Director of Business Consulting (Remote)

In brief

**Overview** Datafin Recruitment is seeking a Director of Business Consulting for their client, a growing international startup consultancy. This consultancy specializes in custom implementations of platform software to drive digital transformation for financial institutions and multinational organizations. The role is remote and involves leading multiple client and internal teams, identifying new revenue opportunities, and designing and delivering solutions through to a managed service. These services are intended to improve the end customers' business performance. **What you will do** * Lead multiple clients and internal teams. * Identify new revenue opportunities, then design and deliver solutions through to a managed service. * Introduce new relationships and lead existing client relationships at senior levels. * Gain an understanding of client business issues and digital priorities. * Define a set of value-based issues which, by working with technical specialists, can be translated into buildable solutions. * Hold existing relationships that could be monetised by the business with proven sales success in a consulting environment. * Work with senior relationships to identify business issues solvable by the platform and create compelling high-level value cases. * Lead the design of core solution components and the implementation of digital change. * Take personal accountability for the risk associated with outcome-based pricing and delivery complexity. * Be aware of Global trends in automation, leading practice, and innovation. * Define information and data requirements that meet the digital needs of clients. * Design and oversee Agile implementations. * Be responsible for work delivered in complex environments, adhering to critical deadlines and managing commercial relationships not based on time and materials. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Educated to Degree level. * Strong track record of completing commercial agreements and impactful messages to senior stakeholders. * Experience working in a consulting environment, with excellent experience of building new client relationships, monetizing existing relationships, deal origination where an RFP does not exist, selling, and solution design for complex business process improvement. * Led design-led solution workshops and re-design complex business processes. * Led clients to enable cloud solution adoption. * Strong commercial acumen linked to achieving client outcomes. * Demonstrates strong versatility and can thrive in innovative situations. * Viewed as an expert in your chosen field. * Strong background in Client handling, leading commercial agreement and change, diagnosing business model improvements that require data automation solutions. * Strong desire to deliver process automation and not PowerPoint. * Client related domain experience that is required: * Mining and commodity related operational improvement. * Supply Chain and logistics digital operational process improvement, outside of implementing traditional ERP systems. **Who should apply** This role is for a high-performing professional with a demonstrable track record, capable of building deep trusted client relationships. The ideal candidate is a well-organised self-starter and leader who can manage their own workload and assigned team members on a project basis. They possess good commercial acumen, experience in digital solution design where delivery has been in a fast-moving environment dealing with complex clients. The individual should also demonstrate strong versatility in innovative situations and be viewed as an expert in their chosen field. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/director-of-business-consulting-remote-datafin-recruitment Source: myjobmag

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• At least 2 years of experience.

• Agile / Scrum

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