PwC Middle East Looking for Manager People & Organization – KSA at Saudi , Riyadh Full Time

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.

Job Title:Manager People & Organization – KSA

Work Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Key Responsibilities

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Add value to our clients by helping them address complex organizational transformation, organization design and people related issues, deliver on a sound HR strategy, achieve sustainable results and demonstrate real impact.
• Reporting to a People & Organisation Director or Partner lead cross-functional internal and client teams to develop and deliver strategic people and organisational change in challenging client environments and high-growth industries, with a particular focus on Organisational and HR Transformation.
• Advise clients on strategic organizational transformation and people-related matters and design solutions that can help transform clients’ organisations.
• Work closely with client teams to build strong relationships at all levels and act as the day-to-day project manager.
• Collaborate with senior PwC colleagues throughout the client assignment and take responsibility for developing junior colleagues through on-the-job coaching, knowledge sharing and consistent feedback.
• Be the team go-to-person for Organisational and HR Transformation and maintain a keen interest in HR trends and the impact on our clients so you can help shape their thinking and our success in the market.
• Assist in creating and presenting winning proposals to support our clients in the UAE and broader Middle East.
• Work with colleagues across all Middle Eastern offices on client engagements and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.
• Keep up to date with current regional and global economic and business trends.
• Whilst working in the People and Organisation team you will further build on your knowledge of the key themes in the market and in the region. You will work collaboratively with other People and Organisation experts to shape the future of our clients and to bring about positive change. You will have access to all of the latest training and development tools and the support of the wider PwC network.

Preferred Skills

• Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English and Arabic
• Preferable qualifications: The following qualification(s) are preferable and beneficial for the candidate to perform the role CIPD, GPHR, SHRM or equivalent is preferred.
• Proven experience of managing and delivering high-quality strategic engagements across multiple industries with a focus on government and public sector.
• Experience of building strong client relationships across multiple industries and geographies.
• In-depth understanding of strategic change management and communication activities, including but not limited to, conducting interviews and facilitating workshops with senior client leadership; developing new HR strategies and policies, processes and procedures to reflect new market challenges, economic impacts, technological changes, or competitive pressures.
• Strong interest and passion for developing, growing and leading a team through coaching and mentoring, as well as proactive knowledge sharing.
• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Proven IT skills in the following programmes Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East.

Key Experience

• 7 years of relevant experience in organizational transformation and human capital management, of which a least 5 years will have been in a consulting environment ideally with one of the Big 4 firms, HR consulting companies or a global strategy house.