Director - People & Organization Practice

About Company

• 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 www.cedar-consulting.com will
• tell you more.
• Cedar’s group unit, IBS Intelligence
• (www.ibsintelligence.com), 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.

Job Summary

• This is a dual-mandate role combining business
• development and project delivery. You will be expected to build and maintain
• client relationships, identify and convert opportunities, and lead the
• end-to-end delivery of HR transformation engagements. You will operate as a
• senior thought leader within Cedar and represent the firm at the highest levels
• of client organizations.

Key responsibilities/ deliverables

-Client Development

Originate and

qualify new mandates across target accounts

Build

• trusted-advisor relationships with CHROs, CPOs, and CEOs
• Lead proposal
• development, pitches, and scope negotiation
• Represent Cedar at
• industry forums and networks
• Contribute to firm
• thought leadership and market positioning

-Project Delivery

• Lead engagements on
• org design, spans & layers, and operating model work
• Design and implement
• performance management frameworks
• Advise on HR
• strategy, talent architecture, and workforce planning
• Manage project
• teams, quality, timelines, and client satisfaction
• Develop firm
• methodologies, tools, and reusable assets

-Practice Focus areas

-Core Areas

Organizational

• structure & design
• Spans, layers &
• role clarity

Performance

• management systems
• HR operating model
• & function design

-Extended Areas

Leadership &

• succession frameworks
• Talent strategy
• & workforce planning
• Culture & change
• management
• HR due diligence for

M&A

• Candidate profile: -Experience & Background
• 15+ years of
• experience, with at least 10 in a consulting or advisory capacity
• Prior experience at
• a top-tier or specialist HR/people 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 organizational levels

-Skills & Attributes

Exceptional

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