Assistant Director - GDS CS Strategy - Transformation
Assistant Director - GDS CS Strategy - Transformation
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At EY youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with the global scale support inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.
Account Portfolio Manager GDS CS Strategy & Transformation
Role
The individual will be a senior member of the Account team representing EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) and articulates GDS expertise range and capacity with the onshore and offshore stakeholders. The individual will be part of the GDS CS Strategy & Transformation (CS S&T) team and responsible for further strengthening the Account-GDS relationship and acts as a pan-GDS interface for the account within GDS and between GDS and onshore leadership. It is predominantly an individual contributor role responsible for developing driving and managing focussed growth transformation and enablement initiatives for the assigned accounts.
This role involves liaising closely with GDS client service and enablement functions to ensure identified opportunities are being pursued and deliverables meet stakeholders expectations. The role involves collaborating with GDS and account leadership in developing and executing the GDS strategy for all market segments service lines and enablement functions.
Key responsibilities
Client Centricity
- Building an astute understanding of the accounts business needs and being responsible for building a comprehensive understanding of the GDS usage metrics value proposition relationship matrix business priorities opportunities growth drivers and inhibitors
- Work closely with the GDS account leader and SL leads of the account to strategize and develop a customized development plan which focuses on GDS capabilities aligning with users priorities and business goals.
- Facilitate the co-development of account plan with the Global account team and GDS; bringing GDS expertise and capacity to meet the accounts growth opportunities
- The development plan should include the GDS value proposition tailored to the Account and anchored to the Accounts 35-year growth plans
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with GDS internal teams and focus on-demand requirements of the account
- Act as a change enabler for GDS by challenging the status quo providing leadership with valued insights to deliver an exceptional client experience
- Effectively leverage EY and GDS Value frameworks and tools to enable and support the strategic conversations
Relationship management
- Identifying critical decision-makers/influencers/stakeholders to build high-impact relationships through a strong understanding of their needs expectations perceptions and key business imperatives
- Deliver a role of trusted solution-centred user-focused strategic advisor willing to deliver an exceptional client experience. Represent GDS and the account team across various forums through deep knowledge of the business needs industry expertise self-awareness and a balanced approach that recognizes business relationships are built on trust and connection
- Conceptualize and then deliver customized business solutions presentations and business collaterals that convey the progressive GDS value proposition to key decision-makers and stakeholders
Program Management and Facilitation
- Program manage and co-develop account specific go-to-market strategies. Through an effective project management discipline ensure the availability of a robust pipeline across accounts drive the sector agenda from an account lens and work in collaboration with service lines/functions to implement demand growth
- Identify new opportunities work with service line/functions and target where & how to invest resources and qualify the opportunities for GDS
- Drive monthly/quarterly business reviews with the GDS Leadership
- Fulfil a lead role in managing virtual/in-person User events/workshops by facilitating end-end (including agenda development facilitation action orientation and coordinating with domain and event experts) and track outcomes
Skills and attributes for success
- Postgraduate in management and Graduate in any domain-related to management economics or technology
- 12 Years of relevant consulting/execution experience with at least 8 years of experience in building Go-To-Market strategy/ working in shared services client/partner program in professional services or technology environment
- Management of senior stakeholder relationships at CXO Partner or Functional Head level
- Should be able to conceptualize/visualize the business solution and deliver the customized presentation business collaterals articulating progressive value proposition to the executive level audiences and follow up with the leaders to create a competitive advantage
- Strong business acumen relationship management and team orientation skills; ability to lead execute gravitas and influence others in a cross-functional environment
- The individual should have a flair for troubleshooting issues and finding creative solutions to drive the team and clients agendas forward
- The role requires excellent analytical skills to analyse the business issues/challenges to support the right decision-making process
To qualify for the role you must have
- Excellent listening oral written presentation communication and negotiating skills
- Strong project management skills facilitating culturally diverse teams across service lines and all of GDS and the clients environment
- Thrives in a VUCA working environment with the ability to collaborate towards business outcomes
- Culturally sensitive capable of handling interactions with a global mindset
- Strong project management and facilitation skills convening diverse teams and expertise from across GDS and the clients ecosystem
- Strategic and client-centric mindset keeping the users priorities and business goals as objectives and ensuring the broader EY and market contexts are considered.
- Ability to work & deliver as a team with the flexibility to take on roles as needed across multiple initiatives as a leader or team member
- Strategic Thinker who can alternate between operations and overall business objectives with a growth mindset
- Consistently reinforce the GDS value proposition as appropriate using effective communication skills and a solution-oriented approach to creating interest for our Clients Users and key stakeholders
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
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