Job: Country Manager (Research – International Firm) at Pillars in Cairo, Egypt

About the Job

A global presence comprises of 4000+ experts who are spread across our various Business Centres in the globe – Switzerland, Chile, China, Germany, USA, Netherlands, Romania, UAE & India. We work with clients across a wide range of industries and business functions, helping them to make better decisions faster; reach new levels of efficiency and effectiveness; and see a tangible impact on their top and bottom line

Job Description

Project Management:

• Min. 6 years of relevant research / advisory experience in the Middle East region
• Proven track record of conducting secondary research, designing research strategies, interpreting and analysing information for accuracy, exhaustiveness and applicability in resolving research problems
• Experienced in doing sector intelligence, benchmarking analysis, trend analysis, etc.
• Ability to connect the dots and derive insights on Middle East and global markets
• Expertise in handling multiple project teams and playing the role of a problem solver to them
• Adroit in workflow management / triaging
• Ability to translate client objectives into clear deliverables in Arabic and English with associated priorities and constraints
• Ability to lead quality assurance, quality improvement practices / processes on multiple projects

People Management:

• Project lead with complete responsibility of project delivery for complex and challenging projects in addition to the regular role of being the point of contact for all projects
• Capable of managing a team of 4-6 analysts with responsibilities including steering the team in the right direction, and ensuring all work is aimed at meeting client objectives

Client Management:

• Identify opportunities to provide value-adds on the existing workstream to clients
• Manage client communication on projects and deliverables etc.
• Strengthen relationships by having good understanding of the local Middle Eastern culture
• Be on top of identifying opportunities and act as a solutions provider

Technical skills:

• Knowledge of key databases such as Capital IQ, MEED, Zawya, Eikon, Factiva, FactSet etc.

Job Requirements

Skill Set Required:

• Seasoned research professional with a strong focus on cross-industry research
• Ability to understand the consulting / advisory  business environment, language, and processes
• Updated with current events in leading Middle East sectors and ability to identify key trends shaping the industries
• Highly adept in understanding business issues and translating them into research priorities
• Ability to ensure that tasks within areas of responsibility are completed in a timely manner
• Ability to estimate effort for tasks / projects
• Effective communicator in Arabic and English (reading, writing and speaking) with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities
• Challenging current thinking by implementing new ways of working
• Possess a flexible & detail-oriented attitude
• Ability to identify pro-active ways to contribute to firms’ goals & mission
• Ability to manage people (mentoring)

Education and experience:

• The right candidate should have worked for 6-8 years with a reputed firm in consulting / research and analysis. Preferably should have worked in (or) for the research team of a professional services firm (Consulting, Advisory, Corporate Finance)
• Experienced in working on pilot projects, that went on to becoming larger ongoing engagements
• Good knowledge of databases and Latest MS Office tools is required
• Graduate/Postgraduate

About this Company

Pillars Egypt is Consultancy & Recruitment Firm established to serve distinctive clients in the areas of strategic management , Business Planning and Executive recruitment.
We are a group of executives with a large diversified experience in various areas as Strategic Management, Business Planning

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