Senior Manager - Business Transformation - Business Consulting

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi

With your contribution and my contribution, together we will thrive.

Hei Oranga Iwi | The opportunity

As our Senior Manager in Business Transformation, you’ll lead sales, delivery, and relationship management across our health care consulting team.

You’ll be a front-facing leader who can shape opportunities, create practical proposals, and then deliver programmes of work end-to-end—supporting operational performance enhancement, strategy and planning, and digitally enabled healthcare and data-driven transformation.

This is a hybrid position, ideally based in our Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) office, with flexibility to be based in other EY office in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)

Ko Tō Rourou | Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Own and grow a portfolio of consulting engagements—balancing business development, account growth and delivery leadership.
• Lead executive-level conversations, building credibility through a strong understanding of client issues and presenting clear, actionable solutions.
• Drive proposal development (from idea generation through to winning work) and then lead delivery to measurable outcomes.
• Lead the delivery of large and/or complex programmes with multiple stakeholders—supporting design, change, implementation, and benefits realisation.
• Build trusted relationships with senior health leaders and system partners, strengthening EY’s presence and impact across the sector.
• Lead, coach, and develop teams while managing competing priorities across multiple engagements.

Ngā Pūkenga | Skills and attributes for success

• Senior leader with deep understanding of the health sector, ideally with operational performance enhancement, strategy, planning and digitally enabled healthcare and data driven transformation.
• Proven ability to build and maintain senior relationships in health care or other large, complex stakeholder environments.
• Confident leading front-facing executive conversations (C-suite, public sector leaders, Boards).
• An agile, “driver” mindset—generates ideas and solutions, creates proposals, and then delivers programmes of work.
• Proven experience leading delivery of large and/or complex programmes, working alongside multiple stakeholders to design and deliver change.
• Strong people leader with experience leading teams and balancing competing priorities.

Ko Taku Rourou | What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. We’re proud to be recognised as the #1 WORK180 Endorsed Employer in the Top 101 Employers for Women 2026.

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences www.ey.com/nz/careerdevelopment
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/nz/benefits    

Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at [email protected] or +64 9 300 7044 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

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Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today

EY | Building a better working world

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