Consulting - Transformation Management (Project Management) - Riyadh

Description

Established in the region for ‎40 years, PwC has around ‎8,000 people in ‎12
countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates.
Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international
experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can
bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than ‎328,000 people
across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help
you find the value you are looking for.

Summary
Required Level (Senior Associate , Manager , Senior Manager)

A career in our Transformation Management practice, within Project Portfolio
Management services, will provide you with the opportunity to help
organizations balance long term strategies and short term imperatives to
optimize their investments and strategic activity required to achieve the
organization 's business objectives. We help enhance organizations project and
programme performance by identifying alternative project approaches,
consistently aligning projects with corporate strategy, setting the tone and
pace of programmes from the outset, responding quickly and effectively to
crisis situations, and extracting value from agile programme delivery.
As part of our team, you'll help our clients understand what makes business
transformation programmes successful, from programme delivery structures and
business engagement models to key technical issues and ongoing learning and
improvement. We share knowledge and experience to complement our clients
existing capabilities which propels them to the next level of Portfolio
delivery.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high growth Consulting team,
where you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategy based
projects, to clients in the Government and Public Sector in Saudi Arabia. We
focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and
operational expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting
relationships with companies and organisations, always ensuring that we are
able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever
critical issues they may face. You will be part of PwCs Programme and Project
Management team, interacting with industry professionals and experts whom will
help you build and deploy the strong project management skills required to
manage large-scale nationwide transformation initiatives. You will be exposed
to the PwC proprietary methodologies and tools built from experiences from
numerous prior engagements and leading practices, to enable you to efficiently
and effectively deliver to our clients in a timely and reliable manner.

Responsibilities

• Manage and run a wide variety of projects including but not limited to: Transformation Projects, IT Implementations, Business Process Re-engineering, Feasibility Studies etc.


• Risk, issue and change management - maintain mechanisms to manage change control, risks and issues within specific projects


• Identify project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards


• Document any business requirements for specific initiatives/projects


• Organize the activities of specific program/project areas


• Monitor project budgets and prepare regular status reports


• Evaluate project outcomes in terms of quality, consistency, accuracy, overall value, completion dates and provider performance


• Ensure that recording and maintaining a project database containing all related information, (data, documents, reports etc.) takes place


• Lead knowledge building and sharing, using knowledge management methodologies, techniques, and processes


• Coordinate with others to utilize learning and development tools and techniques to analyze, identify and communicate requirements for change
  Requirements


• The ideal candidate will have the ability to manage multiple projects and leadership skills to engage with diverse stakeholders


• Familiarity with best practices in PMO structures and operating models


• Be passionate about client service


• Self-motivated, confident - a strong work ethic


• Successful performance within team environments, enjoy being part of a team


• Excellent organizational skills, having the ability to prioritize workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines


• Experience in overseeing and reporting progress of large-scale programs


• Knowledge/understanding of the Middle East Government and Public Sector including a deep understanding of global trends in the Government and Public Sector


• Experience of driving large-scale change


• Sector exposure and experience of different labor reforms.
  Planning and reporting tools, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint,
  and Primavera P6 Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic (verbal
  and written)

Industry: Government and Public Services
Service: undefined
Grade: undefined
Location: Riyadh
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