Manager- Government Public Sector jobs at Ey in Jamaica, Kingston

Our Government & Public sector practice (GPS) provides organizational transformation services across the Caribbean Region, enabling Public Sector clients to achieve their goals, and deliver real change to citizens.

Your key responsibilities

• Responsible for effective Project and Programme management (PPM) delivery:
  • Management and communication of TCQ drivers
  • Being outcome aware, and focused
  • Being commercially astute
  • Being confident to challenge and bring solutions to problems
• Possesses specialized knowledge of project and program delivery methods (including Agile and Waterfall), and ability to coach others on relevant processes, tools, techniques and enabling technologies
• Lead professional employees or supervise others to deliver complex technical initiatives, with accountability for performance and results.
• Apply depth of expertise to guide others and interpret internal / external issues to recommend quality solutions.
• Build working relationships with competency leaders (People, Technology and Business Consulting) to develop and deliver customized solutions to GPS clients
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with clients. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's challenges and recognize key performance drivers and trends.
• Responsible for continuous process improvement, the identification of innovative solutions through research and analysis, insight and experience of best practices.
• Meets performance objectives and metrics set locally (client service, quality and risk management, sales and business growth, solution development and teaming etc.)

Skills and attributes for success

• Emotionally intelligent team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated consistency in values, principles, and work ethic
• Tolerance for ambiguity and ability to navigate complexity
• Strong analytical mindset, takes abstract questions and issues and creates manageable, specific work streams
• Communication and presentation skills
• Structured problem solving, quantitative analysis, and storytelling skills

Essential

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
• Five to Eight years project management/ leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience in transformation
• Relevant PPM qualification/ Certification
• Experience in use of PPM tooling
• Demonstrated responsibility for budget/ financial management
• Self-starter with a drive to learn
• An eye for detail

Preferrable

• Postgraduate degree (MBA, MSc)
• Eight + years experience including programme management
• Experienced in strategy development & planning, and systems thinking
• Experience/ certification in business change
• Experience in Government and Public Sector ways-of-working