People Consulting - Senior Manager / Director - Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

As the world continues to be impacted by globalization, demographics, technology, innovation, and regulation, organizations are under pressure to adapt quickly and build agile people cultures that respond to these disruptive forces. EY People Consulting believes a better working world is helping our clients harness their People Agenda – the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place, for the right cost, doing the right things.

We work globally and collaborate to bring you professional teams to address complex issues relating to organization transformation, end-to-end employee lifecycles, effective talent deployment and mobility, gaining value from evolving and virtual workforces, and the changing role of HR in support of business strategy. Our EY professionals ask better questions and work with clients to create holistic, innovative answers that deliver quality results.

The opportunity

To manage change effectively, businesses must establish people and organizational strategies that allow them to respond flexibly to market forces. As a people and organizational change advisor, you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale Business Transformation. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our global PAS and wider EY service lines to maximize our global knowledge and experience in supporting our client’s people-related business challenges.

Your key responsibilities

1. You will be responsible for directing, designing and implementing major change and people transformation programs across MENA related to large-scale business / HR transformations.
2. You will also develop people and change management strategies and business cases with measurable objectives.
3. In this role, you will work in diverse project teams, together with colleagues from different service lines to address client’s most complex issues and deliver full cycle large business transformation projects.
4. In addition to the above, you are going to proactively manage senior client stakeholders, including delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, up to Senior Management & create value for the client by demonstrating thought leadership, bringing new insights and delivering service excellence.
5. You will also manage and develop teams of consultants to deliver projects and pursuits in line with project plans and budgets.
6. In this key role, you will also demonstrate the ability to identify new business and develop existing engagements and contribute to client pursuit efforts by preparing proposals and delivering presentations to potential clients.

Skills and attributes for success

You can succeed in this role if you are professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise as well as having a strong personal impact and resilience & the ability to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.

Taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement as well as being able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions is a skill you are expected to have for this role.

Furthermore, being skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members, motivating teams to maximise performance while demonstrating confidence and effectiveness in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments will contribute to your success for this opportunity.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (business administration or organizational psychology related); Masters preferred.
• At least 9 years of work experience with proven track record of delivering large complex business transformation, change management, and culture change projects.
• Work experience within a professional services firm, global consultancy firm and/or large private and/or public sector organisations.
• As a Senior Manager, you should be a subject matter expert in one or more of the following: HR transformation, organization design, talent management, performance management, rewards, people aspects of change management whether this be operational transformation, cultural change or technology driven change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in English both written and spoken.
• A proven track record of proactively managing client stakeholders, including providing constructive challenge, influencing decisions, providing robust advice, delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, at your commensurate level.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Sector specialisation: strong experience within the energy or oil and gas sector would be highly desirable.
• Fluency in Arabic both written and spoken.
• Direct experience working within a large, complex, multinational organisation is desirable.

What we look for

We’re interested in versatile people with the ability to take on new responsibilities and listen to clients to get things done. We’re not just looking for technical knowledge experience — we’re after genuinely interesting people with the ability to build relationships and think in unique and creative news ways.

If you’re a confident leader/ aspiring leader with a curious mind and the ability to solve complex issues, this role will interest you.

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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