At Avanade, business and technology consulting isn't just your career…it's your passion. And that means more than just working with new innovations. It means using technology to solve business problems in ways that make a real difference to you and to your customer. At Avanade, our vision is to be the leading digital innovator, realizing results for our clients and their customers through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. What's important to us? Our values clearly articulate that we are agents of change, and we seek to make a genuine impact for our clients and their customers. We value diverse thought, perspectives and backgrounds. And we strive to always deliver with excellence.As the Advisory lead for Government and Public Services, you encourage and inspire consideration, collaboration and communication at the highest levels. Ideally located in Brisbane or Sydney.
You play an integral role in shaping your team's strategy and our future operations -
providing industry insights to evolve our Advisory services to ensuring our work provides a real impact on achieving organisational objectives, always taking into account business strategy, guiding principles and current realities
* Lead engagements at CIO level to assess technology, applications, processes and capabilities to drive strategies with full stakeholder acceptance.
* Lead and provide strategic direction to large and complex programs to translate high-level strategy into operational objectives built around current realities and regulatory requirements
* Facilitate CIO level discussions that examine the challenges of complex business, operations and technology
* Manage processes and teams, including budgets, and guide the professional development of less experienced team members
* Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment of advocacy efforts with the broader strategic planning objectives.
* Prepare advice, briefing papers and presentations.
* Support engagement with government agencies and building strategic relationships with policymakers at all levels.
* Travel as required.You can translate strategic direction into operational goals in complex organisations. You can explain your insight into a business model to anyone, and you use your extensive experience in IT transformation strategy to give technical advice to senior executives.
Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills across highly complex problems, often requiring analysis of near-intangible factors, creative solutioning and significant networking.
You are likely to have an MBA, PhD or equivalent degree, plus at least 10 years of experience in IT and digital transformation strategy, architecture and operating models in public service or consulting to government clients.
Your skills and experience include:
* Strong written and oral communication skills
* Critical and creative thinking across highly complex business problems
* Thorough understanding of research and discovery techniques
* Advanced analytical skills in analysing, disseminating and interpreting business models
* Extensive experience in IT transformation strategy, architecture and operating models including a comprehensive understanding of current cloud, datacentre, and IT infrastructure and applications
* Detailed road mapping, cost modelling and planning agile, customer-centred and design-led transformations
* Operational knowledge of one or more verticals within public sector organisations
* People leadership, coaching, recruiting and career management
* Practice management, resource management, developing new services, skills and offerings
* Commercial acumen, managing the financial performance of projects