Senior Consultant, Professional Services

Archer Integrated Risk Management; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global risk management leader is seeking a Senior Consultant to provide technical leadership and consultative expertise across complex GRC engagements in the UAE. This role involves architectural guidance, solution design, and execution of multi-workstream projects. Ideal candidates should have strong consulting skills and experience leading teams. The position promises opportunities for client engagement and strategic influence within an innovative environment.

Benefits

Equal employment opportunity

Collaborative work environment

Continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in technical leadership for GRC implementations.
• Strong analytical skills for solution architecture.
• Ability to manage complex projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical and consultative leadership across multiple engagements.
• Create technical architectural designs for implementations.
• Supervise project team members and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Manage client expectations and advise on GRC strategy.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution design

Enterprise consulting

Multi-workstream project management

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Details

About Us

For nearly 25 years, Archer has been a pioneer and a trusted global leader in delivering comprehensive compliance and risk management solutions to empower organizations to effectively navigate risks, ensure compliance, and achieve their business objectives. Our innovative GRC solutions are designed to provide companies with a clear, unified perspective on their risk landscape and enable data‑driven decision‑making and strategic planning. By leveraging cutting‑edge technologies such as AI and risk quantification, we equip our clients to anticipate, adapt to, and overcome challenges in today’s rapidly evolving market. At Archer, we don’t just help organizations manage risk — we help our clients transform risk into a strategic advantage and turn uncertainty into opportunity. Learn more at www.ArcherIRM.com

Role Summary

The Archer Senior Consultant provides technical leadership, architectural guidance, and consultative expertise across complex ArcherIRM engagements. The role requires strong solution design capability, enterprise‑level consulting skills, and the ability to lead multi‑phase, multi‑workstream GRC implementations. The Senior Consultant ensures high‑quality delivery aligned with Archer standards, methodologies, and client objectives, while contributing to pre‑sales, solutioning, documentation, and quality assurance.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Solution Architecture

• Provides technical and consultative leadership across multiple, complex ArcherIRM engagements.
• Leads the creation of technical architectural designs, implementation strategies, and delivery plans.
• Validates business requirements, develops conceptual and logical solution architectures, and ensures alignment with Archer best practices.
• Performs limited prototyping, proof‑of‑concepts, and feasibility analysis to validate solution proposals.

Pre‑Sales & Proposal Support

• Acts as a technical expert in pre‑sales meetings, client workshops, and solution presentations.
• Assists in creating detailed proposals, solution scopes, ROM estimates, and delivery models that address evolving client requirements.
• Clearly articulates solution options, risks, integration considerations, and delivery assumptions to support sales cycles.

Delivery Execution

• Participates in or leads installation, configuration, customization, and deployment activities for Archer solutions.
• Works on complex, multi‑workstream projects, managing dependencies and cross‑team coordination.
• Authors key deliverables including design documents, data models, workflow specifications, migration plans, test plans, and deployment guides.
• Ensures delivery adheres to approved methodology, SOW, project plan, and margin expectations.

Project & Team Leadership

• Supervises, mentors, and guides project team members (consultants, developers, analysts).
• Assigns and reviews work packets, ensuring consistency and quality across workstreams.
• Leads technical quality assurance activities, including design review, configuration review, code review, and performance optimization assessments.
• Applies correct escalation paths and ensures adherence to governance, change control, and communication processes.

Testing, Validation & Issue Resolution

• Supports creation of testing processes, scripts, and acceptance criteria.
• Conducts technical QA, code reviews, and certification of solution components.Acts as the primary escalation point for technical questions and issue resolution during UAT and post‑go‑live.
• Ensures delivered solution aligns with business requirements and performance expectations.

Client Engagement & Strategy

• Understands the client’s business model, regulatory environment, and long‑term objectives.
• Advises clients on GRC strategy, process maturity, and optimization opportunities within ArcherIRM.
• Helps clients interpret complex data, evaluate options, and select the right functional and technical approach.
• Ensures all documentation and deliverables maintain high‑quality, logical structure, and clarity to drive client satisfaction.

Operational Excellence

• Produces high‑quality work products, designs, and documentation with minimal oversight.
• Independently analyzes large volumes of requirements, data, and configuration details to recommend optimal solutions.
• Contributes to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance methodology, accelerators, and delivery standards.

Travel

• Understands that travel to client sites may be required for extended periods based on project demands (onsite workshops, UAT, go‑live, executive sessions).

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice at management discretion based on business need.

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