Technology Strategy Manager

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Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Job ID: 43667
Date Posted: Dec 16, 2019
Segment: IT
Business Unit: Hitachi Consulting
Company Name: Hitachi Consulting Global Corporation
Profession (Job Category): Consulting
Job Type (Experience Level): Experienced
Job Schedule: Full-time
Remote: Optional

Description

Technology Strategy Consultant - Manager/Senior Manager

Opportunity

Hitachi Consulting is currently investing in its Technology Solutions Practice which is growing rapidly in the UK and Europe.

As part of this, we are seeking to recruit several Technology Strategy professionals at Manager or Senior Manager level to join our EMEA Digital practice, based in the UK. A significant part of the role is to work on strategy consulting projects for customers.

The successful candidates will have commercial strategy consulting experience with skills across presales, client engagement and delivery. We are recruiting strategy consultants and analysts to work on key accounts and work at a strategic level with our customers. They will also help set strategy for our delivery practices, helping to steer our business through a time of significant, organic growth and change.

Expertise

We hire professionals, passionate about the benefits technology can bring to business. It is likely that most people who meet our criteria will come from a large-scale consulting or systems backgrounds with experience in:

Successful candidates will typically have:

At least 3-5 years' experience in a consulting environment including IT advisory and strategic consulting

Experience around innovation ideation, shaping and digital scaling with clients throughout the whole conception to delivery cycle

Rapid ideation and solution prototyping

Business case modelling

Roadmap development

Passion for Technology and solving business needs to provide the best possible solutions and support for clients with an understanding of:

Cloud technology principles and the application to business

The business value associated with emerging technologies such as AI, big data platforms, IoT and edge platforms, AR/VR

A passion for user experience design and the ability to guide clients through technology concepts/solutions using prototyping and visualisation tools

Qualifications

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will enjoy varied responsibilities including:

Facilitating business problem solving through structured hypotheses, detailed analysis, and insights leading to recommendations to senior management

Collaborating with industry and business specialists to develop comprehensive technology strategies, which can include technology investment opportunity assessment, investment portfolio strategy, information strategy, sourcing strategy, enterprise architecture strategy

Supporting consultants as an analyst on client engagements

Obtain data from multiple sources, collate, analyse and triangulate information to develop reliable fact bases and reports

Structure and prepare draft reports and client steering committee presentations

Present draft reports to internal management for review and feedback

Build network of contacts and internal relationships across Hitachi Consulting to support information gathering and data analysis

Summary

We hire professionals, passionate about the benefits technology can bring to business. The ideal candidate will be an experienced consultant with a proven track record of winning business and guiding clients through the full project coupled with the ability to conceive innovative technology strategies.

The role is requires great people and engagement skills. The role requires the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines. It requires persuasive communication and presentation skills to clearly articulate our solutions to clients and effectively demonstrate how Hitachi Consulting will deliver value.

Travel

Whilst Hitachi Consulting is respectful of our employee’s work / life balance candidates should be fully prepared to travel throughout Europe and internationally if required.

Inclusion and Diversity

Hitachi Consulting is committed to building an inclusive work environment that leverages the diverse talent and perspectives of our global workforce. We value the unique background, experience and capability of each employee and embrace differences including gender, race, religion, disability, nationality, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity and personal style.

As a global company, we understand, appreciate and respect the diversity of our people and foster a collaborative work environment with equal opportunity for all employees. Inclusion and diversity is a fundamental strength of Hitachi Consulting that adds value for our company, our clients, our suppliers and the communities in which we live and work.

Hitachi Consulting offers excellent benefits and career growth to all employees and is an equal opportunity employer.