Engagement Manager – Energy Advisory & Consulting

• →Engagement Leadership: Lead consulting engagements from initial problem definition through analysis, recommendations, and implementation support, ensuring quality delivery within agreed scope, schedule, and budget.

• →Strategy & Business Advisory: Lead projects involving corporate strategy, market entry, go-to-market strategy, portfolio assessment, pricing, M&A support, and business planning.

• →Operational Excellence: Manage engagements focused on cost reduction, business process improvement, organizational effectiveness, and operational performance.

• →Financial, Economic & Risk Advisory: Oversee assignments involving financial and economic analysis, investment evaluation, risk management, regulatory compliance, and commercial assessment.

• →Client Relationship Management: Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders, communicate findings to senior executives, and identify opportunities to expand existing engagements.

• →Business Development: Support opportunity identification, proposal development, client account planning, and the development of new advisory engagements.

• →Team Leadership: Lead multidisciplinary project teams, mentor junior consultants, and ensure consistent quality and analytical rigor across deliverables.

• →Practice Development: Contribute to the development of consulting methodologies, service offerings, and capabilities to support the growth of the advisory business.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, economics, finance, or a related discipline.

• MBA or relevant postgraduate qualification preferred.

• Typically 12+ years of relevant professional experience, including substantial management consulting, strategy, commercial advisory, or business transformation experience.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex consulting engagements and managing multiple workstreams.

• Proven ability to structure ambiguous business problems, conduct rigorous analysis, and develop actionable recommendations.

• Experience managing client relationships and presenting recommendations to senior executives.

• Strong financial, commercial, and analytical capabilities, including experience with business cases, financial models, and performance assessments.

• Demonstrated project management, team leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation development.

• Ability to work effectively across cultures, geographies, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Willingness to travel internationally as client requirements dictate.

• Experience with a leading management consulting firm, specialist advisory firm, or corporate strategy and transformation organization.

• Experience supporting international oil companies, national oil companies, energy operators, or major energy-sector service providers.

• Experience in at least two of the following areas:

• Corporate and commercial strategy.

• Business transformation and operational excellence.

• Financial and economic analysis.

• Market-entry and go-to-market strategy.

• Pricing and profitability optimization.

• M&A and commercial due diligence.

• Enterprise risk and regulatory compliance.

• Experience working across international markets, particularly the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, or other complex energy markets.

• Familiarity with consulting methodologies, including hypothesis-driven problem solving, structured analytics, Lean Six Sigma, and value-based performance improvement.

• Experience developing proposals and supporting the conversion of consulting opportunities into contracted work.

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