Consulting Manager, Strategy Consulting

Company Description

Role Description

What you will do

• Lead strategy and transformation engagements from kickoff through final delivery, with ownership of workplans, timelines, risks, deliverables, and quality.
• Act as the day-to-day client lead and build strong trusted-advisor relationships across leadership and working teams.
• Develop strategic recommendations, operating models, transformation roadmaps, governance structures, performance frameworks, and implementation plans.
• Conduct assessments, benchmarking, market analysis, maturity reviews, and business case development to support executive decision-making.
• Facilitate interviews, workshops, alignment sessions, and steering discussions to gather input, validate findings, and drive decisions.
• Manage multiple workstreams and coordinate internal teams, subject matter experts, and external partners where needed.
• Support business development through proposals, presentations, pitch materials, scope shaping, and solution development.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to reusable delivery methods, toolkits, and internal knowledge assets.
• What we are looking for
• 7 to 10+ years of experience in strategy consulting, management consulting, transformation, or a closely related advisory environment.
• Proven experience leading consulting engagements independently and managing senior client stakeholders with confidence.
• Strong experience in corporate strategy, functional strategy, operating model design, transformation planning, governance, performance management, and structured problem solving.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, practical, executive-level recommendations and client-ready deliverables.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, and workshop facilitation skills.
• Commercial awareness, professionalism, confidentiality, and a strong sense of ownership.
• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, engineering, technology, finance, public policy, or a related field. MBA or master's degree is an advantage.

Experience

• that will help you stand out
• Experience in the UAE and/or Saudi Arabia, ideally with exposure to government, semi-government, regulated sectors, or large enterprise clients.
• Exposure to digital transformation, technology strategy, cybersecurity, data and AI, organizational design, PMO, or human capital transformation.
• Experience designing service portfolios, service models, governance structures, KPI frameworks, or capability development programs.
• Familiarity with regional and international standards or regulatory environments relevant to strategy, governance, risk, technology, data, privacy, or organizational transformation.
• What success looks like in this role
• You lead high-quality engagements that are structured, practical, and commercially sound.
• Clients see you as credible, thoughtful, and dependable.
• Internal teams trust you to drive delivery while keeping workstreams aligned and moving.
• You bring clarity to ambiguity and help convert strategy into execution.
• Working model
• Based in the UAE or Saudi Arabia.
• Hybrid working model depending on client and project needs.
• Travel within the GCC may be required based on engagement requirements.