Associate Manager, Health & Government Transformation

Sia; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sia is a global management consulting group helping clients transform with AI-enabled delivery capabilities. The Associate Manager role sits in Sia's Health and Government practice, bridging strategy advisory with the build-out of bespoke digital tooling that underpins advice.

The role moves between executive-level advisory for government stakeholders and hands-on development of AI-assisted delivery tooling to accelerate engagements, drawing on WA health sector experience and a strong consulting

Qualifications

• MSc in Information Systems for Business Performance (or equivalent) required or expected.
• Demonstrated management consulting experience across strategy/operating model advisory or hands-on delivery.
• Process and delivery certifications: Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master.
• Direct experience with Western Australian health sector and government stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to build and deploy AI-assisted delivery tooling in a professional services context.

Responsibilities

• Lead and structure workstreams across strategy refresh, operating model design, governance advisory, and proposal development for health and government clients.
• Build client-facing deliverables including proposal decks, budget and staffing models, and executive-level reporting.
• Design and facilitate stakeholder engagement processes, including large-group workshops and executive off-sites.
• Develop and maintain AI-enabled delivery tools (research automation, financial analysis, proposal generation, meeting synthesis).
• Mine and apply the firm’s internal knowledge base to strengthen proposal credibility and track record for new business.
• Act as a bridge between delivery teams and the firm’s AI tooling capability.

Skills

Leadership & delivery

Stakeholder engagement

AI tooling delivery

Proposal development

Education

MSc in Information Systems for Business Performance

Degree-level study in a relevant discipline

Tools

Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Certified Scrum Master

Job description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by AI enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.

Job Description

The Associate Manager sits within Sia's Health and Government practice, leading and contributing to consulting engagements that combine traditional management consulting methodology with Sia's proprietary AI-enabled delivery capability. The role requires the ability to move between strategic advisory work for executive and government stakeholders, and the technical build-out of bespoke digital tooling that underpins how Sia delivers that advice.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and structure workstreams across strategy refresh, operating model design, governance advisory, and proposal development for health and government clients.
• Build client-facing deliverables including proposal decks, budget and staffing models, and executive-level reporting, drawing on direct experience with WA health and government stakeholder environments.
• Design and facilitate stakeholder engagement processes, including large-group workshops and executive off-sites, translating ambiguous problems into structured advisory outputs.
• Develop and maintain a suite of custom AI-enabled delivery tools (research automation, financial analysis, proposal generation, meeting synthesis) used across the practice to accelerate engagement delivery and quality.
• Mine and apply the firm’s internal knowledge base to strengthen proposal credibility and track record positioning for new business.
• Act as a bridge between consulting delivery teams and the firm’s emerging AI tooling capability.

Qualifications

• MSc in Information Systems for Business Performance (or equivalent), with prior degree-level study in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in management consulting, spanning both traditional strategy/operating model advisory or hands-on delivery in a boutique consulting environment.
• Process and delivery certifications: Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master.
• Direct experience with Western Australian health sector and government stakeholder engagement, including state-level departments and regional health/research institutions.
• Practical ability to build and deploy AI-assisted delivery tooling for a professional services context, not just use it as an end consumer.

Additional Information

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.