Transformation Consulting Associate Director

As an Associate Director within the Transformation Consulting practice at Grant Thornton, you will lead complex transformation and people programmes, shaping solutions and driving outcomes for senior clients. You will act as a trusted client lead, build strong relationships, influence key stakeholders, and oversee multiple engagements to ensure high quality delivery, commercial performance, and effective risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transformation and people programmes, shaping solutions and driving outcomes with senior clients.
• Act as a trusted client lead, building strong relationships and influencing key stakeholders.
• Oversee multiple engagements, ensuring high-quality delivery, commercial performance and effective risk management.
• Present clear, impactful insights and recommendations.
• Take ownership of project financials, including budgets and margins.
• Contribute to business development through proposals, pitches and identifying new opportunities.
• Support the growth of key accounts through strong client relationships.
• Coach and develop junior team members, fostering a high performing team environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in one or more of the following: change management, operating model design, organisational design, HR transformation or broader business transformation.
• A strong consulting background, operating at Manager or Senior Manager level (or equivalent).
• Experience leading client engagements and managing senior stakeholders.
• Preferably, demonstrable business development experience, including contributing to or leading proposals and building client relationships.

Preferred Skills

• Strong commercial acumen, including managing project financials and profitability.
• Experience designing and delivering people strategies, transformation programmes or employee value propositions.
• Experience contributing to propositions, bids or wider market-facing initiatives.
• Experience working within or alongside HR or transformation functions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Benefits

We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements, reduced hours, job shares and a supportive environment to balance work and life, in line with our flexible working policy.