Director | People Advisory | Business Consulting - dubai - Grant Thornton

Description

We're a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. With over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth. We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a People Advisory Director, you'll be required to operate as a key member of our team, helping develop our HR & People client offerings, developing the team around you, and contributing to the strategic growth and development of the Business Consulting and Business Advisory Services. Discover your purple and join our Business Consulting Team today

Let us paint a picture for you

Imagine being part of a team that puts "we before me", where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive. Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the Business Consulting Service Line

Within our Business Consulting team, we partner with clients across various industries, solving fundamental business challenges. Our services are structured around Strategy & Analytics, People Advisory, Procurement Transformation, Finance & Shared Services and Governance & ESG Advisory.

As a People Advisory Director some of your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting on business development activity, including assisting partners throughout the entire sales cycle: client relationship building, opportunity creation/identification, opportunity qualification, proposals, statements of work, oral presentations, developing project approaches, resource models, and pricing estimates
• Developing the Go To Market, commercial proposition, offerings and strategic plan around developing our HR & People offering
• Investing time into non-HR projects to understand how we can unlock further opportunities with existing clients around analytics, and enable cross-selling opportunities
• Developing and upskilling the team to a minimum level where they can provide varying levels of support to a HR advisory related engagement
• Contributing towards a financial target which covers winning work, and managing projects successfully
• Developing your internal & external network, raising awareness about the team's capabilities, success stories, and client base, identify business development or cross-selling opportunities
• Maintaining a good working relationship with clients and work effectively with client management and staff at all levels to gather information and perform services
• Leading and managing a team of consultants to deliver successful project outcomes, in line with the targets and KPIs appropriate for your role
• Serving as a trusted advisor to clients, building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining the highest levels of quality and rigor
• Managing, motivating, developing, training, coaching and mentoring staff on projects while embedding and supporting a feedback focused culture
• Helping define and embed the culture we need to continue growing the team in the right way
• Staying up to date with industry trends and insights, and support the team in doing the same
• Supporting core internal responsibilities, which may include recruitment, thought leadership, financial management, performance management and quality related activities

Think you've got what it takes to be a People Advisory Director? Like the color purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• Minimum of 10+ years of management consulting experience, with at least 3 years in a senior manager / director role or equivalent, preferably in a consulting firm
• Possess a proven track record of delivering successful HR consulting projects for clients, demonstrating an ability to drive results, add value, and delight our clients
• Strong analytical, commercial and problem solving skills with the ability to assess and de-mystify complex situations with ease
• Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and spoken, English required, Arabic is a bonus), with the ability to build strong relationships with clients, team members, and other parts of our firm
• Strategic thinker with a strong business/commercial acumen, who can operate at the 'big picture' level but also be 'hands-on' in client delivery
• Commitment to mentoring and coaching junior team members, with a passion for developing others
• Comfortable working under pressure, in a demanding environment and to tight deadlines, delivering results
• Industry / sector expertise across a variety of industries, with additional depth in 2-3 areas, with Financial Services experience being preferred as one area of additional depth
• Demonstrating technical skills which contribute to either one of our pillars in full (Strategy, Functional Excellence, or Business Transformation), or a number of areas across these pillars
• Understanding the consulting and project delivery lifecycle, its requirements, and actively embed this in teams around you
• Understanding the regional market, nuances and dynamics, and how it differs to other markets, and can thrive in this environment

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