Responsibilities
Work with clients to develop a point of arrival’ that clearly identifies value levers articulating how new products and services could deliver value to the business, the end-user, and customer
Meet with clients to understand their point of departure’ through the lens of their overarching business strategy, customers, users, global technology landscape, and customer trends
Support the client in articulating how the strategy could meet business goals and deliver on the metrics important to the business
Design and run cross-discipline workshops to identify opportunities and develop a transformation strategy and roadmap
Develop a detailed transformation roadmap, assisting the client in prioritising initiatives by looking at potential value, investments, complexity, and effort required
Work alongside Enterprise & Solution Architects, Product & UX Strategists to ensure initiatives meet the expectations of the client and deliver on the promise to the customer
Work alongside client & delivery teams to deliver the transformation roadmap, validating assumptions and removing uncertainty
Engage with the Endava Private Equity Group where you will lead due diligence and value creation engagements for PE funds, providing advisory throughout the transaction cycle
Build relationships within the wider Endava business to help support and develop new and existing clients, demonstrating the value the digital transformation and product capabilities can bring to client engagements
Mentor and / or manage other members of your team
Contribute to, and curate detailed analysis reports covering areas such as market dynamics; competitor analysis / benchmarks;
value chains; go-to-market strategies; revenue & pricing models, in support of client propositions and M&A activity
Qualifications and Experience
You will have at least 15 years of experience working in technology or digital - in-house or in an agency - delivering innovative or transformational work as either a consultant, strategist, agile product owner, or product manager
You will have experience formulating hypotheses based on your knowledge of your customers, continually validating assumptions with data throughout the design and development process
You will have experience crafting business models, business cases, revenue models, and plans for new products and / or business ventures.
You will know how to establish key performance indicators ideally using OKRs or similar methods understand how to quantify business value and will have a solid understanding of different funding models
You will have experience developing customer models and value propositions, defining the commercial launch and go-to-market strategy, and will be able to test and validate any assumptions
You aren’t expected to be a technologist, but you will be confident in front of clients when talking about technology with a demonstrable grasp of how software and software experiences are built
You will have strong analytical skills with the ability to translate research and data into meaningful and actionable insight
You will have an appreciation of user experience methodologies and practices, including user-centered design and Design Thinking
You will be expected to be comfortable engaging with very senior, non-technical, and non-product stakeholders, translating technology and digital findings into a business context
You will have demonstrable experience designing and facilitating co-creation sessions and collaborative workshops with stakeholders and users
You will have a solid grasp of business commercials and use this experience to shape proposals
You will be a self-starter who can take a client brief and turn it into a proposal with the minimum support
You will be a strong verbal, written, and visual communicator and will be equally comfortable communicating ideas with pictures as you are with well-crafted words
You will be comfortable with ambiguity and able to work in a context where not all information is available
Essential personal qualities :
Excellent client relationship skills : You must be able to create rapport and relationships across a range of clients and functions
Excellent communication and presentation skills : You must be fully confident in taking on a client-facing role with the necessary skills required to work with clients, suppliers, and colleagues
Passion and creative thinking : We pride ourselves on the quality of our deliverables, from an email to a client presentation.
Achieving this, especially when under pressure, is a critical success factor for the role.
Additional Information
As a Digital Transformation Strategist at Endava, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the biggest and most well-respected brands in the world.
You will be engaged in helping some of Endava’s largest clients as they develop the strategies that will transform their businesses through the application of digital technologies.
You will also support Endava’s Private Equity Group with due diligence and value creation activities both pre and post-acquisition, using your knowledge, experience, and commercial acumen to uncover opportunities to create value for our clients.
You will work within Catalyst (Endava’s close-to-client team) to develop our Digital and Product capabilities and will contribute to winning new business through shaping engagements and playing a major role in the pitch process for relevant opportunities.
You will be expected to contribute to the growth of the team and, over time, may be called on to manage other members in a formal management capacity (depending on previous managerial experience, and desire).
Candidates will be required to complete a full background screening before commencing employment, including UK electoral roll / credit check, basic disclosure criminal record check, and global sanction checks.
All candidates must have eligibility to work in the UK.
Offer and benefits :
Opportunity to work in a high-growth business within an international environment (virtually or face-to-face, depending on prevailing international circumstances).
Competitive salary and rewards package.
This is a permanent position based out of our London office offering hybrid working where practical.