People Consulting - Manager - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advisory firm is seeking a people and organizational change advisor to drive HR transformations across MENA. The role requires expertise in change management, strong communication skills, and the ability to influence client stakeholders. Join a diverse and global team dedicated to building better working environments and addressing complex business challenges.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in large complex business transformation or change management projects.
• Subject matter expert in HR transformation or organization design.
• Fluent in Arabic and English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Direct and implement major change and people transformation programs.
• Develop people and change management strategies with measurable objectives.
• Manage senior client stakeholders and drive value through leadership.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, psychology, or organizational development

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

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Location: Riyadh

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Requisition ID: 1610644

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The opportunity

As a people and organizational change advisor, you will work with clients in delivering their HR and workforce transformation and organisational agendas and providing change management support with large scale business transformation. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability and connect effectively across our global PAS and wider EY service lines to maximize our global knowledge and experience in supporting our client’s people-related business challenges.

Your key responsibilities

You will be responsible for directing, designing and implementing major change and people transformation programs across MENA related to large-scale business / HR transformations. You will also develop people and change management strategies and business cases with measurable objectives.

In this role, you will work in diverse project teams, together with colleagues from different service lines to address client’s most complex issues and deliver full cycle large business transformation projects.

In addition to the above, you are going to proactively manage senior client stakeholders, including delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues, up to Senior Management & create value for the client by demonstrating thought leadership, bringing new insights and delivering service excellence. You will also manage and develop teams of consultants to deliver projects and pursuits in line with project plans and budgets.

Skills and attributes for success

You can succeed in this role if you are professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise as well as having a strong personal impact and resilience & the ability to influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.

Taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement as well as being able to analyse complex problems and deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions is a skill you are expected to have for this role.

Furthermore, being skilled in facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members, motivating teams to maximise performance while demonstrating confidence and effectiveness in recognising and managing potential issues during client assignments will contribute to your success for this opportunity.

Qualifications & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (business, psychology, or organizational development); Masters preferred.
• At least 5 years of work experience with a proven track record of delivering large complex business transformation, HR value chain projects or change management and culture change projects.
• Be a subject matter expert in one or more of the following: HR transformation, organization design, talent management, performance management, rewards, people aspects of change management whether operational transformation, cultural change or technology driven change.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both Arabic and English written and verbal)
• Prior work experience within a professional services or global consultancy firm.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience working in large private and/or public sector organisations human resources functions.
• Strong insight into a particular sector such as the government and public sector, energy or financial services is desirable.

What we look for

We are interested in aspiring legal professionals with an enthusiastic, flexible, and positive approach to work and challenges who are interested in building their career within a rapidly developing, fast-paced environment.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more .

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