Digital Strategy Associate Vice President

**Job ID**:

- 366497**Company**:

- Siemens Ltd.**Organization**:

- Advanta**Job Family**:

- Product Management, Portfolio & Innovation**Experience Level**:

- Experienced Professional**Full Time / Part Time**:

- Full-time**Remote vs Office**:

- Office/Site only**Contract Type**:

- PermanentSiemens Advanta Consulting is the global management consultancy of one of the world’s most innovative engineering and technology companies. Siemens Advanta Consulting navigates companies through their unique digitalization journey - from strategy to operations.

For our Consulting engagements, we combine deep industry expertise with business and digital proficiency, going beyond classical consulting. With that, we are uniquely positioned to help clients from strategy throughout implementation. Such ability is enabled by an experienced team of 600+ consultants, over 7,000 solution designers and developers, backed by thousands of highly skilled engineers and industry experts at Siemens, fueling our mission to transform our clients’ future and to develop the talent of today into the business leaders and experts of tomorrow.

At Advanta Middle East you will support leading global companies in developing their digital strategy and implementation roadmap and coach senior clients to equip them with the needed tools and skills to tackle the most complex challenges around Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and Digital transformation.

**What you’ll do**

You will support our external clients in building visions, strategies, and implementation plans to help bring digitalization to life. All our consulting projects are strategic in their nature and have technology at the core. As a Digital Strategy Associate Vice President, you will:

- Oversee selected consulting engagements to develop new digital strategies, capabilities, and competitive differentiators for our clients, working closely with the responsible (Senior) Project Manager to ensure completion as per plan and client expectations
- Assume full responsibility and ownership for the successful completion of your projects, representing Siemens Advanta in project steering committees, and guiding internal teams and client leaders accordingly
- Contribute proactively to business development activities for our local office, e.g., by developing new leads or leading tender responses, in line with your individual and local office commercial targets
- Represent Siemens Advanta as the face to our senior clients and build strong trust-based, long-term relationships translating into future business opportunities
- Proactively coach (Senior) project managers, enabling them to build new capabilities and grow professionally
- As a member of our local Siemens Advanta leadership team, you proactively take the lead for additional internal roles beyond project work (e.g., recruitment, staffing, trainings, appraisals, marketing/ publications)

**What you’ll need**
- 10+ years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting firm (relevant sectors and focus areas) or in a digital transformation/ innovation role for a renowned industrial enterprise or start-up with at least 5 years’ experience in leading (digital) consulting or transformation engagements - ideally in a junior leadership role
- Outstanding university/ business school degree (MBA, PhD), ideally in business, engineering, natural science, or IT from a globally renowned university
- Existing network of potential future clients for Siemens Advanta to start building your own platfor
- Profound experience in digital transformation, digital business ecosystems, or latest information technologies like ML, AI, Cloud, IoT
- Excellent exposure across different industry verticals relevant for Siemens Advanta, particularly Smart Cities/ Campuses/ Districts, Industry 4.0, or Utilities (Power, Water, Renewables)
- Excellent analytical, conceptual, and creative problem-solving skills combined with an entrepreneurial “can-do” mindset
- Initial work experience in the Middle East
- Proven ability to communicate complex ideas clearly (written and spoken) in English and at least one other language, ideally Arabic
- Team player mindset with strong interpersonal skills and willingness to travel across the region and internationally

**What we offer**
- Fast growing, highly motivated team and environment with flat hierarchies striving to deliver impact for our clients
- Continuous exposure to very senior Siemens internal and external leaders
- An assigned coach, (senior) vice president, and ‘buddy’ to provide you with feedback and support to help you develop in the direction that most interests you and advances your career
- Clearly defined, transparent career development and learning trajectories with international staffing opportunities
- Well controlled work-life-balance providing the opportunity to pursue additional learning opportunities or personal priorities
- Highly competitive and compensation packages

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