Director - Aviation

Job description / Role

The Director will also contribute 20-30% of his/her time to the global Aviation Center of Excellence (CoE), which entails:

- Managing a team of 1-2 resources permanently assigned to the CoE, incl. setting annual objectives, appraising performance, and giving weekly guidance on activities
- Addressing support requests coming from the global network that require senior expertise or complex coordination (that level-1 resources cannot address)
- Working with the Aviation CoE’s Steering Committee members to define a roadmap of activities for the CoE, and organize and monitor their execution
- Join the global aviation and transportation leadership team in discussions about the global industry, and its strategy and activities
- Managing industry partnerships with aviation partners such as ACI, CAPA, IATA, OAG, etc. and coordinate funding, working groups, and events participation
- Supervising the CoE’s knowledge management hub and organize and contribute to the development of aviation-related thought leadership
- Overall, being an active ambassador of the aviation industry to the internal network and be the face of the CoE to the rest of global network

Additional requirements:

- Innovative, confident and energetic
- Ethical, honest, and straightforward
- Demonstrate the ability to impact top and/ or bottom line financial results for clients
- Strong team player who leads from the front
- Fluent in English, speaking Arabic is a nice to have

Requirements

A global leader in strategy, operations, supply chain, cost reduction, product and service innovation, customer value management, and business transformation is looking to hire a Senior Director for its Aviation and Transportation group (this is a Partner-track role).

The Director will work with other Middle East Practice Leaders to manage and grow the Aviation and Transportation group, leveraging existing clients, network, and available consultants who have previously worked in aviation and transportation. As the lead for this He/she will write the annual business plan, and balance content expertise and industry relationships, to deliver to this plan. His/her role will include growing the team of consultants as appropriate, expanding beyond the current clients, enhancing the service offerings, take on the role of client relationship director for selected client(s), and selling and delivering engagements in the practice. He/she will initially manage 6-10 consultants of various seniority, with the expectation to grow the business and the team rapidly.

The ideal candidate must have strong industry knowledge in the Middle East, including airlines and airports, regulations, investments, challenges and trends. He/she will be a strong leader, who demonstrates business acumen and content leadership, and can confidently manage consultants and clients. The candidate should demonstrate strong international exposure and a deep understanding of the entire aviation and transportation value chain. The preferable candidate will be able to recommend industry metrics and KPIs commonly used to drive, monitor and measure company performance.

Additional requirements:

- Innovative, confident and energetic
- Ethical, honest, and straightforward
- Demonstrate the ability to impact top and/ or bottom line financial results for clients
- Strong team player who leads from the front
- Fluent in English, speaking Arabic is a nice to have

About the Company

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