Workplace Advisory Manager

Avanade; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade in Australia seeks a Senior Workplace Advisory lead to guide strategic client engagements, shaping technology-driven outcomes and employee experiences. You will lead assignments, support sales efforts, and deliver compelling proposals and presentations in a dynamic Workplace Experience practice.

The role focuses on driving AI-enabled transformation, advocating for GenAI and M365 Copilot adoption while collaborating with global teams and executives across Sydney and Melbourne.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and selling large, integrated workplace solutions.
• Solid consulting or advisory experience focused on workplace and employee experience strategies.
• Experience in the rollout of Microsoft Copilot and agents, including use case ideation and training.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership to advise clients at strategic levels.
• Provide big-picture and tactical guidance on technology-enabled business outcomes.
• Lead client engagements and teams to drive innovation, collaboration, and productivity improvements.

Skills

Advisory experience

Workplace strategy

Copilot adoption

Job description

Summary

Join our Advisory team to guide strategic client engagements, leveraging technology for impactful business outcomes. Be ambitious, personable, and a leader in our evolving practice.

Summary

Join our Advisory team to guide strategic client engagements, leveraging technology for impactful business outcomes. Be ambitious, personable, and a leader in our evolving practice.

Our Workplace Advisory team sits at the intersection of business strategy and technology and thrives on turning ideas and innovations into breakthrough results for leading organisations around the world. Immerse yourself in a diversely talented team, and a leader in digital, workplace and employee experience transformation, backed by the power of Accenture and Microsoft.

In this dynamic role, you will develop employee-centric experiences that drive innovation and improve productivity. This includes supporting our clients on their most advanced Workplace Experience opportunities and challenges such as demonstrating and maximising the value of GenAI technologies and M365 Copilot. You'll take the lead on client engagements and delivery, you’ll assist with sales efforts, crafting client proposals and delivering presentations. Join us in shaping the future of workplace experiences.

Together we do what matters.

• The role is open to candidates based in Sydney and Melbourne.
• You will be willing to travel interstate if required for project requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership to advise clients at strategic levels
• Provide big-picture and tactical guidance on technology-enabled business outcomes
• Lead client engagements and teams to drive innovation, collaboration, productivity improvement, AI adoption at scale and be responsible for the project management and associated deliverables
• Develop and evolve employee centric experience and organisation transformation strategies propositions and solutions.
• Support the identification, development, and selling of workplace experience client propositions and pitch in response to market demand and digital trends.
• Deliver sales presentations to clients and responding to RFPs aligned with Digital Workplace Experiences.
• Assume a substantive role in the Advisory Practice with leadership qualities

Qualifications

Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering and selling large, integrated workplace solutions
• Solid consulting or advisory experience with a focus on client workplace and employee experience strategies.
• Experience in the roll out of Microsoft Copilot and agents, including use case ideation, training and business case justification.

Workplace solution experience should cover one or more of the following:

• Digitally enabled collaboration and knowledge management - and supporting M365 technology and capability
• Digital platforms to promote staff engagement
• AI & Agentic governance, value realisation and adoption
• Culture change & Workforce Impacts
• Operating model and organisation design
• Process automation and augmentation