Director - Strategy & Transformation Practice
About Company
Cedar is a Forbes ranked global management consulting
firm whose heritage includes being part of the founded by the creators of the
Balanced Scorecard. Since 1985, Cedar's teams have been assisting clients in
areas of strategy, process, strategic human capital, and technology, with a
strong focus on the financial services sector will
tell you more.
Cedar’s group unit, IBS Intelligence
(), based in the UK has been the definitive source for
research, news-analysis and advisory specialized in Financial Technology
markets, for over 30 years. Cedar Hill Capital is an independent $20mn FinTech
venture capital fund with a sharp lens on B2B FinTech and Financial
Services-infrastructure companies. The Cedar FinTech Innovation Lab in Dubai
and Mumbai brings banks & technology companies together with an opportunity
to access the relevant Middle East and India market opportunity.
Job Summary:
The Director will leverage Cedar's 40+ year heritage
and deep body of work advising leadership teams across industries, bringing the
credibility and conviction of a firm with a proven track record of shaping
strategy and leading transformation at the highest levels.
This is a dual-mandate role combining business
development and project delivery. You will originate and convert client
engagements, shape mandates from initial conversations through to proposal and
close, and lead the delivery of strategy and transformation projects
end-to-end. You will be a senior face of Cedar in the market and a trusted
partner to C-suite clients.
Key responsibilities/ deliverables:
-Client Development
- Originate and
qualify new mandates across target accounts and sectors
- Build
trusted-advisor relationships with CEOs, COOs, and leadership teams
- Lead proposal
development, problem framing, and scope negotiation
- Represent Cedar at
industry forums, networks, and thought leadership events
- Contribute to the
firm's market positioning and practice development
-Project Delivery
- Lead strategy
definition, competitive assessment, and growth planning engagements
- Design and guide
operating model redesign and organizational transformation
- Manage complex,
multi-workstream projects with senior client stakeholders
- Synthesize findings
and present recommendations at board and C-suite level
- Develop Cedar's
intellectual property, frameworks, and reusable assets
-Practice Focus areas:
Strategy
- Corporate &
business unit strategy
- Competitive
positioning & market analysis
- Growth strategy
& new market entry
- Portfolio strategy
& capital allocation
- Strategic planning
processes & governance
Transformation
- Operating model
design & redesign
- Large-scale
organizational transformation
- Post-merger
integration & carve-outs
- Digital &
technology-enabled transformation
- Change management
& executive alignment
Candidate profile:
-Experience & Background
- 15+ years of
experience, with at least 10 in a consulting or advisory capacity
- Prior experience at
a strategy consulting firm strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track
record of originating and closing client engagements
- Deep expertise in at
least two of the practice focus areas listed above
- Experience managing
multi-stakeholder projects at senior organizational levels
-Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional
executive presence and communication skills
- Strong commercial
instinct — able to spot and shape client opportunities
- Analytical rigor
combined with practical implementation judgment
- Collaborative,
low-ego, builder mindset suited to a boutique environment
- Comfort with
ambiguity and ability to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics