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About the Role
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi is seeking a Strategy Consultant for a 12-month freelance contract to support the Gaming Strategy Team. The role involves strategic planning, performance management, governance, and initiative tracking.
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Responsibilities
- Support SMO leadership in preparing and coordinating strategic planning activities
- Conduct research and analysis to inform strategic priorities and planning cycles
- Prepare briefing materials, presentations, and background documents for senior leadership
- Track progress against strategic objectives and flag risks or delays
- Support design and execution of performance management processes
- Collect, consolidate, and validate performance data from departments
- Prepare periodic performance reports and dashboards for leadership
- Monitor KPIs and OKRs, identifying trends and variances
- Provide operational support to governance structures and decision making processes
- Coordinate agendas, minutes, and action tracking for governance committees
- Support coordination and tracking of strategic initiatives and projects
- Maintain initiative trackers, project plans, and status reports
Requirements
- 4 6 years of experience in top tier management consulting or strategy consulting at Manager/Senior Consultant level
- Experience from MBB or equivalent top tier strategy firm
- Strong experience in strategic planning, performance management, governance, or transformation programs
- Demonstrated ability to prepare executive level materials, briefing packs, dashboards, and decision papers
- Strong analytical and reporting skills with performance and KPI data
- Experience coordinating stakeholders and tracking delivery across multiple workstreams
- Exposure to gaming or esports sector preferred
- Strong working knowledge of AI tools preferred
- GCC experience preferred, ideally 3 5 years
Full Job Posting
Overview
- We are looking for a Strategy Consultant to support a key initiative within the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi on a 12 month freelance contract.
- DCT Abu Dhabi is the government entity responsible for driving sustainable growth of Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism sectors.
- This role will support the Gaming Strategy Team in driving strategic planning, performance management, governance, and initiative tracking.
Key Responsibilities
- Support SMO leadership in preparing and coordinating strategic planning activities.
- Conduct research and analysis to inform strategic priorities and planning cycles.
- Prepare briefing materials, presentations, and background documents for senior leadership.
- Support the development and maintenance of strategic planning frameworks and templates.
- Track progress against strategic objectives and flag risks or delays to the SMO Lead.
- Coordinate inputs from internal stakeholders to ensure alignment across workstreams.
- Support the design and execution of performance management processes across the organization.
- Collect, consolidate, and validate performance data from departments and business units.
- Prepare periodic performance reports and dashboards for leadership and governance bodies.
- Monitor KPIs and OKRs, identifying trends, variances, and areas requiring attention.
- Support preparation of materials for performance reviews and governance forums.
- Maintain and update performance tracking tools, dashboards, and databases.
Governance & Decision Support
- Provide operational support to governance structures and decision making processes.
- Coordinate agendas, minutes, and action tracking for governance committees and leadership forums.
- Prepare decision papers, issue logs, and options analyses for senior stakeholders.
- Ensure follow up on decisions and action items across governance bodies.
- Support documentation and communication of governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.
- Assist in the design and rollout of governance improvements as directed by the SMO Lead.
Initiative & Project Coordination
- Support coordination and tracking of strategic initiatives and projects across the organization.
- Maintain initiative trackers, project plans, and status reports.
- Coordinate with project owners and stakeholders to gather updates and resolve dependencies.
- Prepare initiative level briefing packs and progress summaries for leadership.
- Flag risks, blockers, and resource constraints to the SMO Lead for escalation.
- Support the development of business cases and initiative charters as required.
Requirements
- At least 4 6 years of experience in top tier management consulting or strategy consulting, ideally at Manager / Senior Consultant level.
- Experience from MBB or an equivalent top tier strategy firm is required.
- Strong experience in strategic planning, performance management, governance, or transformation programs.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare executive level materials, briefing packs, dashboards, and decision papers.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to work confidently with performance and KPI data.
- Experience coordinating stakeholders and tracking delivery across multiple workstreams.
Core Capabilities
- Strong structured thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to translate strategic priorities into clear plans, reports, and governance materials.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Excellent stakeholder coordination and follow up skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to prepare high quality presentations and leadership materials.
- Comfortable operating in fast paced, ambiguous, and senior stakeholder environments.
- Proactive, organized, and delivery focused.
Experience & Exposure
- Exposure to gaming or esports sector is preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of AI tools and their application to strategy, reporting, and operations is preferred.
- GCC experience is preferred, ideally 3–5 years.
- Track record of 1–2 promotions within the same firm is preferred.
Contract Duration
- 12 month contract.
Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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