Transformation & Advisory Director – Value & Programme
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Kainos Transformation & Advisory Director leading Workday transformation value, governance and benefits realisation. Advising C-suite sponsors and growing advisory work across eligible UK and Ireland locations.
Responsibilities:
- Act as trusted adviser to C-suite and executive sponsors, including CFO, CHRO, CIO and COO
- Shape transformation vision, ambition and investment cases
- Lead customer value definition and realisation on billable transformation projects
- Develop roadmaps, business cases, benefits frameworks, KPIs and value tracking
- Prove delivery against Kainos’ Workday value benchmarks across a multi-year horizon
- Provide senior programme assurance and design governance, mobilisation and delivery approaches for complex, multi-country Workday programmes
- Intervene when value or delivery is at risk
- Originate, shape and win advisory work, including Phase 0/Pathfinder engagements, proposals and RFP responses
- Grow the Transformation & Advisory pipeline and account footprint
- Support sales activity across EMEA and achieve agreed sales targets
- Build and lead the specialism, developing methods, intellectual property, thought leadership and a high-performing consultant team
- Partner with Workday and delivery leadership
Requirements:
- 15+ years in management consultancy or transformation, with significant time at Director or Partner level
- Proven track record advising C-suite stakeholders on large-scale ERP Cloud enabled transformation
- Proven track record in winning large global transformation consulting assignments
- Demonstrable expertise in business case development, benefits management and value realisation
- Experience leading or assuring complex, multi-workstream programmes, including budget, risk and governance
- Strong commercial acumen, with evidence of selling and shaping advisory work
- Outstanding executive communication, facilitation and influencing skills
- Workday, SAP, or Oracle cloud ERP programme experience across HCM, Financials or Planning
- Recognised programme or portfolio certification (MSP, PRINCE2, PMP) or a value management qualification
- Big 4 or tier-1 consultancy background
- Published thought leadership or public speaking experience
Benefits:
- People-first culture
- Growth and professional development support
- Diversity, equity and inclusion commitment
- Equal opportunity to thrive
- Recruitment process accommodations and adjustments
- Private conversations to tailor the recruitment process to candidates' needs
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