Director - Strategy & Transformation Practice

Company Description:

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.

Title/ Role: Director - Director - Strategy & Transformation Practice

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 organisational transformation
• Manage complex, multi-workstream projects with senior client stakeholders
• Synthesise 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 organisational 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 organisational levels

-Skills & Attributes

• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills
• Strong commercial instinct — able to spot and shape client opportunities
• Analytical rigour 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