Performance Strategy Lead
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Deals Strategy Manager – Industrial & Manufacturing
PwC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead and deliver engagements related to growth strategy, market entry, portfolio strategy, and business unit planning
- Manage projects involving commercial due diligence (CDD), target screening, and M&A strategy across Industrial, Manufacturing, Construction and Transportation sectors
- Work across complex deals environments, integrating strategy with valuation, financial due diligence, and other transaction services
- Engage senior client stakeholders, drive impactful recommendations, and shape the strategic direction of client programs
- Act as a sector expert, particularly in transport & logistics and industrials, helping us capitalize on major growth opportunities
- Collaborate closely with colleagues in Deals and other lines of service to bring integrated, end-to-end solutions to clients
- Develop client proposals, pitch materials, and thought leadership, contributing to business development and new wins
- Mentor junior team members, fostering growth and ensuring high-quality deliverables across all engagements
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant experience in top-tier strategy consulting or in-house corporate strategy roles, with proven progression to Senior Manager level
- Demonstrated expertise in growth-focused engagements, not just cost optimization—must be able to think beyond traditional CDD work
- Proven track record of leading strategic planning, business reviews, market opportunity assessments, and feasibility studies
- Experience in transactions is essential—particularly with M&A, JVs, integrations, or spin-offs—with the ability to link these to long-term strategy
- Sector experience in industrial manufacturing, automotive, construction, and transport & logistics, ideally in the Middle East region
- Ability to operate across multiple business units, integrating cross-functional perspectives and driving complex transformation programs
- Strong client presence and comfort in leading in-person conversations with senior stakeholders
- Rigorous analytical skills, ability to excel at solving problems that require sound logical reasoning, creative thinking, fluency with numbers and ability to untangle complex issues
- Ability to project poise, confidence and professional maturity in both internal and external situations; engaging and concise with good interpersonal “presence”, comfortable both in the C-suite and team room settings
- Articulate and compelling verbal, written and presentation skills are vital
- Entrepreneurial, proactive, pragmatic, someone who “rolls up the sleeves” and gets things done
- Arabic speaking considered a big plus
Benefits
- Flexibility to travel at least 40% of the time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
growth strategymarket entryportfolio strategycommercial due diligenceM&A strategystrategic planningbusiness reviewsmarket opportunity assessmentsfeasibility studiestransaction services
Soft skills
leadershipanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcreative thinkinginterpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillsclient engagementmentoring
