Consulting, Defence - Director

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Doha, Qatar

Ref: HP639-1045

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Line of Service
Advisory

Industry/Sector
GPS X-Sector

Specialism
Operations Strategy

Management Level
Director

Job Description & Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high growth Consulting team, where you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategy based projects, to clients in the Government and public sector in Qatar. You will be part of PwC's Middle East Defence Practice. The Middle East Defence Practice works with defence clients in both the government and industrial facets of defence consulting. The team offers clients a wide range of consulting expertise including, but not limited to:

- Acquisition and procurement.
- Education and Training.
- Industrial Development.
- Organisational set up, transformation and development.
- Operational excellence including finance, HR and other operational functions.
- Supply chain development and logistics transformation.
- Cost reduction and efficiency optimization.
- Commercial support inclusive of mergers and joint ventures.
- Strategy development and capability enhancement.

The Middle East Defence Practice are looking for a Director to lead the establishment and expansion of defence opportunities in the country. The role will include:
- Building a capable defence team, under the guidance and oversight of the Middle East defence leadership.
- Establishing effective client relationships with key client organisations, across both the government and industrial markets.
- Identifying and shaping opportunities for projects for the Middle East defence practice.
- Delivering quality solutions to clients across the defence environment in Qatar.
- Working with the wider Middle East Defence Practice to bring the best regional and global solutions to Qatar clients.
- Develop and implement a market establishment and expansion strategy for the country, with a particular focus on PwC's technology, digital and innovation capabilities.

Requirements

Requirements:
Essential:
- 15+ years of experience working in the defence environment, either in government or industry.
- Big 4 consulting or leading strategy consulting house experience.
- Previous (current preferable) experience working in the Middle East, with proven capability of building relationships and teams in the Middle East cultural environment
- Proven leadership capabilities for both direct reporting personnel and wider programme teams.
- Internationally recognized qualifications relating to subject expertise.
- Knowledge of the Middle East Defence market.
- Proven experience in the delivery of defence programmes, especially large scale, transformative and strategic.
- Proven experience of building teams from relative scratch, with ability to develop and implement market expansion strategies.

Desirable:
- Arabic Speaking.

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.

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