Senior Consultant - Portfolio Coordination - Operational Excellence - Jordan

Coordinate portfolio activities and governance with EY in Amman. At least three years of experience, excellent English and frequent extended travel required.

Work location

Amman, Jordan.

Role and assignment arrangements

• Support a client-facing Strategic Operations Office within EY Supply Chain Consulting by coordinating portfolio activities against the agreed planning timetable and governance requirements.
• Work with Strategic Planning and initiative stakeholders to organize inputs, meetings and approvals, track actions and maintain consistent communication.
• The role involves a secondment-style assignment, frequent travel and extended stays at client locations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate portfolio tasks and maintain calendars, trackers, action and decision logs, risk and issue registers and supporting records.
• Follow up deadlines, dependencies and stakeholder submissions proactively.
• Prepare agendas, presentation materials, status updates, minutes and clear action summaries for governance meetings.
• Consolidate information from different stakeholders and keep records complete, accurate, current and consistently structured.
• Support business-planning workshops, leadership reviews and strategy-execution activities.
• Identify schedule conflicts, missing inputs and emerging coordination risks and escalate them appropriately.
• Build productive relationships with client teams, provide responsive daily coordination and improve standardized portfolio and Strategic Operations Office processes.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, strategy, engineering, public administration or a related field.
• At least three years coordinating portfolio, strategy, transformation, consulting, project or planning activities.
• Experience managing schedules, stakeholder inputs, actions, meetings and planning-cycle deliverables.
• Strong communication, coordination, organization and follow-up, with the ability to manage several priorities accurately against fixed timetables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and confidence working across functions and seniority levels.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and Teams, and excellent written and spoken English.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently and stay at client sites for extended periods.

Preferred experience

• Utilities or another highly regulated public-sector organization; enterprise strategy planning, execution, transformation, PMO activities or portfolio governance.
• Support for workshops, governance forums, executive meetings or cross-functional planning.
• Consulting, professional services or secondment-style assignments, and Arabic language capability.

Working style and development

• Sound judgment, strong problem-solving and prioritization, collaborative communication, trusted relationships, delivery discipline and adaptability.
• EY offers professional development and an inclusive, internationally connected environment. Apply through its official portal and request disability-related adjustments early if needed.