Senior Delivery Manager - Private Sector
McKinsey & Company
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates · Doha, Qatar · Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Posted on Monday, August 26, 2024
Senior Delivery Manager - Private Sector
Job ID: 88877
You will be the on ground leader for individual client projects.
- Abu Dhabi
- Doha
- Dubai
- Jeddah
- Riyadh
Who You'll Work With
You will be based in one of our Middle East offices.
Our core mission is to help organizations across the private sector implement transformations and build organizational and employee capabilities in the process.
What You'll Do
You’ll take full ownership of one large-scale project or 3-4 medium projects concurrently, structuring the scope and managing the project plan, resources and budget.
In this role you’ll actively manage client relationships to ensure high client satisfaction. You’ll lead the project team on the ground, monitoring and evaluating team performance, and actively developing team members by providing regular feedback and coaching.
You will strive to build client capabilities through continuous, on-the-job coaching to ensure sustained impact beyond the end of the project.
You’ll act as a subject matter expert in your chosen service line, combining broad experience with strong problem-solving abilities to derive business insights and solid recommendations for clients.
You’ll strengthen the firm’s knowledge base by codifying learnings from projects, and coaching less tenured colleagues.
You’ll contribute to the growth of Elixir externally by preparing business proposals for potential clients; and internally by supporting organizational activities such as recruiting, performance evaluations and trainings.
Qualifications
- Digital transformation experience is required
- Financial sector experience (banking/payments/fintech) is a must
- 8+ years of private sector experience, with a clear record of achievement and proven drive for personal growth
- Experience in transforming and implementing strategic initiatives within organizations, including experience with process re-engineering, technology adoption, and cultural change management.
- Demonstrated track record in one or more of the following key service offerings: organizational development (including org. design/set up, talent management, etc.), transformational delivery (driving large transformational programs), and productivity and performance improvement
- Ability to successfully manage complex programs or multiple projects, or medium to large department/business unity with P&L responsibility
- Blend of industry and consulting experience is ideal
- Superior problem solving and relationship building skills, including a demonstrated high level of client service commitment
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people across all levels of an organization
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams
- Undergraduate degree in business, economics, engineering or a related field with an outstanding academic record; MBA or other advanced degree is a plus
- Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in English and Arabic
- Willingness to travel, predominantly within the Kingdom
Capabilities
- Operations
- Organizational Structure
- Strategy & Corporate Finance
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Job Skill Code - PMAN - Project Manager
Function - Operations;Organizational Structure;Strategy & Corporate Finance
Industry -
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Sun Jul 21 00:00:00 GMT 2024
LinkedIn Posting City - Riyadh
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Saudi Arabia
LinkedIn Job Title - Senior Delivery Manager - Private Sector
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Management
LinkedIn Industry - Public Policy
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level