Consulting CIPS - Aviation Consulting Director

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
Transportation and Logistics

Specialism
Organisation Strategy

Management Level
Director

Job Description & Summary
In this role, you will join the Aviation, Transport and Logistics team in Consulting, one of the fastest growing teams. You will work closely with an elite team of consultants that focuses on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep industry expertise.

Business Unit Overview - Aviation, Transport & Logistics Consulting (ATL)
 
ATL is one of the fastest growing sectors across this dynamic region. With the aspiration to be a global logistics hub, and with a rapidly evolving, increasingly mobile Middle Class, organizations in the public and private sectors alike are seeking opportunities to develop intelligent transport systems for goods as well as passengers, build smarter cities, and support the visionary strategies of the governments across the region.
 
As a member of PwC's Aviation, Transport & Logistics practice you will not only have the opportunity to work closely with the best and brightest consultants across the industry, but also collaborate with deep functional experts from our People & Organisation, Technology, and Digital Services practices. In addition, you will seamlessly work with our M&A advisors, Assurance, and Tax lines of services to offer optimal, holistic solutions to your clients. Only PwC is able to bring true, end to end solutions from Strategy through to execution to our clients, and as part of the largest global consulting firms, you will have access to our capabilities in the US, Europe and Asia.

Responsibilities:
- Build, grow and maintain a strong network of relationships within the Middle East in general and GCC in specific
- Actively engage target clients to generate opportunities and build the pipeline of potential opportunities across target clients
- Lead drafting of proposals and marketing efforts and participating in selling events and proposal pitches
- Stay up to date on market and industry latest trends and developments
- Collaborate across Business Units and Lines of Services to support the delivery of differentiated propositions to the market
- Manage internal requirements for quality, compliance, systems and related
- Develop and maintain intellectual capital and publish thought leadership on relevant topics
- Provide guidance and coaching to team members as needed and ensure a professional and productive team environment
- Lead project delivery planning and ensure clear and appropriate work plans, milestones and responsibility allocation within the team
- Perform hypothesis driven thinking, guide the team's analyses and push their thinking to draw meaningful insights
- Review work produced by the team to ensure highest quality levels and output is aligned with scope of work, delivered on time and within budget
- Engage client counterpart(s) and ensure alignment on expectations, timelines and deliverables.
- Ensure smooth handover of project deliverables and results and effectively closes on consulting assignments with the client

Requirements

Requirements:
- 15+ years of professional work experience out of which at least 10 are in the Aviation sector.  
- Deep understanding of the Aviation sector in the Middle East in general and GCC in specific.
- Strong business network within the GCC aviation industry.  
- Proven track record in leading and successfully delivering assignments  in the Middle East. 
- Strong acumen for problem solving and using first principle thinking to frame issues.
- Output focused and resilient with the ability to rally resources and maintain momentum within a fast paced and high energy team.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to operate in a multi-stakeholder environment.
- Ability and willingness for frequent travel within the GCC and Middle East.
- Education: ideally an MBA from a reputable university or equivalent with high academic achievement.
- Language Skills: Fluency in written and spoken English a must, Arabic is a very strong plus.

Travel Requirements
Up to 80%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
Yes

Government Clearance Required?
No

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.