Manager - Consulting Technology - Sustainability Practice (Geneva or Zurich)

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The opportunity

As part of a high-performing team, you will deliver exceptional client service — consulting clients on technology strategies, providing advice on how technology enablement, digital transformation and enterprise intelligence will enable their business strategies. You will work with clients on their strategic technology solutions, and support clients transforming IT organizations, operating models, and capabilities. Not limited to, but emphasis will be put on engagements centered on tech sustainability.

Sustainability and decarbonization are the key challenges of our generation and today’s world. Countries and organizations have pledged to significantly reduce GHG emissions to become climate neutral. With EY Sustainability, we are offering a holistic end-to-end approach that mobilizes all EY capabilities and that is a comprehensive response to these challenges. EYCarbon is part of the sustainability service offering and focuses exclusively on all business issues related to decarbonization (from strategy development, target setting and implementation to reporting).

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Manager, a key part of your role will be to actively establish and grow internal and external relationships. You will identify potential for EY and our clients, within existing engagements and develop these with your team members as appropriate. Similarly, you’ll manage projects, anticipating and identifying risks within engagements and sharing any issues with senior members of the team. As a leader, you will contribute to our inspiring working environment and team, nurture our positive learning culture, coach and counsel junior team members to help them to develop.

You’re expected to engage in various topics to foster sustainability including the scaling of cloud computing solutions to optimize and modernize IT infrastructure and platforms, analysing, developing concepts of, and implementing of AI models, data mining, predictive analytics, and machine learning, or supporting the introduction of block chain/distributed ledger technologies. Your responsibilities will include:

• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for clients and senior managers on projects. You structure and engage teams to deliver high quality outputs
• Along with senior management, identify clients’ technology challenges and opportunities, shape, propose and develop innovative solutions
• Working in a team environment to assist clients in developing and implementing technology-based sustainability strategies, decarbonization measures, and climate change mitigation and adaptation plans
• Leading sustainable business process re-engineering and transformation projects
• Help accelerate our Technology Transformation growth strategy by supporting pursuits of new clients and engagements
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients and EY colleagues, able to drive strategic discussions regarding business and technology strategies
• Define and deliver transformational digital programs or solutions for our clients
• Lead cross-functional teams or engagements with technologists, architects, developers, designers, business consultants, user researchers to build user-centric solutions, or change manage management specialists
• Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting and with other services across the organization in Switzerland and internationally
• Follow our educational program to continually develop personal skills and capabilities, and support team members in their development
• Contribute to people-related initiatives including
  
  

Skills And Attributes For Success

To qualify for the role you must have

• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in the technology consulting domain, with a significant part spent on sustainability stakes.
• Master’s degree from a reputable University with excellent academic records.
• A passion for sustainability-related topics, information technologies, digital innovation, understanding of common industry standards, business practices in the domain and their applications for sustainability.
• An entrepreneurial mentality and strong leadership skills with the willingness to generate, drive and own engagements.
• Strong teaming and communications drive to lead and motivate others.
• Customer-centric focus with an ability to structure and analyze problems in a systematic and organized way.
• Excellent client management skills and the ability to work with clients to develop and manage an action plan.
• An open-minded motivated personality willing to work in teams and possess strong interpersonal skills.
• Can-do mindset, with a focus on high performance standards and ability to work in a focused and independent manner.
• Excellent skills in both written and verbal English and German/French (both would be an advantage).
  
  

What We Look For

• We are looking for passionate leaders with strong vision and energetic drive to shape and realize strategic technology transformation for our clients. If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential, this role is for you.
• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
• You are curious and purpose driven. We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.
• You are inclusive. We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.
  
  

What We Offer

• International multi-cultural team of highly motivated professionals
• Constant personal development with a steep learning curve – a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free*
• exception of EY contractors, interns and alumni.
  
  

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Make the next step and apply for this position (ID: 568102) online. For further information please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com / +41 58 286 33 66).

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