Specialist Deputy Manager -Location Strategy Optimization- Hyderabad

Specialist Deputy Manager-Project Management, Location Strategy Optimization - Deloitte Support Services India Private Limited

Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for operational excellence and cross-functional collaboration? In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to global stakeholders, helping shape and execute strategic workforce and location initiatives across a complex, matrixed environment. The role combines stakeholder engagement, strategic coordination, governance, and analytical insight to support decision-making and drive alignment across member firms, business leaders, HR stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. Success in this role requires strong executive presence, excellent communication skills, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to operate independently while influencing outcomes across global teams.

Project & Program Coordination: Manage day-to-day workplans, timelines, risks, and interdependencies; maintain action trackers and status reports to ensure disciplined execution.

Executive Communications & Stakeholder Engagement: Develop executive-ready presentations, briefing materials, and strategic communications for senior leadership forums. Engage confidently with global stakeholders, synthesize complex inputs into concise recommendations, and support leadership decision-making through clear and compelling storytelling.

• Governance & Leadership Enablement: Support global governance forums and leadership councils by shaping agendas, driving discussion outcomes, tracking decisions, and ensuring timely follow-ups on actions required. Act as a trusted coordination point across stakeholders to maintain momentum and alignment.

Global Stakeholder Management : Build strong working relationships across member firms, HR, talent, operations, and business leadership teams. Facilitate alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, navigate differing priorities, and influence outcomes in a global environment.

• Risk & Opportunity Management: Maintain and manage RIO/RAID logs and project trackers, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and emerging opportunities. Partner with stakeholders to drive resolution and support informed decision-making.

Data & Insights: Gather, synthesize, and analyze workforce, location, and organizational inputs to provide location advisory support and inform strategic recommendations. Translate insights into practical guidance and executive-level discussion materials.

Process & Documentation: Maintain SOPs, playbooks, and governance artifacts up to date and accessible.

Matrix Collaboration: Work effectively in a matrixed environment, partnering with COE Leads and designated Points of Contact to integrate cross-functional inputs and ensure alignment.

AI-Enabled Delivery: Leverage AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, analysis, and visualization; adapt quickly to shifting priorities and new technologies.

Location: Hyderabad

Shift Timings: 2 PM-11PM

Qualifications & Experience:

8-10 years of experience, preferably in HR advisory, HR business partnering, workforce transformation, strategic PMO, consulting, or related roles within global, matrixed organizations.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Economics, Data/Analytics, Operations, or related discipline.

Strong executive presence and communication skills, including developing leadership-facing presentations, facilitating discussions, and translating complex topics into concise recommendations.

Strong project and program management skills: schedule and dependency management, action plans, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), change control, and meeting facilitation.

Experience supporting workforce, talent, HR, operating model, transformation, or business planning initiatives is highly preferred.

Proven ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and balance multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

Analytical fluency: confident with Excel (pivot tables, lookups), basic data modeling, dashboard interpretation, and turning data into actionable recommendations.

Hands-on experience with AI tools (e.g., Copilot/GenAI) for drafting, summarization, slide creation, and data interrogation.

Experience operating within matrixed environments and coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups to drive alignment and execution.

Preferred/Bonus: PMP®/PRINCE2® Foundation, Lean Six Sigma Yellow/Green Belt; exposure to HR/talent operations; familiarity with Power BI/Tableau and SharePoint/OneNote.

Flexibility to work across time zones as needed.

What success in this role looks like

Executive presence and ability to confidently engage senior stakeholders.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Strong relationship management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.

Intellectual curiosity and willingness to challenge assumptions through data and insight with high attention to detail.

Ability to operate independently with limited direction.

Comfort working across cultures, functions, and time zones.

Learning agility and enthusiasm for AI-enabled ways of working