Client Director, Leadership Development - Middle East

Duke Corporate Education Limited; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking firm as a Client Director, where you will lead a portfolio of clients in the Middle East. This role is pivotal in driving growth and delivering tailored solutions that delight clients. You will leverage your expertise in business development and client management to ensure the success of transformative leadership programs. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of emotional intelligence, creativity, and strategic thinking, enabling you to foster strong relationships and lead impactful projects. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, collaborating with a global team dedicated to empowering leaders and driving business transformation.

Qualifications

• Experience in client management and large-scale strategic projects.
• Strong background in leadership development and change management.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a portfolio of clients in the Middle East.
• Drive business development and deliver impactful programs.

Skills

Business Development

Client Management

Change Management

Leadership Development

Strategic Thinking

Networking

Emotional Intelligence

Job description

At Duke Corporate Education, we empower leaders at all levels to be catalysts of change in their organizations and, ultimately, in society. By designing and delivering best in class advisory, leadership development and change management programs, we accelerate business leaders and their teams to build for the future. We are immensely proud to be the premier global provider of leadership solutions in context, consistently top-ranked by the Financial Times. With delivery in over 85 countries, we partner with clients to co-create the right solution for any level of leadership. Together, we transform leaders and business, creating sustainable impact at scale and speed.

Our global team have an enviable track record of delivering some of the most scaled, impactful and innovative learning programs and leadership interventions in the world. We deliver highly strategic advisory input and customized leadership development to help global clients achieve business transformation using leadership as a lever. Our global client book of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 clients and entrepreneurial environment will offer you significant opportunities for personal and professional development, and the freedom to excel.

About the Role

We are hiring a Client Director to build and lead a portfolio of clients in the Middle East, driving growth and delivering against revenue and profit targets through business development, creating compelling client solutions, and leading the design and delivery of impactful programs and transformations that delight our clients.

The incumbent will be responsible for building and managing a sizeable client portfolio with overall accountability for portfolio success, driving the commercial performance of client projects, ensuring quality solution design and delivery, and leading new business development activities through networking, developing proposals, and delivering high-quality pitches.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with clients in the Middle East, along with experience in large-scale, strategic projects and client management in a senior level role in one or more of the following areas:

1. a human capital development environment
2. experience designing leadership development solutions in a large organization
3. change management or transformation work

Through effectively leading business development, the ideal candidate will have delivered business growth with tailored solutions using creative and innovative ideas. As a charismatic networker with executive presence and ideally existing relationships at senior level with potential partners, the ideal candidate will have a high level of emotional intelligence, creativity, and strategic thinking, with the ability to persuade and lead others to achieve and ensure their success.

Office Location and Travel

Our most creative work stems from our collaboration and ideation in our office environment. This role is office-based and will also require travel to client locations in the Middle East.