Strategy & Development Advisory Principal Consultant

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a dynamic Strategic Consultant with both business strategy and technology expertise and experience. There is an ability to work remotely. Working at the intersection of business and technology, this strategist will collaborate alongside client leadership to define holistic strategies that combine business objectives with technology opportunities. The strategist must maintain deep knowledge of evolving trends and the latest advancements in technology, strategy, and management to develop innovation solutions and approaches.

POSITION INFO:
Requirements

• Applying own knowledge and experience
• Marketing the service line
• Growing the service line through active business development initiatives
• Acquiring new clients/ selling services to existing clients
• Managing client and stakeholder relationships
• Developing the team (existing and new recruits) to deliver on engagements/ projects
• Working with the team on delivering client engagements/ projects. The incumbent will be responsible for managing a number of engagements that will run concurrently
• Managing the service line to ensure growth objectives are obtained
• Developing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with partners, directors and employees nationally and internationally.

• Project management including managing project budgets, deadlines, productivity, billings, liaising with clients, project supervision of researchers, analysts and other consultants, development of project work plans, etc.
• Managing project components effectively by completing them on time, at the required standard and to the client’s satisfaction
• Conducting qualitative and quantitative research – interviewing, field work, design and implementation of questionnaires, spreadsheets etc.
• Detailed analysis of data – market demand, economic impact, financial, development of project specific analytical models, etc.
• Developing and write reports, or parts thereof, to a high standard and in accordance with client needs
• Developing appropriate and suitable strategies as part of projects as applicable and to suit client needs
• Facilitation of workshops
• Developing and conducting presentations
• Drafting and presenting proposals
• Identifying marketing and sales opportunities

• Honours or Masters degree (MBA, financial, economics, technology, development studies, strategy an advantage)
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel (advanced), Working knowledge of MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Power BI and other applications
• Excellent working knowledge of various digital technologies and how these can be applied to improve organisational effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Understanding of, and preferably experience in, the following:
  • Digital Strategy: addressing the issues, decisions, actions and investments required in IT to create a digital business
  • IT Value Strategy: shaping the direction of IT to align the overall shareholder and business vision and objectives and drive measurable improvements
  • Technology Innovation and Ecosystems: exploring new and emerging technologies to create a vision of how technology will shape the future and invent the next wave of cutting-edge business solutions
  • Operating Model: shaping how the IT function will need to operate to achieve the New IT and stakeholder objectives and workforce talent strategy
  • Cloud Strategy: enabling companies to access cloud-based services, including infrastructure, applications, platforms and business processes, via the web to shape organizations’ cloud journeys
• Accounting and financial knowledge – able to read, understand and make recommendations based on financial information. Experience in financial modelling an advantage
• Minimum 5 years working experience in management consulting or business advisory
• Ability to engage at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• Strong thinking skills – strategic, bottom-line, analytical, big picture, creative, realistic, possibility, shared, unpopular, focused
• Keen interest in, and knowledge of, the digital economy and relevant applications
• Good economic knowledge and keen awareness of the macro-economic climate in South Africa
• Good project management skills
• Good manager of people and interested in developing others
• Able to liaise with high-level clients and to interview and extract meaningful information
• Networking skills, able to develop lasting relationships with people
• Willing to become an expert in the field/s in which they consult

• Driven and seeking opportunity to lead and grow a business unit
• Ability to work independently and be self-managed
• Have initiative
• Focused and attentive
• Professional at all times
• Friendly and helpful
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Comfortable with presentations/ facilitation
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter with a strong will to succeed
• Eager to learn and grow

• Possession of a valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle
• There will be occasions where the incumbent would need to work overtime
• Some travel (in South Africa and the rest of Africa) will be required

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