elevate the profile of the firm in the eyes of the client' executive A confident and impactful communicator and manager of senior stakeholders, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain the programme to non-technical and technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
Dec 01, 2021
Full time
About PwC PwC is the leading global professional services firm and acclaimed as one of the world's leading employers and provider of technology transformational services. We offer diverse and rewarding experiences for our people: through the variety of clients we engage with and innovative projects we deliver; the calibre of our teams; and the exceptional training and career development opportunities we provide. PwC is working with a broad spectrum of clients who are increasingly responding to the challenges and opportunities of operating in the digital age, underpinned by a Cloud-first agenda. PwC provides independent advice and extensive capability to help our clients deal with the impact of digital disruption on traditional ways of doing business. We help our clients with assessment and identification of transformational opportunities, road mapping, design, and execution, supported by our Strategy, Operations and Technology teams alongside the appropriate delivery partner ecosystems. About the role Working with our clients' leadership teams; our technology delivery leads are responsible for delivering technology enabled business transformation programs. These are often multi-year, highly complex, business critical multi-application environments to enable and unlock new value streams within the client's digital landscape. They will have a wealth of hands on experience gained from Industry or from a large global systems integrator. Well practised in an agile delivery lifecycle approach, the delivery lead will manage all stages of the project lifecycle, tenaciously driving through troubleshooting and issue resolution to keep delivery on track. The delivery lead will be required to scope, size and pull together multi-disciplined teams to deliver and drive forward the solution. They will be expected to be a 'hands on' delivery practitioner; able to motivate and robustly drive a team through a complex plan of work. They have a well-developed technical background coupled with strong stakeholder management. They will set themselves apart by having experience in delivery and scoping of large scale cloud transformation programs involving multiple SI partners. They will lead a portfolio of opportunities as well as shaping and selling new and follow-on programs of work. Additional information Opportunity for working from home? (Yes) Amount of time client based (70%+) Opportunity for job sharing? (No) Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes) Opportunity for flexible working (hours)? (Yes) Typical Amount of time PwC office based (20%) Requirements The Technology Delivery lead will have a proven track record in helping global brands transform their organisations, taking a lead role for overall delivery of the solution. Furthermore, the ideal delivery lead will: Demonstrate working to the best industry standards and ensure that the delivery of the solutions are pragmatic, timely and aligned to the Clients business objectives and security requirements; Have 10+ years' hands on experience as a technical delivery lead, with a track record of delivering complex projects including emerging technology and cloud components, in one or more industries for Tier 1 clients; In possession of knowledge of emerging technology and to implement this in a large scale environment. The candidate will have experience in one or more of the following areas: Emerging Technology: AI, RPA, Drones, Robotics, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) Industry recognised standard applications: SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, MS Dynamics 365, Workday Transformational Enterprise Architectures: Integration, API's, Containers etc. Enterprise cloud vendors: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform An inspiring team leader, able to rapidly establish and lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary, cross geography teams, drawn from across PwC, our clients' staff and third party organisations; Offshore Delivery Management - An effective technical delivery leader with deep experience in managing delivery through offshore teams; Individual, social and business interaction - flexibility in using a range of influencing styles in order to build strong sustainable relationships, and demonstrating the firm's values; Business acumen - Ability to explore opportunities and seek to understand if they are commercially right for the firm in the context of our Purpose. Lead client delivery engagements with focus on profitability and long-term sustainable growth for the firm and clients; Relationships - Ability to anticipate client's needs and deliver high quality, value-added services and solutions which elevate the profile of the firm in the eyes of the client' executive A confident and impactful communicator and manager of senior stakeholders, both written and verbal, able to clearly explain the programme to non-technical and technical audiences; Consulting In Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverse range of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies. The skills we look for in future employees All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, 'The PwC Professional' and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. The Deal We want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have 'The Deal'. Diversity Valuing Difference. Driving Inclusion. We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool because creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business, enabling us to solve important problems and deliver value to our clients. We encourage an inclusive culture where people can be themselves, are valued for their strengths and are empowered to be the best they can be. As an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we also support different ways of working offering flexible working arrangements. Learn more here about our work to support an inclusive culture.
