Oliver Wyman Job in UAE: Director - 8works

Oliver Wyman is offering a job opportunity as a Director of 8works, are a specialist co-creation capability of Oliver Wyman who operate at the forefront of accelerating business transformation through co-creative, design thinking methods. 

1. This role is an outstanding opportunity for a talented and experienced co-creation practitioner and leader to take the reigns of a small and talented core team who is bringing the methods and application of design thinking, co-creation and acceleration to the region.
2. The successful candidate will lead a small team in the Middle East to manage large, complex design events and engagements. This will be done in conjunction with Partners from Oliver Wyman to design a co-creative element into consulting projects to create enhanced outcomes beyond the physical deliverables.
3. As an integral part of shaping and building upon a growing capability, the candidate will embody the firm’s purpose of creating ‘breakthroughs to achieve the amazing’ whilst managing engagements in a dynamic and fast-moving environment where innovation and entrepreneurialism is cherished.
4. Responsibilities within the role will sit across four key dimensions: Client Engagement Delivery (specialist and core), Business Development, People Leadership and playing a role in the building of the 8works global venture.

1. A direct and practical work history in a large consulting firm environment is desired for this lead role.
2. Extensive application of design thinking / innovation / acceleration methodology in the course of managing large client facing engagements.
3. Evidence of facilitation expertise to both senior groups and large groups within large group design processes.

Outside of the technical, design and facilitation skills outlined above, the following describe the critical attributes for a candidate:

1. Willingness to learn and apply collaborative and outcome focused methodology to transformation programs and business design
2. 100% deliverer - shows commitment to do reimagine the possible to make it happen.
3. Thrives within a team environment and demonstrates an 'all for one and one for all' mentality
4. Thrives on the edge of her/his/their comfort zone, often seeking opportunities to push herself/himself/their self and shares what they learn
5. Challenges convention - demonstrates evidence of asking 'why?' to senior stakeholders and 'is there a different or better way of doing this?'.
6. Highly adept and efficient skills in Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
7. Visual modelling and other visual information techniques are desired
8. Fluency in Arabic is a plus

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation.

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