Manager - Strategy - GPS

Job Title - Senior Consultant

Service Line -Strategy and Transactions (SaT)       

Sub Service Line - EYP - Strategy

Year of Exp - 8 -12 years of relevant post MBA / Master’s degree       

Qualification Required -  Master’s degree (ideally from Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges)          

Qualification Preferred - Master’s degree from a recognised university

Skills – Required 

 Market research, Secondary research, Strategy development, Corporate Strategy, Business

Strategy, Cross Sector Experience, Go-To-Market Strategies, Competitive

Benchmarking        

Skills – Preferred        

 Report writing, communication and usage of analytical tools/ representations, Proficiency in

detailed financial and commercial analysis, communication and usage of analytical tools/

representations, Negotiation and influencing skills

Job Description

 The candidate must have experience in working with projects on strategy consulting projects

in at least one of the below Public Service sub-industries:

o Social Services + (Employment, Pensions, Education, Child welfare, Government as

a platform, Digital Citizen Services)Education

o Global Critical Infrastructure Services (Urban & city planning, Smart Cities, High

Performing City Operating Model)

o Admin (Citizen experience, Federal Funds Strategy, Workforce Strategy, Intelligent

Back Office, Revenue industry strategy, Post & Parcel)

o Public health

 Lead project/workstreams pertaining to strategy design, target operating model, go-to market

strategy, investment strategy, feasibility studies,

 Work closely with the EY MENA stakeholders on new pursuits and support the practice in

developing end-to-end proposals and proposal presentations to government clients

 Leverage expertise in team management and stakeholder relationships to conduct in-depth

market research and the ability to find innovative solutions to obtain and analyze non-public

information through unstructured data sources.

 . Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are necessary for assessing the current state of

an organization's technology infrastructure, identifying areas for improvement, and developing

data-driven strategies

 Experience in change management, including stakeholder engagement, communication, and

driving adoption of new technologies

 Able to co-ordinate and accomplish multiple projects, including planning, scoping of the

requirement, assisting with data collection; co-ordinating between departments in and outside

organization, data analysis; and business writing and disseminating research results.

 Strong storyboarding skills, and ability to make judgement on filtering out relevant data and

information pertaining to the projects and client requirement

 Recommending strategic alternatives, by conducting primary and secondary market research

as well as analysing company's opportunities and financial situation 

 Ready to travel onshore to deliver the project (on a need basis), by working together with

engagement team

 Demonstrating excellent skills in project execution, including project management, problem-

solving and facilitation

 Ability to contribute meaningful ideas and work productively with other team members as well

as on independent assignments

 Proactively engage with customer to Identify, build and develop new opportunities to propel

the team. Adherence of all process compliance as well as timely reporting of facts & figures

Candidate Profile

 8-12 years of Business analysis, consulting and client management experience in digital

transformation projects with exposure to working with senior leadership

 Prior Consulting experience from a tier 1 organization and preferably worked with MENA

Clients

 A Strategic Mindset to shape innovative, fact-based strategies & operating models

 Issue Based Problem Solving to decode & solve complex & unstructured business questions

 Business Acumen to drive actionable outcomes for clients with the latest industry trends,

innovations & disruptions, metrics & value drivers

 Experience working with “C level” executive clients, with extensive experience in projects in

which the primary stakeholder was the CEO; Chief Strategy Officer.

 Strategy consulting experience in Operating Model Strategy, Business & Financial Model

Development, digital strategy, digital transformation, process design/ process re-engineering,

pricing strategy, go-to-market strategy, investment strategy, and performance management

framework

 Good Business sense and logical reasoning and should be to conceptualize research

storyboard along with strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

 Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written

 Self-starter, proactive, comfortable working independently and taking on significant

responsibility

 Experienced in presenting findings clearly in reports and other deliverables to clients

 Strong strategic mindset with the ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects

 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on data-driven decision-making