CI&E Manager

Specialty/Competency: Product InnovationTime Type: Full timeTravel Requirements: Up to 40%A career in our Digital and Applications Design practice, within Application and Emerging Technology services, will provide you with a unique opportunity to help our clients identify and prioritise emerging technologies that can help solve their business problems. We help our clients design approaches to integrate new technologies, skills, and processes so they can get the most out of their technology investment and drive business results and innovation.Our team helps organisations align their business and operational requirements through the careful design of digital platforms and applications. You’ll help our clients with application optimisation, strategic integration of custom packaged solutions like Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management, and roadmap development.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.

Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.

Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.

Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.

Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.

Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.

Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.

Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.

Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.

Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.

Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

PwC’s commercial digital upskilling product is a platform which enables a capability based learning experience that transforms companies and individuals to be digitally enabled. Our commercial digital upskilling product is built with the spirit of continuous innovation, providing excellence and value to all users.Job Requirements and Preferences :Basic Qualifications :Minimum Degree Required :Bachelor DegreeAdditional Educational Requirements :In lieu of a Bachelor Degree, 12 years of professional experience involving technology-focused process improvements, transformations, and/or system implementations.Minimum Years of Experience :5 year(s)Preferred Qualifications :Degree Preferred :Master DegreePreferred Fields of Study :Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Business Analytics, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering & Accounting, Management Information Systems, MathematicsPreferred Knowledge/Skills :Demonstrates extensive-level, abilities success with managing the identification and addressing of client needs including:Collaborating with small multidisciplinary product teams and collaborating with designers, business users and developers to innovate and drive product development;

Advocating on behalf of the customer, our SMEs & stakeholders, constantly thinking about their needs and the reflection of those needs in the products we deliver;

Representing stakeholders and set product and project vision;

Working with UX and Designers to produce visual prototype and functional prototypes with agile approaches;

Managing release planning, backlog and roadmap requirements creation with a proven track record for deploying high quality products;

Prioritizing new features/development and establishing execution is completed;

Demonstrating effective collaboration with teams spanning multiple geographies to develop and deliver product;

Applying data to solve questions of functionality;

Communicating passionately and articulately, creating storyboards/presentations, demoing the platform, and being comfortable communicating with all of our stakeholders, partners, consultants, and clients;

Drafting communications and training related to the product releases;

Demonstrating flexibility and willingness to travel, as required, and having a flexible mindset and comfort with multi-tasking and quickly shifting priorities;

Contributing to the development of your own and team’s technical acumen; and,

Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges and keeping up to date with EdTech Trends.

Demonstrates extensive knowledge and/or a proven record of success managing the development and utilization of technology, emphasizing the following areas:Managing projects by defining and achieving project outcomes and meeting project key performance metric targets;

Utilizing and applying into projects knowledge of IT implementation and maintenance, learning initiatives, operations reporting, metrics, marketing and communications;

Exploring new technologies & assembling and managing product teams by working closely with engineering team and stakeholders;

Collaborating with small multidisciplinary teams to help build products that are beneficial to our consultants and their clients;

Demonstrating flexibility by working to define requirements while simultaneously designing for those requirements;

Establishing a successful collaboration model with business leadership teams and functional leadership teams;

Developing and maintaining relationships with key management within significant vendor organizations and leveraging those relationships to solve any relationship issues and to stay current with technology and other developments within those companies;

Presenting at meetings and conferences to create awareness of product strategy and generate excitement for future business opportunities;

Providing valuable stakeholder feedback to address and taking action to meet the firm's strategic goals;

Representing stakeholders and setting product and project vision;

Collaborating with the development team, by creating and managing a product road-map;

Prioritizing new features/development and establishing execution is completed;

Managing and coaching small multidisciplinary product teams and collaborating with designers, business users, and developers to innovate and drive product development; and,

Producing visual prototype and functions.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.For positions in Colorado, visit the following link for information related to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act: https://pwc.to/coloradoadvisorymanager.#LI-Remote