Senior Management Consultant

Project Overview And Role

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Purpose of Position
  
  

Palladium is currently recruiting for a Senior Consultant to join our dynamic team in Saudi Arabia focused on delivery of advisory services to government and private sector entities. Senior consultants are integral to every delivery team by taking responsibility for the execution of key workstreams and management of related team members. Their role is to work with the client and Palladium senior management to design sound approaches and solutions. Senior consultants are also given the opportunity to work on business development and proposal submissions.

• Primary responsibilities
• Work with senior team members to develop hypotheses and work plans that address project objectives and delivery quality solutions to our clients
• Manage workstream data collection, synthesis and analysis
• Develop insights from the analytical process and integrate findings into the broader project work
• Analyse and make sound recommendations to the project leadership
• Support in project management functions including budgeting, invoicing scheduling of deliverables and scope management
• Build the relationship between Palladium and the client’s project team, often interact independently with client leadership
• Develop content and co-facilitate client workshops
• Take ownership of client deliverables, presentations, and proposal materials
• Coach and mentor junior team members both overall and on projects
• Manage and coordinate internal projects for Palladium and consulting team
• Support senior management in business development activities by designing sound approaches and solutions for technical proposals
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Key requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, social sciences or similar. Master’s degree preferred
• Strong experience, preferably in strategy consulting or equivalent multi-client consulting environment. Experience in a technical sector such as health, agriculture or social development also accepted.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Experience with performance management methodologies, particularly the Kaplan/Norton framework is desirable
• Strong facilitation skills, memorable in-person presentation abilities
• Excellent skills in general problem-solving, concept development, project management,
• Results driven, persistent, and persuasive
• Self-starter/pro-active, strong entrepreneurial spirit
  
  

Company Overview

About Palladium - Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.