Senior Manager Consultant

AVEVA; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

AVEVA in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Manager, Consultant to shape strategy, lead transformation programs, and unlock customer value through digital innovation in the Industrial Intelligence space.

You will direct regional accounts, coordinate across AVEVA capabilities, and manage end-to-end delivery, governance, and risk for major engagements while collaborating with Sales, Product, and Delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience leading complex industrial software, digital transformation, or operational technology programs.
• Proven track record of engaging senior customer stakeholders and translating business challenges into scalable solutions.
• Experience with industrial data, operational systems, enterprise integrations, and cloud technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive successful customer outcomes.
• Experience working across Sales, Services, Product, and Delivery organizations in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the regional Industrial Intelligence strategy and technical direction aligned with strategic regional accounts.
• Orchestrate cross-portfolio capabilities to create integrated Industrial Intelligence solutions and roadmaps.
• Own end-to-end technical and transformation leadership for selected accounts from discovery to delivery realization.
• Lead customer discovery and advisory engagements translating challenges into roadmaps and use cases.
• Govern bids and proposals with scope, architecture, risk, and delivery approach reviews.
• Collaborate with GDC to optimize engineering estimates and delivery plans.
• Interface with Portfolio, R&D, and Global Services to address product gaps and improvements.
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and change management needs.
• Establish regional technical governance, reference architectures, and delivery standards.
• Provide escalation and transformation assurance across major engagements.
• Build and lead regional Industrial Intelligence capability including consultants and SMEs.
• Support executive SteerCos with clear reporting on status, risks, and value realization.
• Drive Services growth by expanding engagements and replicating success across sites.
• Demonstrate measurable customer outcomes and ROI driving strategic relationships.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, and Delivery to ensure continuity from challenge to expansion.

Skills

Industrial Intelligence

Digital Transformation

Solution Architecture

Analytics

Executive engagement

Cloud architecture

Delivery governance

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems

Job description

Job Description:

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.

We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.

If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at AVEVA Careers.

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Job Title: Senior Manager, Consultant

Location: Abu Dhabi

Employment Type: Full Time

The Job

This role is ideal for a technology leader who enjoys shaping strategy, influencing executive decisions, leading transformation programs, and helping customers unlock value through digital innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the regional Industrial Intelligence strategy and technical direction, aligning transformation priorities, solution architecture, and execution with the business and operational objectives of strategic regional accounts.
• Orchestrate AVEVA’s cross-portfolio capabilities across APM, APO, AOC, CONNECT, Industrial Data / PI, analytics and enterprise integrations to create integrated Industrial Intelligence solutions and transformation roadmaps.
• Own end-to-end technical and transformation leadership for selected strategic accounts, acting as the senior technical interface from discovery and roadmap definition through delivery assurance, value realization, and Services expansion.
• Lead customer discovery and strategic advisory engagements, translating operational and business challenges into Industrial Intelligence transformation roadmaps, prioritized use cases, business-value hypotheses, integration requirements, data needs, and deployment architecture.
• Own technical governance for bids and proposals, reviewing and validating scope, architecture, effort estimates, assumptions, exclusions, risks, resource models, and delivery approach to ensure proposals are accurate, executable, competitive, and aligned to AVEVA delivery methodology.
• Work closely with the Global Delivery Center (GDC) to optimize engineering estimates and delivery plans, including resource planning, role clarity, delivery readiness, and effective collaboration during implementation.
• Act as the key regional interface to Portfolio, R&D, Global Services Practice for product gaps, defect resolution, enhancement requests, customer driven requirements, competitive insights, and prioritization of regionally important functionality.
• Proactively identify, assess, and manage technical risks and dependencies (e.g., data readiness and quality, integration complexity, OT/IT constraints, cybersecurity and customer standards, environment readiness, change management), driving mitigation plans and timely decisions.
• Establish and enforce regional technical governance, including reference architectures, reusable templates, estimation models, solution standards, technical review gates, and delivery best practices, ensuring consistent quality across strategic engagements.
• Provide technical escalation and transformation assurance leadership across major engagements, resolving complex architecture, integration, performance, security, data, and delivery challenges while maintaining alignment with customer outcomes and program objectives.
• Build and lead regional Industrial Intelligence capability comprising consultants, architects, and SMEs, providing technical direction and mentoring to strengthen solution quality, cross-portfolio integration, technical consistency, and strategic account support.
• Support executive governance and SteerCos with clear reporting on technical status, risks, mitigation actions, value realization, and decision requirements, translating complex technical topics into executive ready insights and recommendations.
• Drive Services growth and pull-through by converting engagements and transformation roadmaps into scalable multi-phase programs, identifying additional use cases, replication across assets or sites, and opportunities.
• Demonstrate and document measurable customer outcomes and ROI, using value realization to strengthen strategic relationships, create referenceable successes, and identify future Industrial Intelligence transformation opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Technical Sales, Product, Practice Leads, Customer Success, Partners, and Delivery to maintain continuity from customer challenge through transformation definition, solution architecture, commercial shaping, delivery readiness, execution, and expansion.

Skills

• Industrial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, and Solution Architecture
• Industrial Data Platforms, Analytics, AI, and OT/IT Integration
• Executive stakeholder engagement and strategic advisory
• Enterprise and cloud-based architecture design
• Technical governance, risk management, and delivery assurance
• Bid shaping, proposal review, and commercial solutioning
• Cross-functional leadership and team development
• Value realization, business case development, and ROI measurement

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline
• Extensive experience leading complex industrial software, digital transformation, or operational technology programs
• Proven track record of engaging senior customer stakeholders and translating business challenges into scalable solutions
• Experience with industrial data, operational systems, enterprise integrations, and cloud technologies
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive successful customer outcomes
• Experience working across Sales, Services, Product, and Delivery organizations in a global environment

Preferred

• Experience with AVEVA, PI System, Industrial Data Platforms, APM, Analytics, or Connected Operations solutions
• Relevant certifications in Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Platforms, Project Management, or Agile methodologies

Services at AVEVA

Our dynamic global team of 700+ engineers, developers, consultants, solution architects and project managers are at the forefront of delivering AVEVA cutting-edge solutions to customers. The work is complex and technical, but immensely rewarding: we empower customers to harness the full transformative potential of AVEVA’s solutions. If you’re analytical, pragmatic, and driven to make a tangible impact on the sustainability of the industrial sector, our team is the perfect place for you.

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.