Strategic Consultant (Business Transformation)

As a Strategic Consultant, Business & Marketing Transformation – with focus on Media Effectiveness, you will be responsible for the delivery of strategy, transformation, and change projects, define growth strategies.

We are hiring in multiple locations including Consultant and Senior Consultant levels.

Dubai, Riyadh, Istanbul, Amman, or Casa Blanca

Overview

Our dentsu Business Transformation (BX) practice exists to propel growth for brands and businesses and sits at the intersection of consulting and creativity. BX combines dentsu’s unique data and technology-driven creativity with management consulting rigour and human-centric design to drive sustainable growth and prepare organisations for the future.

BX represents a significant milestone in dentsu’s strategic vision to become the world’s leading integrated growth partner. With a 400+ strong global community of business transformation experts, BX is already delivering impactful solutions for some of the world’s most iconic brands across telecommunications, financial services, FMCG, and retail.

BX supports brands in achieving transformational outcomes, including revenue diversification through new business models; product and service innovation that meets current and future customer needs; organisational redesign to ensure adaptability in today’s dynamic economic environment; cultural and change management programs to drive adoption of new tools and processes.

At a time of rapid global change and increasingly urgent challenges, BX offers a fresh, future-focused approach to sustainable growth. By leveraging the Japanese philosophy of Sanpo Yoshi – success through responsibility – BX delivers actionable strategies that create long-term positive impact for business, people, and society.

BX’s end-to-end expertise spans four key areas:

Market Landscaping – Evaluating market dynamics and consumer behaviour to identify growth opportunities.

Strategy Consulting – Defining new paths to growth, innovating business models, & driving consumer-led transformation.

Media & Data Consulting – Using media and data as strategic growth levers by analysing ecosystem dynamics, audience insights, and measurement frameworks to optimise performance, elevate data maturity, and unlock sustainable competitive advantage.

Transformation Consulting – Designing and executing future-ready operating models and change strategies.

As a BX Strategic Consultant – Business & Marketing Transformation within the MENA region, you will be responsible for the delivery of strategy, marketing transformation with a key focus on media effectiveness, and change projects, drive a sales pipeline, and contribute to the client and people growth of the practice.

Responsibilities:

• Lead on workstreams across Business Strategy, Marketing Transformation, and Change Management
• Develop and manage key client relationships, ensuring high-quality project delivery
• Drive innovation and contribute to developing new strategic service offerings
• Work alongside team members to enhance team capabilities and performance
• Contribute to and be responsible for supporting delivery of the financial and budgetary aspects of your projects
• Keeping abreast of innovations in your area(s) of expertise, actively contributing to the knowledge base
• Acting as a role model; you are regularly sought out after for views by peers and the wider team
• Contributing to a positive, diverse working environment that fosters-high quality output and coaching others on the value of collaborative working

Professional Skills:

• 5-8 years of consulting experience with a strong background in Marketing Transformation
• Proven experience working across marketing projects
• Background of working at a leading Media, Marketing or Strategy House or Top Consulting firm
• Challenging conventional views and presenting ideas persuasively to gain buy-in
• Able to draw critical human and cultural insights from data and observation
• Able to translate strategy and strategic thinking executable solutions
• Strong business acumen and critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• A strong collaborator who can coordinate and influence a collective team-based client relationship across complex matrix structures, both internally and externally, and manage significant stakeholders and key industry relationships
• Confident building relationships and presenting to C-suite clients
• Strong business and growth acumen, including a good understanding of complex business models and trends, as well as the ability to identify and seize opportunities that move the business towards strategic goals and a track record of unlocking new business growth
• Strong International mindset with experience working across markets with regional and global brands in a matrix organisation

Diversity & Inclusion

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

Location:

Dubai, Riyadh, Istanbul, Amman, or Casa Blanca