Strategic Advisory Lead

1 month ago

Brisbane, Australia HKA Global Full time

HKA is a leading infrastructure project, strategy, commercial advisory and dispute resolution company. We provide advisory and transformation services to major infrastructure clients and large asset businesses to help them achieve their goals through strategic and operational excellence.

Our Advisory team is an agile group that works with clients to set up their portfolios, programmes and projects for success. We thrive on supporting clients with their most complex challenges and opportunities that are varied and interesting. We have a compelling track record of providing practical, pragmatic solutions and partnering with our clients to implement strategic change.

**As part of the HKA team you can expect**:

- Exposure to multiple clients and sectors to create value and help them enhance their business performance,
- The opportunity to be a part of a rapidly growing team and be part of driving the future success and development of our global business,
- Opportunities to collaborate across our global business to gather diverse insights and experience of project outcomes,
- A professional and dynamic environment where differing views are valued.

**The Opportunity**

HKA is seeking a dynamic and motivated Principal Consultant / Director to join our Advisory business in either Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney and lead our strategic advisory team. Joining our Executive Team, you will play a crucial role in advancing our growth strategy in the Asia Pacific region.

As a market leader and expert in your field, you will play a pivotal role in providing strategic direction and driving impactful client engagements. Leveraging your extensive industry knowledge and innovative mindset, you will lead a talented team of consultants to develop and implement cutting-edge strategies that deliver exceptional value to our clients. Your responsibilities will include:

- Strategic reviews across any aspect of our clients’ businesses and maturity assessments that help clients understand their capability to plan and deliver against their commitments.
- Providing strategic guidance to clients, leveraging industry insights and best practices to devise solutions to problems and to exploit opportunities.
- Supporting clients with investment decisions, governance processes and developing business cases.
- Industry and stakeholder engagement activities to support investment and operational decisions.
- Embedding and implementing organisational change.
- Leveraging HKA’s market leading skillsets and broad infrastructure experience across project initiation, procurement, commercial, asset management, delivery and dispute resolution to bring practical industry insights.
- Leading and mentoring a team of strategy consultants, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities.
- Driving business development efforts by identifying new opportunities, participating in sales, and contributing to the development of proposals and presentations.
- Staying abreast of industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies to inform and enhance our strategic offerings.
- Fostering strong client relationships by delivering exceptional value, maintaining a deep understanding of their businesses, and identifying opportunities for additional support and collaboration.

**Skills and Experience**

Ideally you will possess the following skills and experience:

- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, project management, construction, asset management or other relevant discipline coupled with tuition in strategy and business transformation / optimisation.
- Strong experience in strategic reviews, strategy development, maturity assessments and implementation of organisational maturity development roadmaps and initiatives.
- A strategic mindset to understand the big picture and spot opportunities, experience utilising sound business consulting methodologies, innovative approaches to analyse and synthesize complex data, and knowledge of a range of solutions to exploit industry change and drive tangible results.
- Strong people leadership and management abilities, with demonstrated experience developing and leading high-performing teams and driving a culture of diversity and inclusivity.
- Strong infrastructure sector and client network, with keen understanding of industry trends, conventions, challenges and solutions to business problems.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, networking and people engagement skills and proven ability to collaborate and build relationships at all levels in complex, dynamic environments.
- Strong commitment to continued learning and development, keeping pace with industry changes and actively seeking opportunities to improve yourself and HKA.

**What we offer**

At HKA we recognise that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen ca

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