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Job Description
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is recruiting for a Global Strategy & Transformation Practice Lead to join its Digital Advisory business focusing on helps clients develop, de-risk and sustain value from strategic transformation initiatives through pragmatic, operationally literate digitalization, asset management and operations excellence advisory services & tools. We focus on the full asset lifecycle : leveraging digital to optimize CAPEX, plan early for digital to achieve value in OPEX, and apply digital to optimize OPEX. This opportunity is Hybrid in Houston. TX
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The Role
The Global Strategy & Transformation Practice Lead will be responsible for the operational leadership of the global team, including project execution and resourcing, whilst playing a key and significant role in business acquisition together with the Digital Technology and Growth & Development groups at Wood. Our ideal candidate is self-driven and with a demonstrated track record of winning work for themselves and their teams, across a wide client portfolio.
Has a broad geographical and multi sector experience, combined with industry and domain credibility, working with multiple stakeholders to achieve tangible results. The role requires being able to readily engage with clients to understand their problems and - through the application of Design Thinking principles and Wood's deep domain expertise, combined with a clear understanding of today's digital and technology landscape - show how Wood can solve these problems to drive sustainable client value. The role will be the voice of the client and a constant advocate for Wood.
The individual will manage communication upwards in the organization, with other key stakeholders across both Wood and its Partners, and the sales and marketing teams to share the vision and roadmap for the Strategy & Transformation group. The role will be responsible for collecting and prioritizing business and market requirements, communicating with domain experts, technology owners / partners and with an input into the wider Consulting strategy.
Have previous experience with delivering digitalization strategies and / or operational excellence outcomes for clients in asset-intensive industries, preferably for multiple sectors and numerous geographic regions, with the goal of enabling sustainable energy transition and decarbonization outcomes for both new and existing assets.
In-depth knowledge of the market, market trends, technology landscape, organizational transformation approaches, and change management techniques are key skills. The ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of client organizations, to communicate with potential customers regarding their assets / systems / processes and how our services, combined with partner offerings, would deliver value to them, are essential requirements of this role.
We are looking for motivated, growth-focused individuals who thrive on working closely with clients and our best global business, who are digital and domain experts in asset intensive industries, possess outstanding stakeholder engagement and change management skills, and hold and nourish multi-tiered client relationships, to help our clients realize value from digitalization and digital-led decarbonization in the energy, materials and life science sectors.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world .
Our Digital Consulting group empowers our clients by designing digital strategies and integrating solutions that drive advancements and value across the asset lifecycle. We work with our clients to design their digital transformation strategy, ensuring their digital ecosystem drives tangible outcomes. Importantly, our first-hand knowledge of industrial sectors and the assets within them means we're able to implement the digital strategy effectively too
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across sustainable energy transition and decarbonization
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. This opportunity is Hybrid in Houston. TX
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
- Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
- Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession
Responsibilities
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Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.
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About Us
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list) : race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
