Strategy Principal Director

About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking a Strategy Principal Director to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on helping clients navigate rapid change by enriching the relationship between people and strategic initiatives, reimagining business models, and building strategies with leaders to accelerate change. The position emphasizes driving strategic initiatives that improve outcomes for businesses and their stakeholders, with a focus on sustainability, inclusion, diversity & equity (ID&E), purpose, and board effectiveness.

Client Engagement and Delivery

• Originate and deliver multi-million-dollar engagements with clients.
• Maintain established relationships with High Tech clients in Saudi Arabia and the broader GCC markets.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments and close significant deals independently.

Functional and Technical Expertise

• Demonstrate foundational excellence in strategy and operations consulting.
• Possess strong working knowledge in Technology Strategy and Advisory, including digital transformation, IT strategy, and enterprise architecture.
• Apply strong working knowledge of telecommunications networks (5G, fiber, core/RAN architecture).
• Deliver measurable business impact across strategy, operating model, and technology domains.

Leadership and Practice Development

• Lead teams of 10+ consultants across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Drive business development, including proposal leadership and thought leadership development.
• Coach and mentor teams, developing high-performing individuals.
• Shape points-of-view and frameworks that differentiate market positioning.

Required Qualifications

• Over 10 years of consulting experience, primarily in Communication and Media Technology, with previous experience at top-tier firms.
• High degree of comfort with strategic decision-making and strong quantitative skills for financial or operational model development and data analysis supervision.
• Deep understanding of industry dynamics and value creation opportunities in one or more industries.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to understand complex issues, absorb information quickly, and excel in conceptual and creative problem-solving.
• Digitally savvy, curious about technology, and understands its impact on business and society.
• Natural leader who establishes trust-based relationships and gains insights through collaboration and communication.
• Proven ability to adapt, remove obstacles, and achieve results.
• Deep understanding of Middle East business culture and government-commercial interfaces.
• Established presence and credibility within the regional TMT ecosystem.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or graduate-level degree in a related field.
• Experience in operating model design, strategy formulation, digital transformation, beneficiary experience, impact assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.