service line
Advisor
Specialization
Consultant – Other
management level
Director
Job description and summary
PricewaterhouseCoopers General Overview:
At PricewaterhouseCoopers, we measure success by our ability to create the value our customers and employees seek. Our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and focusing on delivering value in everything we do. We are a network of companies in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people committed to providing world-class, quality assurance, tax and advisory services.
PwC Middle East Overview:
Established in the region over 40 years ago, PwC Middle East employs more than 4,000 employees in 12 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates. Complementing our depth of industry experience and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments throughout the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market and beyond.
Service line overview:
In Consulting, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the best career advisory services in the industry and career. We focus on helping solve client problems by providing deep, strategic and operational industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-term relationships with businesses and organizations, and always ensure that we are able to provide the best ideas and solutions to help them tackle any critical issues they may encounter. Our consulting practice currently focuses on several core sectors including consumer and industrial products and services, energy, utilities and mining, financial services, government, health industries, financial functions, people and organizations and technology.
Business unit overview:
The technology consulting team is working on shaping the digital and IT market in the GCC. Work with private and public sector clients to help them improve the overall value provided to their clients and employees by crafting digital strategies and assisting them with implementation. We help customers unleash the potential of digital technology by increasing customer engagement, providing their employees with powerful tools, and helping them improve and digitize their operations.
We are a growing team and we are looking for dynamic, flexible, proactive and hardworking consultants who are passionate about positively shaping cyber security in the GCC over the coming years. We have a strong portfolio of significant transformational opportunities with our clients that will provide exciting opportunities for all of our employees to rise and play important and rewarding roles in an environment driven by entrepreneurship and innovation.
Responsibilities:
Work under the supervision of the Cyber Security Command within the practice of technical consulting.
Use strategic business consulting skills to work with clients during all phases of strategy-based transformation projects.
Provide support in client assignments that help develop a strategy and then refocus the organization on making that strategy a reality.
Oversee the design of customer-targeted technical security architecture with a deep understanding and analysis of emerging cybersecurity solutions including, but not limited to, threat intelligence, counter-progressive persistent threats, DLP, SIEM, next-generation firewalls, and analytics, Responding to enterprise accidents and others.
Oversee the development of cyber security programs in various areas including strategy development, GRC, architecture, identity and access management, and cyber security solutions based on leading practices such as NIST, CIS, ISO27 and others.
Manage/lead on-site team or sub-team in complex project implementation, managing and directing team members to ensure timely and quality delivery following project milestones.
Provide advice/direction, supervision and support to members of delivery teams.
Leverage the existing relationship with the customer for cross-selling and over-selling opportunities.
Business process development including proposal development, budgeting and marketing/highlight events with business partners and product managers.
Continuous development and provision of bold and innovative solutions that distinguish PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Building and maintaining a high-performance culture through the development and amplification of individual and collective strength.
Lead the development of RFPs, evaluate various technologies and conduct vendor evaluation and selection.
Support the ability of the business development activity to contribute to the development of RFPs for the purchase of cybersecurity solutions.
Leveraging the network of communications to drive new business to cyber practice.
– Conduct presentations and presentations to senior peer clients.
Ability to be an intellectual partner of C-level clients.
Provides leadership for multiple client engagements, working simultaneously and supervising project teams to ensure they address specific client requirement activities by developing technical and financial proposals and taking a proactive role in selling.
Develop new service offerings for the Technology Business Unit in the areas of cybersecurity.
requirements:
Years of Experience: 12-15 years of experience in cyber security strategy, GRC, architecture, identity and access management and cyber security solutions.
Education: BA / BA. in Computer Engineering or a related field.
– Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or related field preferred.
Experience in the private and/or government sectors is an added advantage.
– Related certifications like CISSP, CISM, CCIE, OSCP/OSCE, GPEN, GCIH, etc.
Special experience in Identity and Access Management, GRC, SIEM/SOC and DLP is an added advantage.
– Familiar with CAPEX/OPEX.
Directed achievement with the ability to be flexible and adapt on a daily basis.
Excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize your workload with flexibility and ability to handle well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
Excellent problem-solving skills with a structured thinking process.
– Strong organizational and time management skills.
Ability to learn new concepts and conduct technical research.
Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English (Arabic is an added advantage).
The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East is a must.
At PwC Middle East, we set an ambitious goal and strive to live it every day: solving important problems and building trust in the community.
We are a community of analysts who come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustainable results. We solve important problems, and support each other as we grow, develop and build satisfying careers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused services to public and private clients across assurance, audit, transaction, advisory, tax and legal services. We rely on our development legacy that brings together the collective expertise of more than 7,000 people in our region with offices in 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.
We strive to deliver consistently innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustainable results. We are proud of the strength that comes from all of our different backgrounds and experiences and value the uniqueness of everyone. We thrive on uncertainty, operate with integrity and benefit from the diverse perspectives of our teams.
If you are looking for a place that nurtures your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagine ways of working to enable you to live a more balanced life, then you are the PwCer of the future.