Assistant Director – Internal Transformation Services

About the role

EY’s Internal Transformation Services (ITS) is expanding its Sri Lanka capability and seeks an experienced leader to act as Assistant Director. You will partner with executive leadership to shape and execute strategic transformation agendas across multiple workstreams and geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive leaders, partners and functional heads to define strategic priorities and enterprise transformation road‑maps.
• Lead go‑to‑market strategy development, proposition design, service launches and performance measurement.
• Design target operating models covering capabilities, governance, decision rights, technology enablement and implementation plans.
• Drive organisational change management, including stakeholder strategy, readiness assessments, communication, learning and adoption.
• Translate strategic choices into business cases, investment priorities, milestones and value‑realisation metrics.
• Manage complex, global, cross‑functional programmes, ensuring governance, risk management and quality outcomes.
• Provide data‑driven insights and market perspectives to senior leadership.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and facilitate executive workshops.
• Oversee creation of concise, decision‑oriented presentations, dashboards and communications.
• Coach consultants, set quality standards and contribute to an inclusive consulting culture.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading large‑scale transformation programmes in a consulting or internal advisory setting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders across functions and regions.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving capabilities, with a data‑driven approach to decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to design operating models, change management strategies and business cases.
• Leadership experience in coaching teams, fostering high performance and inclusive culture.

Required skills