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We are seeking a senior consulting leader who can combine high-quality client delivery with business development, key account leadership and practice building. Based permanently in Riyadh, the Associate Director will be the in-country senior lead for our risk and resilience consulting work and an important bridge between Saudi clients, the Middle East and EMEA team and our wider global network.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate will lead complex engagements, develop trusted senior client relationships, convert opportunities into sustainable mandates and help build a scalable and highly profitable Saudi practice. The role will initially focus on organisational resilience, including enterprise risk management, security management, business continuity and crisis management, while connecting clients to the wider capabilities of Control Risks where relevant.\nSuccess in this role means: excellent delivery on current mandates, strong direct client relationships, a growing and well-managed Saudi business pipeline, and a capable in-country team that can scale with demand.\nRole purpose\nTo lead the origination, sale and delivery of Advisory & Risk Consulting engagements in Saudi Arabia, with primary responsibility for enterprise risk management, business continuity, crisis management and organisational resilience. The Associate Director will own key client relationships and opportunities end-to-end, ensure engagements are commercially and technically successful, develop junior colleagues and help establish Control Risks as the specialist risk and resilience adviser of choice in the Kingdom.\nClient delivery and technical leadership\nLead complex consulting engagements from scoping and mobilisation through delivery, quality assurance, closure and follow-on work.\nAct as engagement lead and senior client adviser across organisational resilience, including enterprise risk management, , security management, business continuity, crisis management and emergency preparedness.\nTranslate recognised standards and good practice into pragmatic, locally relevant solutions that work in the client’s operating environment.\nFacilitate executive interviews, workshops, simulations and decision-making sessions with boards, C-suite leaders and senior management.\nMaintain strong control of scope, quality, resourcing, budget, schedule, risk and client expectations.\nRemain actively involved in delivery, providing visible senior leadership while enabling consultants to take meaningful responsibility.\nBusiness development and account growth\nLead business development for Advisory & Risk Consulting in Saudi Arabia, working in strong collaboration with the Middle East practice leader and in close partnership with in-country colleagues and other business lines.\nBuild trusted relationships with senior decision-makers and position Control Risks around the client’s strategic, operational and regulatory priorities.\nOwn opportunities end-to-end: qualification, solution design, teaming, proposal development, pricing, negotiation, conversion and transition into delivery.\nDevelop and execute focused account plans for priority Saudi clients and identify opportunities for repeat, programme-based and multidisciplinary work.\nMaintain accurate and timely pipeline, forecast and client activity information, and contribute to disciplined commercial decision-making.\nRepresent Control Risks in relevant client events, roundtables and thought-leadership activities in the Kingdom.\nPractice building and people leadership\nHelp establish a sustainable in-country delivery model and contribute to the growth of the Saudi Advisory & Risk Consulting team.\nCoach, mentor and provide real-time feedback to consultants, strengthening technical capability, consulting skills and commercial judgement.\nPlan resource requirements across the Saudi portfolio and draw effectively on regional and global expertise when specialist support is required.\nCapture and protect Control Risks intellectual property, embed lessons learned and improve the reuse of methods, tools and high-quality deliverables.\nContribute to recruitment, onboarding, performance management and succession planning as the practice grows.\nPromote a collaborative “one firm” culture across Saudi Arabia, the wider Middle East and global teams.\nWork under the direction of the EMEA Head and the Middle East Leader of Advisory & Risk Consulting, while actively contributing to the EMEA and global Advisory & Risk Consulting teams.\nInnovation, technology and risk management\nAdvance the responsible use of data, automation and emerging technology in our consulting propositions, methods and delivery toolkits.\nIdentify opportunities to connect risk and resilience work with cyber, technology, intelligence, security and other Control Risks capabilities.\nEnsure engagements comply with applicable legal, risk, contracting, information-management and professional standards.\nModel sound commercial judgement, professional integrity and disciplined management of sensitive client information.\nRequirements\nEssential experience\nA strong track record in a consulting environment, with substantial experience, typically 8-10 years’, leading enterprise risk, security management, business continuity, crisis management or organisational resilience engagements.\nDemonstrated experience leading multiple complex client engagements and being accountable for delivery quality and commercial outcomes.\nProven ability to originate work, grow accounts and convert opportunities through trusted senior relationships and compelling proposals.\nCredibility with executive and senior management stakeholders, including the confidence to challenge constructively and influence decisions.\nGCC experience and a strong understanding of how to deliver consulting work in Saudi Arabia; prior experience working with Saudi clients is essential.\nExperience managing, coaching and developing consultants in a high-performance, collaborative environment.\nExcellent written and spoken English, with the ability to produce concise, high-quality executive materials.\nWillingness and ability to be based permanently in Riyadh and travel within the Kingdom and wider region as required.\nPreferred experience\nSaudi nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. Preference may be given to suitably qualified Saudi nationals in line with applicable localisation requirements and hiring laws.\nFluent Arabic speaking and writing.\nExperience in one or more priority sectors such as government, sovereign and Vision 2030 entities, technology, entertainment, financial services, energy, critical infrastructure, industrials or logistics.\nExperience delivering multidisciplinary programmes that integrate risk, resilience, technology, intelligence or security expertise.\nExperience building a consulting capability, proposition or team in a growth market.\nFamiliarity with technology-enabled risk and resilience solutions, analytics and responsible uses of AI.\nQualifications and professional standing\nRelevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.\nRecognised professional qualifications in risk, security management, business continuity, crisis management or a related field, such as IRM, MBCI/CBCI, CBCP or equivalent.\nA relevant master’s 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