Director - Management Consulting

About KPMG

KPMG is a globally recognised professional services firm known for trusted advice, deep expertise, and a commitment to helping clients navigate complexity, manage change, improve performance, and grow sustainably. The firm works to inspire confidence and enable positive change for clients, employees, and communities.

About the Consulting Environment

KPMG’s consulting practice is fast-moving, varied, and highly collaborative. The work spans challenging assignments with leading organisations across multiple sectors, giving consultants the opportunity to contribute strategic thinking and practical solutions to significant business problems while learning alongside experienced professionals.

The Opportunity

This senior leadership role in Auckland offers the chance to help shape meaningful change across Aotearoa. The Director will support clients delivering complex transformation work across industries such as financial services, public sector organisations, and corporate clients including utilities and retailers.

The role calls for someone who can shape, sell, and lead the delivery of functional solutions covering operating model design, performance improvement, organisational change, and service design, often where business process and technology meet. There is also scope to collaborate with teams in Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the broader international KPMG network.

This position is suited to someone motivated by market growth, business development, delivery leadership, and building high-performing teams that create measurable impact.

What You Will Do

• Lead business development activity for consulting services in the Auckland market.
• Design and deliver complex change programmes and related services using KPMG’s expertise in functional solutions such as operating model design, performance improvement, organisational change, and service design.
• Handle client expectations with professionalism, including discussions around scope, timing, and expected outcomes.
• Strengthen stakeholder relationships and support clients through large-scale change execution.
• Prepare and manage project plans, including terms of reference and risk assessment.
• Oversee engagements so they meet quality standards, budget targets, and delivery timelines.
• Spot new ways to expand and differentiate the consulting offering.
• Coach, motivate, and develop consulting team members through active leadership.
• Help shape and market new services and solutions.
• Develop trusted relationships with government clients and other stakeholders.
• Use feedback to continuously improve the client experience.

About You

You will bring at least 10 years of senior consulting experience across functional areas such as operating model design, performance improvement, organisational change, and service design. You should also have a strong record of selling and delivering work that uses technology and digital enablement to achieve strong client outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to grow business, build a practice, lead and mentor teams, and strengthen capability. You will need strong programme management, strategic analysis, and problem-solving skills, along with experience delivering advisory work and complex transformation.

A collaborative approach, strong communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams are essential. A relevant tertiary qualification is required, and experience working with or within government agencies is preferred. A practical, positive, ownership-driven mindset is also important.

Additional Information

The recruitment process for this role is being handled directly by KPMG’s Talent Acquisition team. KPMG will reach out to preferred recruitment agencies only if external support is needed.

KPMG encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, including candidates with disability, mental health needs, chronic health conditions, and neurodivergent individuals. If you need accessibility support during recruitment, assistance is available.

Life at KPMG

KPMG offers a broad benefits package designed to support work-life balance and professional growth. The firm promotes inclusion, learning, wellbeing, community involvement, and flexible ways of working.

Benefits and Perks

• Annual incentive scheme eligibility.
• Opportunities for secondments in New Zealand and overseas.
• Hybrid working across office, client, and home hubs.
• Flexible leave options, including the ability to buy additional annual leave.
• 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, with gender-neutral parental support.
• Paid membership to a professional association of your choice.
• Digital accreditation and learning support through Microsoft and LinkedIn Learning partnerships.
• Access to discounts and special offers across insurance, banking, and lifestyle products and services.
• Membership in inclusion, diversity, and equity networks such as Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility, and Wahine.
• Opportunities to join Green Team activities supporting the firm’s carbon zero 2030 goal.
• Access to local social club activities and events.
• Paid time off for volunteering and citizenship activities.
• Health and wellbeing support including free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, confidential counselling, an additional 5 wellbeing leave days, and access to a wellbeing portal.

Equal Opportunity

KPMG values diversity and aims to be an employer of choice for people of all genders, ethnicities, generations, family situations, work arrangements, sexual orientations, and abilities.