Manager, Strategy & Transformation

Armanino•Saint Louis, MO

8d•$110,000 - $177,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about. Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work. We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don’t check-out of life when you check-in at work. That’s why we’ve created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas. Our Strategy & Transformation team helps clients improve processes, leverage technology, and achieve their goals faster. We work with innovative companies across technology, biotech, life sciences, professional services, nonprofit, and consumer goods industries. As a Strategy & Transformation Manager, you’ll collaborate with clients to develop strategies that drive operational, financial, and human capital success. You’ll work in small teams to analyze data, test hypotheses, and deliver actionable recommendations. Core Services: Growth Strategy: Drive revenue growth through market research, competitive analysis, and pricing strategies. Operational Transformation: Optimize business processes, working capital, and customer service. Digital Transformation: Develop technology roadmaps, data strategies, and cost-saving initiatives. Human Capital Advisory: Lead change management, succession planning, and workforce development. M&A & Value Creation: Support due diligence, post-merger integration, and operational improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, related major or equivalent work experience; Advanced degree preferred.
Minimum 5 years of experience in Consulting, Operations, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, or Software Development, with proven experience in process design, design thinking, IT strategy, and/or Human Capital Strategy.
Hands-on business analysis skills including project vision, requirements documentation, process design, quality assurance, and rollouts; experienced in designing and documenting business processes and process maps.
Solid understanding of enterprise software, cloud-based technologies, integrations, data strategy, technology architecture, cloud platforms, operating models, and governance frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business challenges and develop effective solutions using frameworks such as systems thinking, SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, Root Cause Analysis, Design Thinking, and Lean Six Sigma.
Strong project management capabilities, including managing multiple complex projects concurrently, setting goals, developing timelines, managing resources, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
Skilled in applying design thinking methodologies (empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test) to real-world client challenges.
Exceptional executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly organize information and deliver messages that drive decision-making at executive and board levels.
Industry experience in one or more of Armanino’s strategic industries: technology, not-for-profit, healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, or distribution.
Strong client relationship skills, with a proven ability to quickly build trust, deliver high satisfaction, generate follow-on work, and support complex sales cycles including discovery, scoping, pricing, and proposal development.
Flexibility to work from home while collaborating in person half the time.

Responsibilities

Lead projects focused on solving complex business problems, process, and technology problems at our clients.
Coach and mentor consultants and sr. consultants on projects
Design a project plan and be able to adapt to new information or changing client requirements.
Manage a high quality project ensuring high quality client deliverables, on time projects, overall budget adherence and achievement of high client satisfaction scores
Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and client resources as needed to delivery high quality client outcome.
Conduct current state process assessments across and apply best practices, industry research, and competitor research to achieve defined business objectives
Leverage tools and techniques such as Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to develop process maps that can be leveraged to drive measurable change in a clients business and by implementation teams to generate meaningful business requirements and traceability.
Use design thinking and other techniques to assist clients in the identification, prioritization, and sequencing of strategic business and technology initiatives and synthesize them into a cohesive roadmap.
Assess organization structures, service offerings, and inter-company processes to define target state organization and operating models.
Evaluate current state technology architecture assessment across the enterprise, develop gap assessment, and recommend target state with the help of subject matter experts.
Evaluate current state technology architecture assessment across the enterprise, develop gap assessment, and recommend target state with the help of subject matter experts.
Facilitate workshops and interviews with client stakeholders to generate business cases that are both quantitative and qualitative.
Facilitate technology evaluation, selection, and design processes on the behalf of clients when appropriate.
Leverage emerging tools and technologies such as Artificial Intelligence to streamline delivery processes and increase project team productivity.
Create and deliver executive-level and board-level communications
Partner with team and client to build business case and ROI model for completion of recommendations
Build great client relationships that result in high customer satisfaction and additional project or recurring work