Strategy & Operations Transformation Lead

The Panel; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Panel in Ireland seeks a Manager to lead Strategy and Operations Transformation within a global consulting context. You will drive complex transformation programmes for financial services clients, focusing on improving performance, operating models, and customer/employee experiences.

Join a high-performing team that values collaboration, senior stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based delivery. The role offers variety, growth, and meaningful client exposure in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of experience delivering large-scale transformation programmes in consulting or financial services.
• Strong background in strategy, operating model design, and process improvement with both waterfall and agile delivery.
• Proven client management and stakeholder engagement skills with ability to influence senior decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex workstreams across strategy, operations transformation, and customer experience engagements.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders to align, decide, and deliver with confidence.
• Manage projects end-to-end including business case development, implementation, and close-out while tracking scope, timelines and budgets.
• Coach and mentor teams to drive collaboration and consistent delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Apply structured problem-solving techniques (business analysis, design thinking, analytics) to identify improvements.

Skills

Strategy

Operations Transformation

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

PowerPoint

Excel

Agile

Waterfall

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

The Panel in Ireland seeks a Manager to lead Strategy and Operations Transformation within a global consulting context. You will drive complex transformation programmes for financial services clients, focusing on improving performance, operating models, and customer/employee experiences.

Join a high-performing team that values collaboration, senior stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based delivery. The role offers variety, growth, and meaningful client exposure in a fast-paced environment.