Job Description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

GPS X-Sector

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Government and Public Sector Transformation Management practice, within General Consulting services, will offer you with the opening to help client organisations seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest chances. We collaborate with some of the world’s largest and most multi-layered companies to understand their unique business issues and chances in an ever changing environment. We 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.

In joining, you’ll help federal, state and local government clients solve multi-layered business issues and oversee jurisdiction related risk. You’ll help our clients assess their operational and security and data management strategies so they can continue to operate more efficiently and productively, both today and tomorrow.

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 Position Title: IT eGov Consulting resource

Grade/Level: Consultant/Senior Consultant

LoS: Advisory

Sub LoS/SBU: Government Technology (GovTech) Vertical

Location: Pune

Position Type: Full time

Email : prajakta.gaikwad@pwc.com

eGov Expertise: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having background in govt consulting, eGov transformation, Smart city, ULB projects

 Job Summary

At PwC, our purpose is to establish trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 284,000 people who are committed to handing over quality in Assurance, Advisory and Tax services.

Within Advisory, PwC has a large team (GovTech) that enables government companies to transform and deliver better service to citizens and optimize operations. The open position is for a person who desires to partner with government clients and bring about a change in society. A successful person will be expected to work pro-actively and efficiently on multiple client engagements over the period of time and take ownership of the entire project delivery he/she entrusted with.

The person should solid interpersonal competencies, who not only enjoys the challenge of teaming up with other team members but externally with a diverse, senior-Government officials throughout varied Ministries and PSUs. Recent experience and understanding of the Indian business ecosystem and government initiatives is a must.

The jobseeker will be required to showcase first-rate communication capabilities and will have demonstrated consistently the skill and capability in producing impactful and insightful projects in the past. He/she will also be required to participate in client organisation meetings and, during the course of a project, will be responsive to customer enquiries, eventually leading the delivery engagement.

Jobseeker will also be expected to contribute to Practice or Firm development. This may be adjudged in different ways such as serving as a mentor to other team members, by leading training/development initiatives, contributing to thought leadership papers, assisting other network firms etc.

Positions are with PwC’s Government Technology (GovTech) practice, which works with Central & State Governments, PSUs, donor agencies, international government customers etc. The position is based out of Pune. However, the ideal jobseeker should not have any constraints to travel for work related prospects, whether domestic or internationally.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• • Building project Charter
• • Define project scope and deliverables that support business goals
• • Create project plans and schedule
• • Communicate with stakeholders/customers on an ongoing basis
• • Set and continually run project expectations with team members and customers
• • Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• • Spot and handle project dependencies and critical path
• • Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools (Microsoft Project Management)
• • Track project milestones and deliverables
• • Shape and provide progress reports, proposals, expectations documentation and presentations
• • Issue status reports to the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas
• • Proactively run changes in project scope, spot potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• • Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• • Establish, shape, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project.
• • Conduct project “lessons learned” meetings and create a recommendations report in order to spot successful and unsuccessful project elements
• • Create best practices and tools for project execution and management

Educational Qualifications

• • Post-Graduation: MBA (preferable)
• • Graduation: BE/BTech/MCA/MSc (Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics).

Certifications

Having one or more of the following certifications will be an added advantage:

• • PMP
• • Prince-2
• • TOGAF
• • ITIL
• • COBIT
• • Six Sigma Green / Black Belt

Work Experience

• • The person should possess post-qualification relevant work experience of 3 to 7 years in Consulting /Government Consulting preferred.
• • Experience of partnering with Indian Government (Central, State, ULBs)/related agencies is preferred. However, this will not be a mandatory requirement.
• • Exposure to Government Consulting projects (Preferred). However, this will not be a mandatory requirement.

Tools & Techniques

• • Thorough grasp of MS Excel, Power Point and other project management tools.

Required Skill Sets

Thorough understanding of MS Excel, Power Point and other project management tools.

PwC Professional leadership development framework centres on five core attributes:  Whole leadership, Business acumen, Technical capabilities, Global acumen and Relationships.

We use this framework to recruit, shape and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, helping our people to meet the expectations of our customers, colleagues and communities in today’s changing global marketplace.

Mandatory Skill Set-eGov Expertise: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having exposure to govt consulting, eGov transformation, Smart city, ULB projects
Preferred Skill Set-eGov Expertise: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having track record in govt consulting, eGov transformation, Smart city, ULB projects
Year of experience required-4+
Qualifications-BE/BTECH MBA

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Capabilities

Electronic Government, Smart Cities

Optional Competencies

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Criteria

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

This Senior Associate vacancy is based in Pune.