Strategy Manager
Job Fit Check
Base Career helps you apply smarter for this job.
Key skills for this role
About the Role
Brand Finance is seeking a Strategy Manager for its Dubai office. You will lead strategic consulting projects, develop client relationships, and support business development across the Middle East.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver strategic consulting projects for clients across the Middle East and wider region
- Develop clear, data driven recommendations to support brand growth, business performance, and stakeholder engagement
- Translate Brand Finance research, valuation insights, and analytics into commercially relevant strategic advice
- Support the development of brand growth roadmaps, brand positioning strategies, and market opportunity assessments
- Conduct strategic and macro level analysis to improve understanding of client context and market dynamics
- Collaborate with internal research, valuation, and analytics teams to ensure integrated project delivery
- Support regional leadership in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients
- Contribute to proposals, pitches, thought leadership, and networking initiatives
- Identify opportunities to expand client accounts through additional strategic services
- Support the development and promotion of new consulting products and delivery models
- Manage day to day client relationships across assigned projects and accounts
Requirements
- 5–8 years’ experience in strategy consulting, brand consulting, market research, or related advisory roles
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience managing client relationships and delivering consulting projects
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
- Commercial awareness and business development capability
- Ability to work across multiple industries and stakeholders
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel
- Experience working in the Middle East region (desirable)
- Understanding of brand strategy, brand valuation, or marketing strategy (desirable)
- Experience in financial analysis or data driven consulting (desirable)
- Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential (desirable)
Full Job Posting
Overview of the Role
- Support the growth of Brand Finance’s strategic consulting offer across the Middle East by delivering high quality strategic projects, strengthening client relationships, and identifying opportunities to expand client value and revenue.
- The Strategy Manager will work closely with regional leadership and global strategic services teams to develop actionable brand and business growth recommendations for clients across a range of sectors.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver strategic consulting projects for clients across the Middle East and wider region.
- Develop clear, data driven recommendations to support brand growth, business performance, and stakeholder engagement.
- Translate Brand Finance research, valuation insights, and analytics into commercially relevant strategic advice.
- Support the development of brand growth roadmaps, brand positioning strategies, and market opportunity assessments.
- Conduct strategic and macro level analysis to improve understanding of client context and market dynamics.
- Collaborate with internal research, valuation, and analytics teams to ensure integrated project delivery.
- Support regional leadership in identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients.
- Contribute to proposals, pitches, thought leadership, and networking initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to expand client accounts through additional strategic services.
- Support the development and promotion of new consulting products and delivery models.
- Manage day to day client relationships across assigned projects and accounts.
Skills & Experience
- 5–8 years’ experience in strategy consulting, brand consulting, market research, or related advisory roles.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Experience managing client relationships and delivering consulting projects.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Commercial awareness and business development capability.
- Ability to work across multiple industries and stakeholders.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel.
- Experience working in the Middle East region (desirable).
- Understanding of brand strategy, brand valuation, or marketing strategy (desirable).
- Experience in financial analysis or data driven consulting (desirable).
- Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential (desirable).
Expected Impact
- Growth in strategic consulting revenue and client value.
- High levels of client satisfaction and retention.
- Successful delivery of consulting projects and strategic initiatives.
- Strengthened regional profile of Brand Finance strategic services.
- Development of consulting capability within the Dubai team.
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at Brand Finance
Consultant / Manager
Dubai, UAE
Brand Finance seeks ambitious professionals for Consultant or Manager roles in Dubai, delivering brand valuation and strategic consulting engagements. The role involves financial modeling, client interaction, and project
Data & Analytics Executive: Insight & Analytics
Dubai, UAE
Brand Finance seeks an ambitious Data & Analytics Executive to join their research team in Dubai. The role involves processing and analyzing data sets for client projects and syndicated research initiatives. Candidates n