State and Local Government - Human Services - Consulting - Senior Manager

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From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world.    The opportunity   EY US is currently looking for qualified professionals interested in helping US federal, state and local agencies better manage their programs and projects. If you are looking to make an impact in how our government provides its services, then come join our Transformation Execution Team.    Your key responsibilities   As one of our Transformation Execution leaders, you’ll work with government clients to support and improve a broad range of Program Management (PM) operations, including integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management. You will have the opportunity to apply your PM knowledge on meaningful and complex projects, while working with multidisciplinary teams and industry leaders. We also will provide access to robust PM training programs and in-house PM leadership. Key responsibilities of the position include:

Leading multiple PM engagements  Leading internal projects  Directing and planning technical, financial, risk and quality aspects of client engagements  Leading service development and service delivery execution  Communicating issues, status and thought leadership to partners and clients  Building impactful relationships with key influencers to effectively manage work and generate new business opportunities  Sharing leading practices and insights about current industry or subject-matter topics with EY US leaders, proposal teams and clients  Building, managing and motivating high-performing teams, including supporting people-related initiatives (e.g., recruitment, retention, training, competency development)  Developing people through effective leadership, coaching, mentoring and performance assessment of all levels of staff  Communicating the improvements from and helping implement EY US portfolio management, PM and project management methodologies  Communicating workplace policies, procedures and practices to all levels of staff

Skills and attributes for success

Understand clients’ cultures and operations to influence important decisions  Leverage industry leading practices and trends to provide valuable insights to clients  Assist with cultivating and managing business development opportunities. Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients.  Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to serve client needs.

To qualify for the role you must have

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or a business-related field and approximately 8 years of recent consulting or relevant industry experience (with at least 4 years of recent consulting experience preferred) with the ability to show a significant