Senior Manager (Advisory)
Company Overview

CTO Labs is a technology strategy and operations advisory firm that helps businesses maximise the value of their technology investments, accelerate AI-enabled transformation, and manage technology risks.

We work across industries, partnering with private equity investors, portfolio companies, and corporates to design and execute high-impact strategies. Our work spans technology due diligence, digital transformation, operating model redesign, and the adoption of emerging technologies, in particular AI.

Our teams combine deep functional expertise, hands-on delivery capability, and a future-focused mindset to help clients achieve measurable business outcomes. We pride ourselves on blending strategic insight with pragmatic execution — delivering value that endures long after the engagement ends.

Role Overview

As a Senior Manager – Advisory at CTO Labs, you will lead the delivery of complex client engagements, ensuring outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. You will be a trusted advisor to client executives, shaping solutions that link technology strategy to broader business goals.

The role is approximately 70-80% delivery-focused, with the remaining time spent contributing to practice development, business development, brand development and capability building within CTO Labs

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery & Leadership

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale technology and transformation programs.

  • Own client relationships within engagements, ensuring satisfaction and alignment to agreed outcomes.

  • Manage teams of 2–5 consultants, providing coaching, guidance, and feedback.

  • Facilitate executive-level workshops, presentations, and stakeholder discussions.

  • Oversee engagement governance, including scope management, risk mitigation, and budget tracking.

Strategic & Advisory Contribution

  • Translate complex business and technology challenges into actionable strategies and roadmaps.

  • Conduct advanced business, financial, and competitive analysis to inform recommendations.

  • Integrate people, process, and technology considerations into transformation solutions.

  • Apply an enterprise and industry lens to solution design.

Practice Development & Business Development

  • Support pursuit teams in developing proposals, client presentations, and account plans.

  • Identify and shape new opportunities within existing client relationships.

  • Mentor managers and senior associates on consulting methods, client engagement, and commercial acumen.

  • Contribute to the development of proprietary frameworks, tools, and methods.

Collaboration & Culture

  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture aligned to CTO Labs’ values.

  • Share knowledge, lessons learned, and market insights across the firm.

  • Actively contribute to internal communities of practice.

Note: Your responsibilities may vary based on your letter of offer. Please ensure you review this collectively with this position description

Skills, Experience & Attributes

People Capabilities – Senior Manager

  • Delivers impactful presentations and compelling reports to senior stakeholders.

  • Builds long-term client relationships, driving satisfaction and loyalty.

  • Provides strategic direction to teams, fostering accountability and performance.

  • Models professionalism and discretion in all client and partner engagements.

Advisory Technical Competencies – Senior Manager

  • Strategic business analysis, competitive landscape assessment, and change impact analysis.

  • Development of holistic transformation roadmaps and business cases.

  • Advanced stakeholder management, including conflict resolution and engagement planning.

  • Ownership of complex projects, with proven risk management and contingency planning.

  • Proven capability in method design, standardisation, and adoption of improved delivery approaches.

  • Strong business development skills, including pursuit leadership and account growth planning.

  • Ability to translate technology concepts into business value for executive stakeholders.

Required Background

  • 8+ years’ experience in consulting, corporate transformation, or technology advisory.

  • Track record in delivering complex, multi-stakeholder transformation programs.

  • Experience engaging C-suite stakeholders across business and technology domains.

  • Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to identify and shape new opportunities.

  • Familiarity with enterprise technology operating models and emerging technology trends.

Preferred Background

  • Experience from a top-tier consulting firm, a corporate transformation program, or as a senior independent consultant in technology advisory.

  • Exposure to private equity or growth investor contexts.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, or related field (postgraduate qualifications desirable).

Rewards & Benefits
  • Competitive remuneration package

  • Flexible work arrangements and supportive team culture.

  • Career development pathways with opportunities to grow into Associate Director/Director and equity holder related roles.

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact, transformative programs with top-tier clients.

CTO Labs detailed grade structures available upon request.

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