Manager, Strategy & Value Creation in Montréal

In Strategy & Value Creation, we advise our clients' leadership teams on how to transform their businesses in the face of increasingly complex economic, social, and geopolitical trends. We work collaboratively with senior executives to help them navigate these trends while increasing trust and delivering sustainable outcomes. Our team works with a range of clients – from some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world to important Canadian mid-market players, private equity firms, and pension funds. We help our clients determine the right strategic priorities to grow profitably and maximize shareholder value while offering support and practical solutions to achieve these objectives.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Client Engagement and Relationship Management
  • Lead client interactions to understand their strategic goals and challenges.
  • Build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with clients.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, providing guidance and recommendations through strong communication.
  • Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
  • Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.
• Project Leadership and Delivery
  • Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
  • Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
  • Develop project plans, define project objectives, and manage resources effectively.
  • Ensure high-quality deliverables that meet client expectations and adhere to industry standards.
  • Move easily between big-picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Strategic Analysis and Problem Solving
  • Conduct comprehensive industry and market analyses to inform strategic recommendations.
  • Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to generate insights.
  • Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for clients.
  • Develop actionable strategies and present findings to clients in a clear, concise manner.
  • Utilize first principles thinking and develop credible and pragmatic analytical approaches, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Team Management and Development
  • Manage, mentor, and develop a team of associates, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Provide regular feedback, conduct performance evaluations, and identify professional development opportunities.
  • Encourage knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team.
  • Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all.
  • Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Business Development and Thought Leadership
  • Contribute to the growth of the firm by identifying new business opportunities.
  • Support partners in client account management and participate in proposal development, perspective development, and thought leadership publications.
  • Stay abreast of industry trends and share insights with both internal teams and clients.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

The successful candidate is a professional at either a consulting firm, a large-scale asset manager, private equity firm, pension fund, or large corporation with a minimum of 6 years of experience. Previous experiences are likely to include:

• Helping companies define and evaluate corporate and business unit strategies and investment portfolios.
• Reflecting market, competitive and other external drivers with specific areas of focus including Corporate Strategy, Business Strategy, Deals Strategy, and Digital Strategy.
• Managing teams/multiple work streams to establish successful project conclusion - i.e., delivery of quality work on time and within budget.
• Building productive relationships with team members and clients, both long term and day-to-day, by using a collaborative approach with thorough listening skills and the ability to manage through influence.
• Utilizing first principles of thinking, and developing credible and pragmatic analytical approaches, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Analyzing complex quantitative and qualitative data in an efficient manner and synthesizing the output into meaningful and actionable insights.
• Communicating effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats to senior audiences.
• Supporting and/or leading executive discussions through meetings, workshops, and working sessions.
• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, and leading client/market development.
• Attracting, retaining, assessing, and developing staff/team members.
• Demonstrating flexibility and creativity in managing work-life balance of self and team members.
• Demonstrating Power User ability with MS Office suite of applications including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; and in a variety of AI tools.
• Willing to travel occasionally throughout Canada, with the potential to travel outside of Canada, depending on client requirements.

PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues, and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada.