Engagement Leader
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services globally. In our more than 60 year history, we have conducted some of the most high-profile C-suite and board-level searches in the world.
Today, we are working with our clients across 29 countries to help them accelerate their performance and respond with agility to new opportunities and challenges in every industry. We continue to raise the bar in serving our clients as trusted leadership advisors, and we are also providing an expanded range of data-driven, tech-enabled tools and platforms across our executive search and consulting businesses.
Managing top talent isn\xe2\x80\x99t just our business. It\xe2\x80\x99s our passion, and we are committed to investing in and developing the careers of our own people.
We look for people with experience from a variety of industries and diverse educational backgrounds who are passionate about partnering with innovative and influential organizations and share our commitment to our purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.
If you\xe2\x80\x99re ready to start or grow your career with us, learn more about our available opportunities at
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The Company
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII) serves the executive talent and leadership needs of companies worldwide as the premier provider of leadership consulting, culture shaping, and executive search services. Pioneering the industry since 1953 Heidrick has provided quality service and built strong leadership teams through its relationships with organizations around the world. We help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.
The Consulting Practice
We work in partnership with our clients to accelerate performance at the organization, team and individual leader levels. Our ambition is to shape the world\xe2\x80\x99s thinking on the leadership and boards of organisations. We bring hard facts to the \xe2\x80\x98soft stuff\xe2\x80\x99 through empirical discipline. Whether a company is undergoing a significant transformation or needs to align its leadership strategies to its business aspirations, our Consulting Practice offers integrated world class solutions proven to accelerate performance.
We do this in four main arenas:
- We accelerate strategy by making responses to the environment better informed and more agile.
- We accelerate organisations by ensuring they are able to mobilise, execute and transform with agility.
- We accelerate teams and boards by ensuring that they are able to execute at pace and across boundaries.
- And we accelerate leaders and board members by assessing and developing the capacity of individuals.
The global practice operates in three regions (Americas, Europe and Asia). We are building an extraordinary place to work for talented professionals, creating a true meritocracy in which expertise speaks louder than hierarchy, investing in building world-class skills, relationships and insights and practicing what we preach. It is a great time to join and grow with us.
Additional information on the firm can be found at www.heidrick.com.
Our Values
Our global network of search professionals and leadership consultants are guided by five primary values serving as the firm\'s foundation. These five values build on the principles that have guided the actions of the people of Heidrick & Struggles for more than 60 years. They have led us to success, earning the respect of both our peers in the industry and leaders of the organizations we serve. These values will continue to be at the core of everything we do to help our clients build the best leadership teams in the world.
Respect and Value Each Individual \xe2\x80\x93 We foster a safe, secure and healthy workplace, promoting equal opportunities and advance diversity and inclusion.
Win as One Firm \xe2\x80\x93 We work as one firm and succeed through collaboration, inclusion and valuing diverse points of view.
Grow with Our Clients \xe2\x80\x93 Our clients inspire us to create innovative solutions and exceed expectations.
Own the Results \xe2\x80\x93 We work to make things happen and own the outcome.
Always Act with Integrity \xe2\x80\x93 We operate at the highest levels of ethics and integrity in all we do.
Our Value Proposition for You
We bring an equal passion for people and problem-solving\xe2\x80\xa6
Organizational success starts with understanding people: What motivates them? What unlocks their potential? What obstacles stand in their way? We challenge ourselves constantly to produce more empathetic, evidence-based answers, which we put to the test with our own culture.
We take pride in our organizational culture\xe2\x80\xa6
\xe2\x80\xa6having a culture built on trust, collaboration, coaching, and support. Our roots are in finding people the job where they are at their best and we incorporate this philosophy in our culture, striving to provide a place where our employees can be their best every day.
We deliver high impact work\xe2\x80\xa6
\xe2\x80\xa6focused on solving important organizational, culture, and leadership challenges and making a visible difference in our client organizations, working with top leadership, and fostering long-term relationships with clients. Our consultants work on a variety of projects, across a diverse set of clients, having significant ownership and autonomy over how work is delivered, all the while getting competitively remunerated benchmarked with the best in business
We walk the talk on employee wellbeing\xe2\x80\xa6
\xe2\x80\xa6through active workload management, travel when needed, creating opportunities for social and wellness activities, offering flexible working arrangements, providing competitive rewards and benefits, all to allow team members to achieve work life harmonization and a sustainable consulting career.
We are entrepreneurial and agile\xe2\x80\xa6
\xe2\x80\xa6providing the opportunity for consultants at all levels to be involved in business development, client management, improving internal ways of working, and being an owner in the growth trajectory of Heidrick Consulting.
We hire individuals who demonstrate curiosity, resilience, and creativity in problem-solving. Our most successful hires combine those qualities with a genuine passion for people. They thrive in our welcoming, inclusive, and diverse culture. And no matter which career path they take, they enjoy the right balance of freedom, responsibility, and support as they chart their course.
The Position
The main role of the Engagement Lead is to support Principals and Partners in their business development and delivery by managing client engagements through all phases. You will contribute to thought leadership by supporting Partners and Principals with the development of products, tools and methodologies.
The engagement leader will provide leadership on a range of projects, including, leadership assessment and development, team effectiveness and organisational and culture transformation. Coming into the role you will demonstrate strong experience in at least one of these domains, together with interpersonal skills, project management and analytic skills and experience of managing teams. You will have worked in a consulting firm or are able to demonstrate the capability to effectively work with clients independently to a high level of proficiency.
The Engagement Lead role provides the opportunity to grow with one of the fastest growing organization consultancies specializing in accelerating organisation and leadership performance.
The role will be based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Accountabilities
- Oversee the delivery of the entire engagement under supervision of Partners or Principals. Ensure all project plans are current and on track as contracted
- Coordinate with Partners or Principals and client on a weekly basis regarding scope, insights, recommendations, and progress
- Develops client-ready documents, sharp summaries, and articulates clear insights and recommendations
- Manage projects within budget and be able to provide budgetary updates
- Have ongoing, meaningful relationships with the client
- Demonstrate highly developed conceptual skills; synthesise information quickly and understand industries and market trends and to subsequently present material in an organised and clear manner
- Work with multiple stakeholders on simultaneous engagements
- Support creation of client and account level business development material
- Build reusable, client-ready collateral, materials and presentations that clearly define the problem, summarize the analysis, outline potential solutions and lead to actionable recommendations
- Build strong relationship with Heidrick and Struggles\xe2\x80\x99 Search colleagues, collaborate and assist with educating on Heidrick Consulting product line
- Give and receive honest feedback to facilitate learning and performance
- Coach and Mentor Consultants and Analysts
- Develop existing relationships with colleagues and act as a role model by representing the values of the Firm
- Proactively develop own learning; build own expertise and experience to contribute across a range of client projects.
Key Metrics
- Expected utilization of ~60%
- Support Partners and Principals in developing new and repeat business
- Demonstrate strong collaboration, both within Heidrick Consulting and with Heidrick and Struggles Search colleagues
- Accuracy of insights and quality of analysis and deliverables
- Ensure the team delivers requested work on time and to high quality standards
- Proactive contributions to firm building initiatives
Qualifications & Experience
- Deep curiosity about and interest in people, organisations and behaviour
- Undergraduate degree is required; Business, Economics, Finance, Psychology, or other numerate discipline. An MBA or other relevant Masters degree is preferred
- 8+ years of work experience in a business environment, with 5 years in a management or leadership consulting environment
- Strong organisational, analytical, planning and project management skills
- Collaborative, \xe2\x80\x98win as one team\xe2\x80\x99 mindset; a positive contributor to a collegial, and collaborative environment
- Strong intellectual capacity, a continuous learner, highly analytical and good conceptual thinking skills
- Highly proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Demonstrates a high level of English writing skills; can prepare concise and compelling deliverables
- Excellent attention to detail
- Willingness to travel locally and globally as required
- Experience of working in the UAE or GCC is preferred
Consulting Behaviours
The role requires the following behavioural competencies;
- Thinking agility: thinks ahead, analyses and solves problems, is innovative and handles ambiguity
- Operate with excellence: is driven, proactive and self-directed and results focused; sets high standards for self and for others
- Inspire and engage clients and stakeholders: influences the thinking of clients and stakeholders by connecting, adapting own style and optimising personal impact
- Builds talent and teams: leads and develops teams and individuals to achieve the highest levels of performance and grow Leadership Consulting capabilities
- Agility: demonstrates foresight, adaptability, resilience
Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.
Heidrick & Struggles is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, or citizenship status.
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1490697
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned