Principal Consultant / Engagement Manager – Strategic Advisory
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About the Role
Jacobs is seeking a Principal Consultant / Engagement Manager for their Strategic Advisory team in the Middle East. This leadership role focuses on delivering strategic and advisory engagements for government priorities including economic development, infrastructure, and national transformation programs.
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Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary teams in the delivery of complex advisory engagements for government, public sector, and private sector clients
- Advise ministries, government agencies, regulators, public authorities, government owned entities, investors, and private sector organizations on strategic priorities, sector development, policy implementation, investment initiatives, and transformational programs
- Manage the development of strategies, business cases, policy assessments, implementation plans, economic analyses, sector studies, and other advisory deliverables
- Support clients in addressing complex economic, social, infrastructure, and development challenges through evidence based analysis and practical recommendations
- Conduct research, benchmarking, market assessments, and quantitative and qualitative analyses to support strategic decision making
- Manage complex stakeholder environments and engage effectively with senior government officials, executives, regulators, investors, and private sector leaders
- Lead project delivery to ensure technical excellence, commercial performance, quality outcomes, and client satisfaction
- Manage project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, and contractual obligations
- Support major national initiatives, sector development programs, and strategic priorities across the Middle East
- Support business development activities, including opportunity identification, client engagement, and proposal preparation
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor to senior decision makers
- Support collaboration across Jacobs' global advisory network to leverage best practices and technical expertise
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline
- 8+ years of professional experience in management consulting, government advisory, public sector advisory, strategy consulting, economic development, infrastructure advisory, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience leading complex consulting engagements and multidisciplinary project teams
- Experience delivering advisory projects for government entities, public authorities, regulators, government owned organizations, investors, or private sector clients
- Strong analytical, problem solving, report writing, and presentation skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence senior decision makers
- Strong project management capabilities with experience managing budgets, schedules, and client relationships
- Proven ability to support business development activities and contribute to winning new work
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Your impact
- At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter, more connected and more sustainable.
- We are seeking a Principal Consultant / Engagement Manager to join our Strategic Advisory team in the Middle East.
What You'll Do
- Leading multidisciplinary teams in the delivery of complex advisory engagements for government, public sector, and private sector clients.
- Advising ministries, government agencies, regulators, public authorities, government owned entities, investors, and private sector organizations on strategic priorities, sector development, policy implementation, investment initiatives, and transformational programs.
- Managing the development of strategies, business cases, policy assessments, implementation plans, economic analyses, sector studies, and other advisory deliverables.
- Supporting clients in addressing complex economic, social, infrastructure, and development challenges through evidence based analysis and practical recommendations.
- Conducting research, benchmarking, market assessments, and quantitative and qualitative analyses to support strategic decision making.
- Managing complex stakeholder environments and engaging effectively with senior government officials, executives, regulators, investors, and private sector leaders.
- Leading project delivery to ensure technical excellence, commercial performance, quality outcomes, and client satisfaction.
- Managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, and contractual obligations.
- Supporting major national initiatives, sector development programs, and strategic priorities across the Middle East.
- Supporting business development activities, including opportunity identification, client engagement, and proposal preparation.
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships and acting as a trusted advisor to senior decision makers.
- Supporting collaboration across Jacobs' global advisory network to leverage best practices and technical expertise.
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Business Administration, Public Policy, Engineering, Finance, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of professional experience in management consulting, government advisory, public sector advisory, strategy consulting, economic development, infrastructure advisory, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex consulting engagements and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Experience delivering advisory projects for government entities, public authorities, regulators, government owned organizations, investors, or private sector clients.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, report writing, and presentation skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with the ability to influence senior decision makers.
- Strong project management capabilities with experience managing budgets, schedules, and client relationships.
- Proven ability to support business development activities and contribute to winning new work.
Ideally, Here's What You'll Also Have
- Experience supporting national transformation initiatives, Vision programs, or government development agendas within the GCC and broader Middle East region.
- Experience across one or more sectors including economic development, infrastructure, transportation, industry, energy, utilities, tourism, social infrastructure, or public services.
- Experience advising ministries, government authorities, development agencies, regulators, sovereign entities, investors, or private sector organizations.
- Understanding of public sector decision making processes, policy environments, and government priorities within the Middle East.
- Ability and willingness to travel across the Middle East.
- A passion for helping clients address complex challenges and deliver meaningful outcomes for governments, businesses, citizens, and communities.
Workplace
- We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.
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