Regional Lead - Digital Strategy Consultant

Backbase; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Strategy Consultant to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience in strategic consulting to drive meaningful engagements with top-tier banks and credit unions. Your expertise in the digital banking domain will empower you to craft compelling visions and actionable roadmaps that align with customer needs. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, utilizing customer-centric methodologies to deliver impactful analyses and high-quality presentations. If you are a motivated team player with a passion for digital transformation and a knack for inspiring others, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a strategy consultant in banking or tech.
• Experience with customer-centric methods and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic consulting engagements with banks and credit unions.
• Create compelling visions and implementation roadmaps.
• Travel regularly to support customer engagements.

Skills

Strategic Consulting

Analytical Skills

Quantitative Skills

Conceptual Thinking

Customer-Centric Methods

Financial Analysis

Business Case Building

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Tools

Lean Start-Up

Design Thinking

Agile Transformation

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

The Value Consulting team is a fast-growing team of entrepreneurial digital consultants that all earned their stripes at some of the best strategy firms around the globe.

We are building a transformational selling & strategic advisory arm at Backbase. We operate at the intersection of financial services and digital business transformation, where we help our customers ride the waves of digital transformation successfully.

What you'll do

As a Principal Strategy Consultant, you drive strategic consulting engagements with our customers - top-tier to mid-size banks and credit unions - in a consultative and collaborative approach, to help address their most complex business and technological challenges. With your deep understanding of our customers' business models and your expertise in the (digital) banking domain, you create a compelling long-term vision, laser-sharp financial business case, and a value-driven implementation roadmap utilizing the Backbase Platform to its fullest extent. You are willing to travel on a regular basis.

Who you are

• You have 8+ years of work experience as a (digital) strategy consultant for one or more of the best strategy consultant firms or digital boutique consultancy firms around the globe. Banking, payments, tech, or SaaS experience is a plus. However, a can-do mentality is of more importance than many years of the perfect experience.
• You are street smart and digital savvy. A true team player with a sense of humor, hands-on and self-motivated, able to drive progress and hit deadlines.
• You are a well-rounded and experienced consultant with superior analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills.
• You have significant experience with customer-centric methods such as lean start-up, design thinking, value proposition design, and agile transformation. You know the tools and best practices that are common in the market. Next to that, your financial analysis/ROI assessment and business case building skills are second to none.
• You have significant experience in designing and optimizing banking processes and customer journeys following lean six sigma principles.
• You know like nobody else what the bar is for a great and impactful consulting outcome and respective deliverables. You are passionate about creating the most impactful analyses, business cases, and high-quality pitches.
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills that will ensure successful customer engagements and collaboration across multiple teams, cultures, and timezones.
• You have excellent English speaking, writing, and presentation skills, as well as a strong ability to persuade, inspire, and motivate others. You have extensive 'owning the room' experience, allowing you to naturally command the room.
• You have the ability to prioritize and plan effectively with a demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and in ambiguity. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible and adaptable to growth and change.
• You know how to spot commercial opportunities and translate these in close cooperation with sales into solid presentations, pitches, and/or tailored proposals.
• You naturally collaborate and generate a positive spirit of cooperation while coordinating diverse activities and groups within a team environment.
• You have the courage to learn and to share your learning process with us.
• You have the willingness and motivation to travel on a regular basis.