IT Strategy Senior Manager

About Baringa We set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. You'll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges. We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made. Our Digital & Technology practice are looking for an experienced Senior Manager (Strategy) to join the team. In our Digital and Technology (D&T) Strategy Practice we bring strategy to life, enabling our clients to unlock the true meaning of digital and the underlying technologies, allowing them to benefit from real innovative digital business models, helping them to be among the "first movers" and scale their digital ecosystem. We are looking for more great people to join our Digital and Strategy practice; new colleagues with a passion for a high-performance culture, problem solving, enabling growth and delivering value through the use of technology to help CIOs deliver cost effective, positive and tailored user and customer experiences. Our industry growth along with our continued progressive geographic expansion means that we can offer our employees great progression and development across a diverse range of engagements. We need somebody who can support the growth of the D&T Technology strategy team and bring new capability especially in digital strategy, blending technology with customer experience and engagement. You will be helping CIOs transform their organisations, deploy new business models, optimise their spend, source better and improve ways of working, comply with regulation and exploit new digital technologies such as XaaS, cloud, artificial intelligence or the internet of things. As well as spending time with our client's senior business members to understand their strategy and technology concerns, you will be working with our subject matter experts across industry and technology sectors to ensure we bring our cutting edge thinking and expertise to our clients. What you will be doing Build digital and technology enabled strategies and roadmaps Own technology-driven maturity assessments Design end-to-end support for implementing digital solutions Steer digital ecosystem supplier/partners design, engagement and procurement Define customer experience goals Create business cases aligned to digital initiatives with business objectives Optimise digital and technology operating model assessments Formulate project portfolio planning and related IT cost Support M&A, post-merger integration (PMI) and separation activities Measure, improve and deliver sustainable technology Your Skills And Experience A background in transformation programmes with the innovative use of technology such as Web3, IoT, cloud services, top MarTech Platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Adobe), channel technology strategy or sustainable technology Experience with organisation design, optimisation and organisational change programmes Exposure to strategic-sourcing, outsourcing, offshoring and/or supplier optimisation Commercially minded, with the ability to develop business cases Awareness of business goals and how they can be enabled through technology and digital Familiarity with transitioning from legacy end of life systems to modern, resilient frameworks and architectures Hands on delivery focus as well as strategy Growth driven mindset to help build trusted client relationships and develop new opportunities Passionate about people and practise development Experience in ITIL and SIAM is preferred Skilled in M&A, PMI and separation activities, including technology due diligence is desirable What a career at Baringa will give you Putting People First. Benefits Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service. Flexible Working: We know that the 'ideal' work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave. Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us. Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We've introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice. Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company's success. Diversity and Inclusion We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. An award-winning workplace You can be a part of our 'Great Place to Work' – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we've achieved this. Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have. Join us All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. 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