Associate Director, Technology & Transformation, Operations Industry & Domain Solutions, Government & Public Services

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The public sector is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities, driven by technological advancements, evolving citizen expectations, and increasing pressure for efficiency and effectiveness. Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice is dedicated to helping public sector clients navigate this complex landscape and emerge as leaders in a rapidly changing world.

We are committed to transforming the way public sector services are designed and delivered. We work with clients across central and local government, regulatory bodies, transportation, security and justice, defence, education, and health, leveraging deep sector and technical expertise to drive impactful changes.

Our teams focus on helping public sector clients adapt to the evolving landscape, reimagine their operations, and achieve their strategic objectives. We offer end-to-end support, from operating model design and process re-engineering to digital transformation and service design.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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While all consultants develop specialised knowledge as they progress within Deloitte, most are initially broad in their focus, meaning they do not need specific industry or functional expertise to be successful. For Associate Directors who join as experienced professionals, this can mean building on previous knowledge or developing experience in an area that is completely new.

As an Associate Director in this practice, you will have the opportunity to be a future leader internally within Deloitte and in our client’s eyes. You will take on responsibility early on in your career at Deloitte and develop your skills in managing projects and budgets. You manage diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution. In addition, this role will allow you to be creative in developing client solutions.

To be successful in this role you will work as part of a team of industry specialists providing consulting services to major Public Sector clients, so you'll quickly build upon your existing knowledge, to become an expert in your field.

As an Associate Director, your responsibilities will include:

• Manage complex client engagements, delivering projects, overseeing budget, and risk.
• Owning and independently managing the end-to-end responsibility for the delivery of an engagement or major workstream – including developing work plans for engagements, proactively identifying and managing strategic risks, leading and supporting team members – to enable clients to achieve new performance highs
• Managing the quality of team output presented for senior-level review (Deloitte & client)
• Managing and leading teams to deliver operations transformation for clients, often driven by new digital capabilities and services, in line with client net zero and sustainability ambitions
• Building on your leadership skills and leveraging your interest to inspire others, nurture strong relationships, and create true followership
• Understanding and anticipating client needs based on an excellent understanding of the Public Sector, developing strong client relationships

At Deloitte, we encourage you to be yourself, and we give you the freedom to contribute creatively while you also learn, develop and make your mark. You will have the opportunity to work on a range of projects, building your skills and experience on the job. You will also experience the breadth of what Deloitte offers, working with colleagues across a range of disciplines and drawing on our market leading methods, and our global assets and tools.

Whatever your aspirations, we offer a highly inclusive, collaborative workplace to ensure our staff are supported, encouraged and feel a sense of purpose and meaning in what they do each day. Our development and career progression framework will help you develop the skills and capabilities to succeed, enabling you to become a leader responsible for real and lasting impact. You will have a support system of career development advisors, the guidance of project leaders, and partnership with your colleagues and teammates at every turn. You will benefit from our global scale and capability, as well as from the speed and nimbleness of our close-knit teams. Life is not all project work, of course. You can be involved with many social, cultural and volunteering opportunities within the firm.

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There is no standard model for Deloitte Associate Directors. We are looking for talented problem-solvers with intellectual curiosity who are ready to be active members of a client team, as well as of the firm-wide community. Associate Directors are involved in every phase of an engagement, from proposal research to final implementation.

Essentials:

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the key issues and trends in Government in the UK Public Sector
• Significant previous consulting experience in a strategy or transformation context OR extensive experience in one or more specific areas of delivery such as regulation, security & justice, health, public infrastructure, transport, the environment, and energy/net zero
• Excellent project and programme management disciplines, including production of detailed project plans, key quality programme deliverables and working and delivering to strict time constraints
• Experience of managing projects or workstreams on operational improvement, strategy, or digital/data transformation projects
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Experience creating high quality deliverables
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong business development and stakeholder management and relationship building skills to collaborate, influence, and inform
• Have an ability to manage senior stakeholders effectively and manage complex and diverse client scenarios, focusing on high quality and delivery through others even in high pressured, time critical situations.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of the one or more core consulting disciplines including:
• Target Operating Model Design
• Digital/Data Transformation
• Process improvement
• Cost Reduction
• Service Design
• Business Analysis
• Experience of the business development lifecycle including identifying market opportunities, developing relationships, developing tender responses
• Understanding of AI and Data
• UK Security Cleared (not mandatory)

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Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.

Engineering, AI and Data

We lead transformation at the heart of our clients; re-engineering the core of our clients’ organisations, helping to unleash growth, and creating better futures for their customers, citizens and employees.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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"Everyone always says, “it’s the people,” and that’s true. Working for a brand you feel proud of feels pretty good too. And you don’t have any stress about fitting into a particular stereotype, because there are so many different types of people in Deloitte Digital.” -Gillian, Technology & Transformation"

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