Senior Delivery Consultant

Who you'll work with: Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward. In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else. When you join us, you will have: - Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey. - A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes. - Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences. - World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family. What you'll do: You will take ownership of delivering a small project or an independent workstream within a larger initiative, creating functionally aligned plans with clear initiatives and timelines, and work on challenging projects to identify value-creation opportunities for our clients. You will work alongside public-sector and healthcare client leaders and other McKinsey teams to design and implement innovative solutions. With your delivery focus and expertise, you will support our clients by ensuring their organizations achieve and sustain strategic objectives. You’ll be part of the project team on the ground, monitoring and evaluating performance and efficiency, and coaching less tenured team members. You will strive to build client capabilities through continuous, on-the-job coaching to ensure sustained impact beyond the end of the project. You’ll specialize in one or more service lines and will become a subject matter expert in your chosen sector or function. You’ll strengthen the firm’s knowledge base by codifying learnings from projects and sharing your knowledge with your teams. You’ll chart your own development journey, attending formal training programs, working with the partners you find most inspiring, and focusing on the business areas you are most passionate about. Experience with digital transformations in the public sector will be highly relevant for this role, particularly in navigating the unique challenges and opportunities associated with implementing large-scale initiatives. Your background: - Undergraduate degree in business, economics, engineering or a related field with an outstanding academic record - 3+ years of consulting/business experience, with a clear record of achievements and proven drive for personal growth; international experience is a plus - Digital Transformation experience within the public sector is highly desirable - Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following key service offerings is a plus: organizational development (including org. design/set up, talent management, etc.), transformational delivery (implementing large transformational programs), and productivity and performance improvement - Ability to successfully manage and deliver small – medium sized projects and/or manage small units with budget responsibility - Superior problem solving and relationship building skills, including a demonstrated high level of client service commitment - Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and with people across all levels of an organization - Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams - Willingness to travel, predominantly within the EEMA region - Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in English and Arabic