Position Overview & Specifications

Basic information Location Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Guernsey, Ipswich, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Nottingham, Port Talbot, Reading, Southampton, St Albans, Teesside Service line Enabling Functions Date published 10-Feb-2023 Req # 12179 Job description

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Deloitte Global inspires leaders at every level. We believe in investing in you, helping you embrace leadership opportunities at every step of your career, and helping you identify and hone your unique strengths. We encourage you to grow by providing formal and informal development programs, coaching and mentoring, and on-the-job challenges. We want you to ask questions, take chances, and explore the possible.

Global Tax & Legal deploys the right team of experts to address the ever-evolving needs of our businesses around the world. Our professionals deliver superior compliance and advisory insights and guidance (local and global) to support our businesses operating in singular or multiple jurisdictions.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

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The role works directly with the Global Tax & Legal Innovation Director in implementing various workstreams in the Strategy, Innovation, and Transformation program, with a special focus on operationalizing our Ecosystems and Alliances (E&A) strategy. This role also works closely with the Global Tax & Legal E&A & Sensing Director.

In this role, you’ll use your skills and experience to:

  • Execute on Innovation strategic priorities and initiatives, aligned with the Global Tax & Legal Transformation agenda, including driving Radical Efficiencies, Client Experience and Big New Plays.
  • Support Strategy & Operations of our Global T&L Ecosystems & Alliances program, including sales and pipeline tracking on our prioritized Alliances and Marketplace Business Relationships (MBRs), progress tracking on our priority E&A projects, coordinating with the business on strategic alliance opportunities and current activities and E&A-related sensing and research.
  • Work with our MF network to drive startup venturing and explore new business relationships, including running third party pilots, as needed.
  • Support the advancement of our GT&L sensing strategy and program by collaborating with external partners, marketing, specialists and cross-business sensing programs.
  • Drive digitalization of our Global Offerings in collaboration with Strategy, Transformation and Technology functions by identifying areas for asset enablement and acceleration, leveraging our external ecosystem.
  • Manage and nurture various Global Tax & Legal Innovation and E&A Communities to promote ideation, experimentation, knowledge-sharing across the network.
  • Collaborate with GT&L Chief Technology Office and Global Asset Program CoE to actively manage and monitor the Global T&L Asset Portfolio, leveraging the community of T&L innovation SMEs and CTOs to feed into the global pipeline and inventory.
  • Facilitate the sharing of ideas and assets across the global network via existing and emerging technologies, communities, and platforms, to drive new areas for collaboration with our alliance partners.

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  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (i.e., in areas including business administration, strategy and innovation, technology development, design), MBA is a plus.
  • Proven experience preferably in areas such as: project management, strategic partnerships, innovation management, strategic planning, competitive strategy, scenario planning, and/or Strategy & Operations consulting (with top tier consulting firm), and/or new product development or new business development.
  • Interest and intellectual curiosity regarding innovation, exponential technologies, alliances, ecosystems, exponential technologies and driving value through relationships.
  • Taking a human-centered approach, building strong relationships and networks and identifying connections and parallels to inform the bigger picture.
  • Excellent organization and program and project management skills.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level writing and presentation skills; demonstration of strategic judgment.
  • Consultative mindset, ability to navigate ambiguities and complex structures.
  • Diplomacy, poise, maturity, empathy and a great sense of humor are all key attributes for success.
  • Strong analytical and research skills.
  • Comfortable working autonomously in a virtual global team environment, including self-discipline and time management skills.
  • Ability to travel (