Associate

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

GPS X-Sector

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Government and Public Sector Transformation Management practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities 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 complex business issues and manage 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 effectively, 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:  Mumbai | Pune |

Position Type: Full time

Subject Matter Expertise: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having experience in govt eGov Smart city, ULB projects

Job Summary

At PwC, our purpose is to build 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 delivering quality in Assurance, Advisory and Tax services.

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

The candidate should strong interpersonal skills, who not only enjoys the challenge of working with other team members but externally with a diverse, senior-Government officials across varied Ministries and PSUs. Recent experience and understanding of the Indian business ecosystem and government initiatives is a must.

The candidate will be required to showcase excellent communication skills and will have demonstrated consistently the skill and capability in delivering impactful and insightful projects in the past. He/she will also be required to participate in client meetings and, during the course of a project, will be responsive to client enquiries, eventually leading the delivery engagement.

Candidate will also be expected to contribute to Practice or Firm development. This may be adjudged in various 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 clients etc. The position is based out of Mumbai | Pune |. However, the ideal candidate should not have any constraints to travel for work related opportunities, whether domestic or internationally.

Roles & Responsibilities:

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

Educational Qualifications

• Post-Graduation: MBA (preferable)
• Engineering (B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech) in IT/Computer Science/ Electronics / Telecommunication OR MCA

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 candidate should possess post-qualification relevant work experience of 3 to 8 years in Consulting /IT/ITES firm.
• Experience of working with Indian Government (Central, State, ULBs)/related agencies is preferred. However, this will not be a mandatory requirement.
• Experience in Consulting and international projects (Preferred). However, this will not be a mandatory requirement.

Tools & Techniques

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

Required Skill Sets

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

Personality traits (desired)

• Strong communications skills, both written and verbal. Communicating passion, energy, intensity, and excitement in a direct, apolitical, way.
• Ability to handle complex assignment independently.
• Ability to work with ambiguity. Taking a systematic, structured view of situations.
• Ability to interact with client (senior government officials).
• Driving to root causes and able to identify trends, process improvement opportunities and broader business implications.
• Demonstrating willingness to ‘get hands dirty’ and developing a problem-solving attitude.
• Plans, manages and drives own efforts to successfully deliver client commitments.
• Willingness and ability to handle multiple projects with competing deadlines, working with individuals who have different working styles, and managing challenging expectations.
• Taking ownership of each project by doing what is needed at all phases of the process, anticipating next steps and not waiting to be told what to do.
• Ability to prioritize in own workload to realign resources where/when needed.
• Strong personal and professional presence and self-confidence, capable of working effectively with senior team as well as all other levels.
• High drive, energy and work ethic; creative, flexible and adaptive in leading change.
• Engaging interpersonal style and excellent relationship building skills, with the desire and ability to coach and mentor team members.

The skills we look for in future employees:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’.

The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders.

Mandatory Skill Set-: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having experience in govt eGov Smart city, ULB projects
Preferred Skill Set-: IT Consulting resource (generalist) - having experience in govt eGov Smart city, ULB projects
Year of experience required-4+
Qualifications-Engineering (B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech) in IT/Computer Science/ Electronics / Telecommunication OR MCA

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 Skills

Information Technology Consulting

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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