Consulting, People & Organization, Senior Manager/Director (Riyadh)

PricewaterhouseCoopers' People & Organization Consulting practice is one of the largest in the world with 6,000 HR professionals based in over 100 countries. In the Middle East, we have an established People and Organization Consulting team providing our clients with an unmatched breadth and depth of local and global expertise. We work in partnership with organizations ranging from family business to government bodies helping to make their people a sustainable source of competitive advantage.

We are a growing team and looking for dynamic, flexible, proactive and hardworking consultants who have a passion for shaping the people's agenda positively in the GCC over the coming years. We have a strong pipeline of large, transformational opportunities with our clients which will provide great opportunities for all our people to step up and play significant and rewarding roles.

Responsibilities: 

As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Proactively lead the practice by setting strategy, drive the development of new business in the market, and provide technical advice across disciplines

• Building strong networks within the firm to spot and capitalize on opportunities to get involved in projects that others are leading across a number of different business units and sectors

• Identifying and discussing key issues with our clients to identify potential opportunities

• Responsibility for a majority of day-to-day client communications

• Responsibility to shape and deliver various projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria

• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team

• Responsibility for management of engagement financials

• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching

Preferred skills:

• Bilingual in English and Arabic essential.

• Previous experience in advising clients within Transportation, Real Estate and Energy sectors.  

• In-depth knowledge of Organisation Design and Change Management.
  Rewards, or Corporate Performance and Effectiveness.

• Achievement oriented with the ability to be flexible and adaptive on a daily basis. Able to lead a high-performing team and add exceptional value to our clients within a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks and engagement, and possibly different project teams.

Qualifications & Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Engineering, Business Administration, Human Resources or Psychology. An MBA or an MA in Human Capital
  Management from a reputable university is preferred.

• CIPD, GPHR, SHRM or equivalent are preferable and beneficial for the candidate to perform the role. 

• Substantial experience of establishing and building strong client relationships across multiple industries and geographies.

• Strong interest and passion for developing, growing and leading a team through advanced coaching and mentoring, as well as proactive knowledge sharing.

• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.

• Proven IT skills in the following programmes excel, word, and PowerPoint.

• The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project requirement dictate.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in human capital leadership, of which a least 5 years will have been in a consulting environment.