Senior Consultant - HR Advisory

About the role

A leading global professional services and consulting organization is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant specialising in HR Advisory to join its growing team in Saudi Arabia. The role is client-facing and focuses on shaping and delivering strategic HR solutions; it is not a traditional in-house HR Business Partner or HR Operations position. Candidates come from a consulting background, preferably Big 4 or leading management consulting firms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and advise clients on HR strategy, workforce transformation and organization design.
• Assess current HR functions, governance structures and operating models to identify improvement opportunities.
• Design future-state HR operating models aligned with business objectives and organizational growth.
• Deliver engagements covering talent strategy, workforce planning, employee experience, performance management and capability development.
• Run organizational diagnostics, HR assessments and maturity evaluations to build actionable recommendations.
• Support HR technology and process transformation, partnering with stakeholders through implementation.
• Facilitate executive workshops and present recommendations to senior leadership and client stakeholders.
• Drive change management, stakeholder alignment and adoption across transformation programs.
• Lead project teams and mentor junior consultants.

Required profile

• Proven experience in HR Advisory, Human Capital Consulting, Organization Design, Workforce Transformation or People Consulting.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams and delivering large-scale transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic client engagements and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication, executive presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Exposure to Middle East projects or multinational client environments is advantageous.