Consulting - Transformation Design & Delivery – Manager at PwC

PwC; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Global network

AI tools and training

Wellbeing allowance

Life & income protection

Sick leave 15 days

Health insurance

Flexible working

Paid recognition days off

Parental leave

Job summary

PwC NZ in Auckland is seeking an experienced Manager to lead the delivery of complex transformation programmes across strategy, process, technology and change. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, shape practical solutions, and deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, coaching junior consultants and contributing to business development, with sponsorship and growth opportunities within PwC's global network in New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5-8 years' experience delivering transformation, project or change initiatives within consulting or a complex corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading project teams and delivering complex client engagements.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, risks and competing priorities.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to contribute to business development and client growth.
• Experience working within recognised delivery methodologies such as Agile, PRINCE2 or PMI/PMBOK.
• Excellent communication, coaching and problem-solving skills, with a passion for delivering meaningful transformation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation engagements and deliver high-quality outcomes that solve complex business challenges and create lasting client impact.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, working closely with stakeholders to understand challenges, shape solutions and deliver successful outcomes.
• Lead multiple workstreams and multidisciplinary project teams, providing direction, coaching and quality oversight from planning through to implementation.
• Manage engagement delivery, including project planning, resource coordination, budgets, risks and changing priorities to ensure successful outcomes.
• Facilitate client workshops, governance forums and executive discussions, providing clear communication and practical recommendations.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals and strengthening client relationships.
• Coach, mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team culture.
• Drive the continuous improvement of PwC's transformation methodologies, tools and ways of working to enhance delivery and client value.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Consulting experience

Communication

Coaching

Problem-solving

Project leadership

Tools

Agile

PRINCE2

PMBOK

Job description

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Management Level Manager Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in management consulting focus on helping clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. They work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. These individuals help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage. Management consultants help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. They improve the way organisations operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. In complex collaborative design and delivery at PwC you will specialise in designing and facilitating tailored interventions that accelerate stakeholder alignment and robust decision making on complex, systemic challenges. You will work closely with senior client stakeholders and engagement teams to understand their needs, co-design and deliver solutions, and facilitate their teams through experiential, collaborative work. Working in this area, you will possess a deep understanding of human-centred systems thinking, design thinking, process facilitation, collaborative methodologies and working with complexity, to enable impactful outcomes.

Ngá Kôrero mó tône tôranga / About the role

At PwC's Transformation Design & Delivery (TDD) practice, we work alongside clients to design and deliver complex transformation programmes across strategy, process, technology and change. We're growing our team in Tâmaki Makaurau / Auckland and are looking for an experienced Manager to lead the delivery of client engagements and help organisations navigate complex transformation programmes. You'll work directly with clients to understand their challenges, shape practical solutions and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. Alongside engagement delivery, you'll coach junior consultants, build trusted client relationships and contribute to the continued growth of the practice.

Lead substantial impact in the following areas:

Lead transformation engagements and deliver high-quality outcomes that solve complex business challenges and create lasting client impact.

Build trusted relationships with clients, working closely with stakeholders to understand challenges, shape solutions and deliver successful outcomes.

Lead multiple workstreams and multidisciplinary project teams, providing direction, coaching and quality oversight from planning through to implementation.

Manage engagement delivery, including project planning, resource coordination, budgets, risks and changing priorities to ensure successful outcomes.

Facilitate client workshops, governance forums and executive discussions, providing clear communication and practical recommendations.

Support business development by identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals and strengthening client relationships.

Coach, mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team culture.

Drive the continuous improvement of PwC's transformation methodologies, tools and ways of working to enhance delivery and client value.

Ngá ükånga ka kawea mai e koe, ka whakawhanakehia réi i tône tôranga / Skills

• Approximately 5-8 years' experience delivering transformation, project or change initiatives within consulting or a complex corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading project teams and delivering complex client engagements.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience managing project scope, budgets, risks and competing priorities.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to contribute to business development and client growth.
• Experience working within recognised delivery methodologies such as Agile, PRINCE2 or PMI/PMBOK.
• Excellent communication, coaching and problem-solving skills, with a passion for delivering meaningful transformation outcomes.

Ngá ähuatanga hirahira o te mahi ki PwC / Highlights of working at PwC NZ

• Rewards - Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts & deals
• Growth - Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways
• Wellbeing - $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days' paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies)
• Reputation - PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you'll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
• Flexibility - Flexible working; supportive coaching culture
• Time off - Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks' annual leave
• Whánau & community - Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave

Motuhake / Independence

Maintaining independence is fundamental to demonstrating that PwC has not been influenced by any relationships or situations that undermine our objectivity. This role requires an independence review process.

Nau mai űóto wawe / We encourage early applications

This role may close before the listed date if we identify a suitable candidate.

Atamai hangahanga / A.I. usage

Please note that secure, A.I.-enabled tools may support parts of our recruitment process, but all applications are reviewed and decisions made by our people.