Consulting - Government - Defense - Director

Job description / Role

Line of Service
Advisory

Specialism
Advisory - Other

Management Level
Director

Job Description & Summary

PwC Global Overview 

At PwC, we measure success by our ability to create the value that our clients and our people are looking for. Our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and a focus on delivering value in all we do. We're a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering world-class capabilities and quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. 

PwC Middle East Overview 

Established in the region for over 40 years, PwC Middle East employs close to 6,000 people across 12 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market and beyond.

Line of Service Overview 

In Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the best across industry and professional functional advisory services. We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organizations, always ensuring that we are able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. Our Consulting practice currently focuses on several core sectors including Consumer and Industrial Products & Services, Energy, Utilities & Mining, Financial Services, Government, Health Industries, Finance Function, People and Organisations and Technology.

Business Unit Overview - Defence Practice

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
 
Responsibilities: 

The Middle East Defence Practice is 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: 

- 13+  years of experience working in the defence environment, either in government or industry.
- 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 recognised 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
- Big 4 consulting or leading strategy consulting house experience with proven sales capability 
- Proven experience of building teams from relative scratch, with ability to develop and implement market expansion strategies
- Proficiency in Arabic is desirable but not essential

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.