Senior Consultant

R2 Alliance; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

R2 Alliance seeks a Senior Consultant for its UAE practice to lead transformation workstreams across government and private sector clients in the Middle East. You will resolve complex problems, structure analyses, and deliver executive‑level results in fast‑paced client environments.

Ideal candidates bring 4–7 years in management consulting, strong PowerPoint and Excel skills, and a proven ability to engage senior stakeholders with clear, practical recommendations.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in a recognised management consulting firm.
• Experience in a Big 4+ or strategy/management consulting boutique is essential.
• Experience delivering transformation programmes for government entities or large private sector organisations.
• Proven ability to apply structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Ability to independently own consulting workstreams from analysis through delivery.
• Exceptional PowerPoint skills with executive‑level presentation creation from scratch.
• Strong Excel/data interpretation capabilities.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder interviews.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with senior client interaction.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within demanding consulting environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead individual workstreams across transformation programmes from diagnostic through implementation.
• Structure complex business challenges into clear hypotheses and analytical workplans.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop executive‑ready presentations, storyboards and reports for senior stakeholders.
• Translate analyses into practical recommendations with clear business cases.
• Facilitate client interviews, workshops and working sessions across organisational levels.
• Support design of future operating models, target processes and roadmaps.
• Prepare Steering Committee packs, status reports and executive updates.
• Support governance, planning, RAID and implementation tracking.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and maintain professionalism.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality outputs within timelines.
• Review work of junior team members and provide coaching.
• Contribute to business development and internal knowledge initiatives.

Skills

PowerPoint

Excel

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

Structured problem solving

Facilitation

English communication

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

We are partnering with a leading international management consulting firm that advises government entities and leading private sector organisations across the Middle East on some of the region's most complex transformation programmes.

As part of continued growth, we are seeking an experienced Senior Consultant with 4–7 years of management consulting experience to join a high-performing consulting team delivering strategic and operational transformation engagements across the UAE.

This role is suited to ambitious consultants who thrive in fast-paced, client‑facing environments and enjoy solving complex business challenges through structured thinking, rigorous analysis and practical execution. You will work closely with senior client stakeholders, Managers and Partners, taking ownership of critical project workstreams from problem definition through implementation. Success in this role requires intellectual curiosity, commercial awareness and the ability to quickly become a trusted advisor to both colleagues and clients.

The Role

Senior Consultants are responsible for independently leading workstreams across complex consulting engagements while supporting Managers and Partners in delivering successful client outcomes.

You will be expected to quickly understand unfamiliar business environments, structure ambiguous problems into practical approaches and develop executive‑level deliverables that influence decision‑making. The role requires a genuine consulting mindset, combining strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead individual workstreams across transformation programmes from diagnostic through implementation.
• Structure complex business challenges into clear hypotheses, issue trees and analytical workplans.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify business improvement opportunities.
• Develop executive‑ready PowerPoint presentations, storyboards and reports for senior client stakeholders.
• Translate analytical findings into practical recommendations supported by clear business cases.
• Facilitate client interviews, workshops and working sessions with stakeholders across all organisational levels.
• Support the design of future operating models, target processes and transformation roadmaps.
• Prepare Steering Committee packs, status reports and executive updates.
• Support programme governance, planning, RAID management and implementation tracking.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders while maintaining a high standard of professionalism.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional consulting teams to deliver high‑quality outcomes within demanding timelines.
• Review work produced by junior team members and provide coaching where appropriate.
• Contribute to business development activities, proposal development and internal knowledge initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• 4–7 years of experience within a recognised management consulting firm.
• Previous experience within a Big 4+ consulting practice or a recognised strategy and management consulting boutique is essential.
• Demonstrated experience delivering transformation programmes for government entities or large private sector organisations.
• Strong consulting toolkit with experience applying structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Proven ability to independently own consulting workstreams from analysis through delivery.
• Exceptional PowerPoint skills with experience creating executive‑level presentations and compelling storylines from scratch.
• Strong analytical capabilities with advanced Excel and data interpretation skills.
• Experience facilitating workshops, stakeholder interviews and collaborative working sessions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with confidence interacting with senior client leadership.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within demanding consulting environments.

Preferred Experience

Experience across several of the following areas is highly desirable:

• Enterprise Transformation
• Business Process Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Organisational Transformation
• Performance Improvement
• Digital Transformation
• PMO Delivery
• Change Management

Candidate Profile

• A genuine management consulting mindset.
• Exceptional structured thinking and hypothesis‑driven problem‑solving capabilities.
• The ability to simplify complex business challenges into practical recommendations.
• Outstanding executive storytelling and presentation development skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and business judgement.
• Confidence engaging with senior client stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
• A collaborative, energetic and low‑ego approach to teamwork.
• Strong ownership mentality with a focus on quality and delivery.
• Resilience and adaptability within fast‑paced consulting environments.
• Intellectual curiosity and a continuous learning mindset.

What Success Looks Like

• Independently own project workstreams and consistently deliver high‑quality outputs.
• Build executive‑ready presentations requiring minimal Partner review.
• Develop trusted relationships with client stakeholders.
• Confidently facilitate workshops and working sessions.
• Translate complex problems into structured, practical recommendations.
• Contribute positively to the collaborative culture of the consulting team.

Why Join?

Joining this firm offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced consulting professionals on some of the Middle East's most significant transformation programmes. You will gain exposure to senior client leadership, develop your consulting toolkit and accelerate your career within a collaborative, high‑performance environment that values quality, structured thinking and continuous development.

Location

The successful candidate will join the firm's UAE consulting practice. Client assignments are based across Abu Dhabi and Dubai and may require full‑time onsite or hybrid working depending on project requirements.

Candidates already located in the UAE are preferred. However, relocation support may be considered for exceptional international candidates with the required consulting background.