Director (2ic) | Strategy & Transformation | Sydney

Job Requisition ID: 40838 

•  Play a pivotal role in shaping the firm’s transformation agenda and strategic priorities
•  We value in-person connection with our teams and clients, with flexibility to balance work and life
•  A unique opportunity for experienced transformation leaders seeking strong career progression

As one of our Directors within the Strategy & Transformation Office (STO), you will be at the centre of driving the firm’s transformation agenda and delivering at pace on our FY26 and FY27 enterprise transformation program. This is a high impact 2ic senior operator role responsible for running the enterprise Transformation Management Office (TMO) and driving stability, momentum and execution discipline across five major transformation streams.

You will play a critical role in translating strategy into action—ensuring initiatives are well-governed, effectively delivered and generating meaningful impact for the firm. Ultimately, you will be accountable for governance cadence, reporting integrity and systemic execution oversight across the transformation portfolio.

About the team

The Strategy & Transformation Office provides a structured and disciplined approach to delivering our firm’s overarching strategy. The team plays a central role in accelerating transformation, enabling sustainable growth, and ensuring the firm continues to evolve and maintain its competitive edge.

Within this, the Transformation Management Office (TMO) provides the critical infrastructure and oversight required to determine the “how” behind large-scale enterprise transformation—driving clarity, alignment and pace across complex initiatives.

What will your typical day look like?

You’ll work alongside a high-performing and growing team to lead a portfolio of firmwide transformation programs that enhance customer experience, operational excellence and organisational effectiveness. Operating across multiple workstreams, you will bring structure, momentum and visibility to some of the firm’s most important strategic initiatives.

Specifically, you will:

•  Identify and prioritise transformation initiatives, then develop robust business cases—defining objectives, assessing value against strategic goals, and outlining the financial, strategic and operational rationale.
•  Create detailed delivery plans, including timelines, milestones, dependencies, systemic risks and resource requirements.
•  Establish clear roles, responsibilities and governance frameworks to ensure programs are structured for successful execution.
•  Drive awareness and alignment across programs, communicating change impacts to key stakeholders and supporting delivery in line with plan, budget and quality standards.
•  Define program KPIs and track value realisation, reporting on how effectively initiatives are delivering against intended benefits.
•  Provide enterprise-level oversight to ensure delivery stability and execution discipline across multiple transformation streams.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.

•  Strong project and program management capability, with experience designing and mobilising large-scale enterprise programs and driving pace and alignment across complex initiatives.
•  Proven experience in corporate or enterprise transformation, strategy, management consulting or a similar leadership role.
•  A track record of leading complex, large-scale enterprise programs end-to-end, from concept through to delivery.
•  Comfortable operating across multiple workstreams simultaneously, bringing structure and clarity to complex environments.
•  Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities, enabling you to navigate ambiguity and deliver outcomes.
•  Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to respectfully challenge and engage at senior leadership levels.
•  Passion for people leadership and developing high-performing teams.
•  Curiosity, resilience and a forward-thinking mindset.

Why Deloitte?    

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.    

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.   

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.   

We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues. We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities

Next Steps   

Sound like the sort of role for you? Apply now, we’d love to hear from you!   

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.   

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.