Delivery Consultant - Social, Healthcare and Public Entities (SHaPE)

McKinsey & Company, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic individual to join their London office, focusing on impactful business transformation projects within the public sector. This role involves leading organizational development, process optimization, and service redesign initiatives that drive meaningful change. You will work closely with senior management and specialist departments, utilizing your expertise in project management frameworks like Prince 2 and Agile to ensure successful project delivery. If you are passionate about making a difference and have a strong analytical mindset, this opportunity offers a chance to contribute to significant transformations in public services.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in delivery and implementing digital transformation projects.
• Strong academic record in business, economics or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business transformation projects for the public sector.
• Support clients in achieving and sustaining strategic objectives.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Project Management

Digital Transformation

Adaptability

Education

University degree in business, economics or engineering

Tools

MS Project

Prince 2

Agile

Job description

Your Growth

You will be based in our London office as part of our Social, Healthcare and Public Entities (SHaPE) practice. You’ll join a team passionate about impact, who focus on operational project management with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each organization.

You will also be part of our new Delivery Assurance Transformation & Delivery Public Sector practices, leading organizations to execute business transformation programs in a time of accelerated business change. You will work within the Public and Social Care practice that owns delivery and implementation after the initial set-up based on Prince 2 and Agile frameworks. You will work in an efficient, and highly engaging method.

You will work closely with senior management and specialist departments of our public, social and healthcare sector clients to provide impactful solutions. We measure our success on the impact we deliver for our clients and their ability to sustain the new benefits and changes once we have left. Joint achievement of our goals is the measure of our success in the industry-independent implementation of transformation projects for industrial and service companies.

As individuals with access to government assets, successful candidates would need to apply for Security Check (SC) clearance through McKinsey once they join. Candidates should therefore confirm if they hold or have previously held a UK government security clearance (SC, DV or other) and if not, they must be willing to apply for the right level of clearance.

Your Impact

You will deliver business transformation projects to the public sector on organizational development, process optimization, service redesign, and governance & process management.

In this role, you will work on challenging projects and identify value-creation opportunities for our clients. With your delivery focus and expertise, you will support our clients by ensuring their organizations achieve and sustain strategic objectives. You will help deliver innovative solutions in the fields of new services, overall service redesign, organizational structure, governance, process management and workforce, and capability building; resulting in meaningful and enduring change.

With your implementation expertise, you will support our clients in translating strategic objectives into practical implementation initiatives and goals. You will also be responsible for project planning, delivery and implementation of organizational change, which you will tackle with the appropriate management tools and solutions.

Your qualifications and skills

• University degree in business, economics or engineering with a strong record of academic achievement
• 2+ years professional experience on delivery and implementing digital transformation projects in the public sector or health sector, delivering business change and business transformation projects
• Solid understanding and some demonstrated knowledge of project management delivery using related tools and methods including MS Project, Prince 2, Agile or similar
• Highly analytical individual
• Excellent conceptual problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit, dedication, creativity and a passion for overcoming any challenge to get things done
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt your style of communication to suit a wide range of stakeholders