Director - Wayfinders Consulting

*Auckland or Wellington based 

Our purpose is to make the world more sustainable by building trust in society through innovation. As a Consulting Partner in Uvance Wayfinders, Fujitsu's newly established consulting brand, you will contribute to this by helping clients define how to harness the power of technology to outperform their peers and drive new frontiers of growth and profitability.

Wayfinders is committed to guiding our customers business and management transformation through a consulting-led approach. We focus on turning concepts into reality and delivering tangible results.

The opportunity:

Are you passionate about helping clients navigate the most critical challenges of the digital age? Do you have experience shaping and scaling high-impact, technology-enabled transformation? Are you a visionary builder who thrives in entrepreneurial environments?

We are looking for a Director within our Oceania Wayfinders, you will be at the forefront of a dynamic growth journey during Wayfinders' foundational phase – translating strategic ambition into tangible impact. This is the first role of its kind in NZ!

You will play a pivotal role in driving strategic growth for the Wayfinders practice, cultivating your existing and new client relationships, and winning and delivering consulting engagements.

You will collaborate with Consulting Partners to build credibility, momentum, and market presence, and will be targeted to unlock new revenue and business development opportunities. In delivery, you will lead large-scale, complex engagements, delivering measurable outcomes for clients while mentoring high-performing consulting teams across Oceania.

With a strong consultancy background, you'll help shape our go-to-market strategy, develop scalable offerings, and position Wayfinders as a trusted advisor for strategic technology transformation.

This role offers the opportunity to combine entrepreneurial energy with leadership impact and to help accelerate Wayfinders' growth in Oceania. The role will be reporting into a Partner based in Melbourne.

Your transferable skills and experience:

• Experience at Director level in a tier-one consultancy or equivalent role in a technology advisory practice within a tier-one Services or Solutions company.
• An ability to build consulting relationships, shape opportunities and support business development.
• Experience shaping strategic initiatives and go-to-market offerings
• Experience within the enterprise or public sector would be preferrable.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience influencing senior decision-makers.
• Experience in developing and delivering technology focused client transformation programs, with a preference for next generation technology such as AI, Quantum Computing etc.
• Collaborative mindset with an ability to lead, develop and inspire diverse teams.

You may be required to travel to Australia from time to time, as the Wayfinders team is being established across all major hubs in Australia

Why Fujitsu?

We are an organization with a strong set of values and a history of respecting fairness and equality, whilst promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We constantly push ourselves to do better and strive to bring together a diverse mix of perspectives and talents in an inclusive environment, where we encourage our people to bring their full selves to work. We call this Be Completely You.

• We put people first. We believe in the power of diversity to drive innovation and our AWEI (Australian Workplace Equality Index) Gold Employer status, and Rainbow Tick certification for LGBTI+ inclusion show that we value an inclusive culture.
• We offer tailored career paths across our global organization to support your professional and personal growth.
• Our customers trust us. We have an excellent reputation across the region and globally.
• Best in-class reward and recognition programs flexible work, volunteering leave, and more.
• We live our values of aspiration, trust, and empathy, all day, every day.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

As an inclusive employer, Fujitsu aims to recruit a diverse range of talents to help us achieve our purpose. In line with our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy, we highly welcome applications from women and gender-diverse people; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Māori and Pacific people; LGBTI+ people; people with a disability; culturally and linguistically diverse people; veterans, Australian Defence Force (ADF) and emergency responders. Transgender and gender-diverse applicants can request a copy of our Frequently Asked Questions to assist with the recruitment journey.

If you don't tick every box in this job description, please don't rule yourself out. Research suggests that underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who value inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes so if this resonates with you, then please apply. For more information, please email careersapac@fujitsu.com.

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