Assistant Director – Tech – Strategy and Execution – EY Parthenon

Overview

As Assistant Director in EY Parthenon’s Technology team, you help clients navigate IT strategy within M&A contexts, advising on tech due diligence, carve-outs and integrations. You work across buyside and sellside mandates, leading blended project teams and coordinating with senior stakeholders to shape deal-driven technology decisions. You’ll drive business origination, deliver diverse engagements, and develop junior colleagues while contributing to a collaborative, high-performance culture. This role offers global scale, impactful client work and the chance to influence transaction outcomes in the software, digital and telecoms spaces.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive remuneration
• Total Rewards package
• FlexEY benefits
• Flexible working options
• Continuous learning
• Career development

Responsibilities

• Assist in business origination through pitches and client meetings
• Sell, run and deliver engagements (pre-deal, post-deal, and value creation) across the transaction lifecycle
• Lead blended project teams from transactions and advisory practices
• Manage complex engagements including commercials, resourcing and risk
• Lead on business origination and create senior client pitches
• Contribute to practice development and training initiatives
• Mentor and develop junior team members
• Enhance technical and personal skills through structured learning and coaching

Key requirements

• Professional services / consulting experience
• Due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience in transactions
• Broad knowledge of IT functions: enterprise architecture, governance, systems integration, development, service delivery, infrastructure
• Experience with Private Equity and senior IT stakeholders
• Strong relationship-building with senior clients
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis aptitude
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Experience delivering high-quality reports and presentations
• Experience leading large, global delivery programmes
• Strong leadership and development of diverse teams
• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Relationship-building
• Influence and advisory mindset
• Leadership and people development
• Enterprise architecture
• IT governance
• Systems integration

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