Senior Manager - Sectors People Consulting (People Centric Transformation)

Summary of Role Purpose:

As a People Practice Consultant within KPMG Advisory, you will be an integral part of a growing team dedicated to transforming organisations through a people-centric lens. This role focuses on delivering the people agenda within large-scale transformation programmes and modernizing HR functions.

You will leverage expertise across our four key capability areas:

• People Centric Transformation
• Workforce Transformation
• Learning Solutions
• HR Transformation

In this role, you will support clients in areas such as digitally enabled employee engagement, skills and capabilities development, fostering agile organisations and workforces, shaping the future of work, driving people change and leadership capability, and implementing value-driven, efficient, and technology-powered HR solutions.

This position primarily supports clients in the Middle East, drawing upon the established expertise and maturity of KPMG's UK People Practice.

Description of the role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager to lead major people-focused transformation projects. You will drive complex change programs, including those related to new operating models, digital transformations (like ERP implementations), and global business services.

We need someone with broad experience in culture and change management, ideally also with knowledge of learning, talent, and target operating models. Your role will be to guide clients from developing change strategies and aligning leaders, through to planning, designing organisations, and fully implementing changes (including people transitions, culture shifts, and learning programs).

Experience working in the Middle East or with clients in that region, and understanding local cultural and business practices, is a strong advantage.
We seek a leader who can help expand our people-led change practice at KPMG. You will be crucial in designing and delivering complex people change programs for diverse global clients across various business functions and sectors.

Role dimensions:

The successful candidate will:

• Client Engagement: Lead complex people-centric transformations for FTSE 100 clients (e.g., Energy, Banking), integrating with multi-disciplinary teams and providing people-side leadership. Build strong client relationships and help generate new business using your expertise and network.
• Practice Development: Innovate our Behavioural Change Management and People Centric Transformation offerings, tools, and assets. Lead internal knowledge sharing and skills development.
• Team Leadership: Coach and develop consultants, supporting their career progression.
• Regional Focus: Travel frequently to the Middle East to work with KPMG firms and clients on sites.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will be an experienced consultant with a proven track record in leading transformation programs, demonstrating expertise in:

• Change Strategy: Defining clear approaches for organisational shifts
• Stakeholder and Leadership Alignment: Ensuring key individuals are united behind transformation goals
• Culture Change: Guiding organisations through shifts in values and behaviours
• Impact Assessments: Identifying and planning for the effects of change on people and processes
• Effective Change Delivery: Implementing engaging campaigns, clear communications, and targeted learning initiatives
• Business Readiness: Ensuring organisations are prepared for new ways of working
• Deployment: Overseeing the rollout of new solutions and local adaptations
• Measuring Change: Tracking progress and demonstrating value.
• Change Management Tools: Possessing a strong understanding of relevant tools
• Core Consulting Skills: Including proposal development, team and risk management, influencing stakeholders, and navigating complex situations
• Middle East Client Experience: Applying a nuanced regional understanding to projects

KPMG Overview

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

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