Senior Manager – Strategy Service Line

Job description / Role

Company:

When you work for this firm, you commit to a career at one of the largest and most prestigious professional services firms in the world whose awards include 'Best Employer in the Middle East

They are currently looking to recruit a Senior Manager - Strategy Service Line, for their office in Abu Dhabi.

Requirements

About you:

• You will have strong personal skills that will enable you to forge relationships within the firm and pro-actively manage a large, demanding and sophisticated stakeholder group
• You will be commercially minded and highly adaptable
• You will be able to be assertive and hold your ground
• You will be able to work with people from different backgrounds and areas of expertise
• You will be adaptable and able to work to tight deadlines in a commercial environment
• You will be a proactive and lateral thinker who can work independently
• You will be diplomatic, patient, thorough, organised and able to deal with a heavy workload
• You will be a strong team player and have a collaborative and collegiate approach
Experience and qualifications

Essential:

Qualified lawyer with 5+ Post qualification experience (less may be considered with relevant experience)
Relevant in-house experience

Required:

• A strong track record of advising on and negotiating commercial contracts and finding pragmatic solutions
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong academics
• Experience of risk management Knowledge of the Professional Services or consulting market place
• Awareness of working in the Middle East
• Arabic: preferable

About the Company

Propel Consult delivers a service in step with the needs of both our client companies and candidates. Our ability to add value to all levels of recruitment stems from our wholehearted belief in providing a professional service to both parties. We have built relationships with many leading indigenous and mulitnational organisations throughout the Middle East and internationally in countries such as UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and many more. Concentrating our resources has created 5 distinct specialist divisions:

• Banking & Finance
• Human Resources
• Oil & Gas
• Construction
• Architecture & Engineering