PwC - Senior Consultant/Principal Consultant - Government & Public Service Practice

Roles & Responsibilities:

Positions are with PwC's Government and Public Service practice which works with central government, state governments, PSUs, donor agencies etc. Key responsibilities will include

1) Project delivery

- On allocated accounts, contribute to/lead teams and ensure successful client delivery, including identifying and addressing emerging issues, securing deployment of adequate and appropriate resources, delivering all client commitments within time/budget constraints, effective reporting and meeting/exceeding PwC's client service and quality standards.

- Identify additional opportunities that maybe be strategic and viable for PwC

- Assist with advising teams on the best use of project management disciplines and approaches and act as the first point of contact for any program management queries

- Develop positive relationships with teams to enable the PMO to provide support including facilitation, tracking and reporting on projects, and training

- Assist with establishing PMO stakeholder management plan and implementation of the communication framework

- Act as a reference point for PMO queries and information and an advocate for best practices in project management

- Share lessons learned and best practices across programs, building relationships with stakeholders and brokering relationships at all levels

- Coordination of project Governance arrangements, Post Project Reviews, Programme level workshops

2) Team development: Contribute to building the team by mentoring, retaining, attracting, and developing some of the best available talent.

3) Business Development: Work, in a collaborative manner, alongside the campaign leaders and other teams to pursue and respond to client opportunities.

Education and Experience:

- The candidate should possess 2-3 years (for consultant), 4-6 years (for Senior Consultant)_ and 6+ years (for Manager) of post-qualification relevant experience of working in a top tier Strategy/Consulting/IT/ITES firm

- Strong client delivery orientation, clean reputation and credibility with key clients in their space for delivering client value.

- Hands-on approach to Project management

- Experience of working with Indian Government/Agencies is preferred. However this will not be a mandatory requirement.

- History of strong academic performance, preferably in top tier engineering and Business Schools; advanced degree preferred.

Skills required:

- PMO experience and knowledge of project management

- Thorough knowledge of MS Excel and other project management tools

- Proven record of timeliness in providing reports to all stakeholders

- Proven experience in providing service to internal stakeholders to achieve successful project outcomes

- Understanding of project delivery and acceptance processes within a fast-paced business environment

- Strong communications skills, both written and verbal

- Understanding of the importance for detail and organisation

- Very good prioritisation skills to balance key priorities

- A strong customer centric approach

- A PMP/Prince 2 certification preferred