Senior Delivery Manager - Telco

Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible? Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges? You’ve come to the right place.

Who You'll Work With

You will be based in our Johannesburg office as part of Orphoz, working closely and in partnership with client's senior management and their specialist departments.

As a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, Orphoz offers a unique combination of experience, knowledge, network resources, and flexibility. Within our collaborative community, we deliver business transformation including restructuring, turnaround, post-merger implementation, and more. We realize strategy and execute it with our clients. Orphoz integrates the skills, approach, corporate culture, and resources that lead to the success of complex transformation projects and is ideally positioned to smoothly implement strategies designed by McKinsey & Company.

Orphoz helps our leading private sector clients achieve one of their biggest challenges: making their business transformation plans really happen. Our day-to-day work is to support large companies who need to adapt their operating models to the accelerated changes in their environment by combining agility, sustainable efficiency, and employee engagement. Overall, we exist to deliver a lasting impact to our clients.

With Orphoz, you can expect a uniquely varied and exciting working environment, as well as the opportunity to work with a talented and dynamic growing team. We plan and deliver change projects together with our clients, helping them capture their full potential. We know what determines the success of large projects and what can ensure lasting implementation success. We combine strategic and operational project management with strong execution skills and an understanding of the specific demands of each industry. We measure our success by achieving the goals we set together with our clients.

Your impact within our firm

You will implement business transformation office projects in the Financial Services Sector, ensuring long term impact delivery.

As a Senior Delivery Manager:

• You will lead on business transformation / business change projects by engaging at a deep level across our clients’ businesses, working in teams to build the capabilities, systems and processes needed to deliver bottom-line results and then ensure those results will be sustained.
• You will lead, coach, and motivate your team of consultants and client employees in each project.
• You’ll act as a subject matter expert, combining experience with strong problem-solving abilities to derive business insights and solid recommendations for clients.
• You will contribute to the implementation of our Delivery groups growth strategy, and you will take responsibility on the development of the firm.
• You will grow in a stimulating and human environment where quality of life at work is important.

Your qualifications and skills

• 8+ years of professional experience including some coming from a consulting environment with high problem solving ability.
• 2+ years experience delivering and execution large scale business transformation projects such as: turnaround, restructuring, M&A PMI post merger implementation, capability building, organisational structure, and setting up a Transformation office.
• 3+ years industry sector expertise in Telco (Telecommunications).
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in financial or similar field with strong record of academic achievement.
• Experience developing business unit strategy and leading large-scale change programs, preferably while establishing strong relationships with senior clients.
• You have experience leading people and building teams, empowering team members to achieve impact.
• You enjoy the flexibility and agility that is required in a consulting environment.
• You are experienced in conducting workshops and coaching sessions.
• You are driven by creating long-lasting impact and enjoy leading teams to achieve results.