Head of Emerging Technology at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

A career in Information Technology, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to support our core business functions by deploying applications that enable our people to work more efficiently and deliver the highest levels of service to our clients. You’ll focus on managing the design and implementation of technology infrastructure within PwC, developing and enhancing both client and internal facing applications within PwC, and providing technology tools that help create a competitive advantage for the Firm to drive strategic business growth.

Our Policy, Strategy, and Leadership - Practice Support team provides strategic oversight, manages operations, and develops policies for all aspects of PwC’s Information Technology team.
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 an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. 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 Senior 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:

• Take action to ensure everyone has a voice, inviting opinion from all.
• Establish the root causes of issues and tackle them, rather than just the symptoms.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Develop specialised expertise in one or more areas.
• Advise stakeholders on relevant technical issues for their business area.
• Navigate the complexities of global teams and engagements.
• Build trust with teams and stakeholders through open and honest conversation.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Principal Accountabilities

Leadership

• Lead and scale a high-functioning, passionate team of engineers and analysts
• Provide hands-on, operational and inspirational leadership
• Strategically collaborate and support cross-functional teams to identify key new problems and opportunities
• Coach, develop and inspire our next generation of innovation leadership

Influence

• Position OneTechnology as an innovation leader within the business through your contributions of disrupting traditional and digital experiences
• Inspire and educate our senior leaders of what is possible
• Establish an innovation driven mindset across all technology teams within OneTechnology and Digital Transformation.
• Demonstrate the highest levels of integrity and create trusting, open, and productive working relationships throughout the organisation
• Build relationships and influences inside business

Execute

• Identify, develop, and make the case for operationalisation of emerging technologies that will enhance our customer experience, deliver operational efficiencies, or help promote our mission & values
• Develop and apply appropriate innovation prioritisation frameworks to drive resource allocation to the areas with the highest long term customer and business value
• Drive execution through the lens of business driven outcomes
• Build and develop a team and culture that can be a guidepost to other teams within the organisation through great culture and significant value delivery
• Elevate, coordinate and execute with an increased time to market

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years technology experience - Required
• 4 years management (leading a technology team) Required
• Bachelor of Science - Required
• Certification in Computer Science - Required
• Application Development background - Required
• Experience with GCP - Required
• Advantageous - Experience with Azure and AWS
• Advantageous - Application Security certification and experience
• Advantageous - Understanding and experience with the following technologies:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Robotic Process Automation
  • Internet of Things
  • Chatbots
  • Blockchain
  • Cloud
  • Data Analytics