Senior Consultant - Portfolio Planning - Operational Excellence -Jordan

Support enterprise portfolio planning and strategy execution with EY in Amman. At least three years of experience and frequent extended client-site travel required.

Work location

Amman, Jordan.

Role and assignment arrangements

• Support a client-facing Strategic Operations Office within EY Business Consulting, coordinating enterprise portfolio planning and strategy execution.
• The assignment is expected to follow a secondment-style arrangement and requires frequent travel, including extended stays at client locations.

Responsibilities

• Support the entire portfolio planning cycle: preparation, scheduling, stakeholder inputs, consolidation, review and finalization.
• Plan and facilitate business-planning workshops, working sessions and alignment meetings with stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate the development and periodic update of business plans, priorities, initiatives, milestones, dependencies and performance measures.
• Turn enterprise strategy into structured portfolio plans, implementation roadmaps and practical activities.
• Help initiative owners define objectives, deliverables, schedules, KPIs, resources, risks and interdependencies.
• Analyze portfolio information and prepare planning insights, decision papers, status reports, dashboards and leadership presentations.
• Check alignment between strategy, business plans and execution, escalating gaps and inconsistencies.
• Maintain planning templates, calendars, governance documents and consolidated records.
• Secure timely cross-functional inputs, constructively challenge assumptions and help resolve planning issues.
• Improve enterprise planning, portfolio governance and Strategic Operations Office processes.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, strategy, economics, engineering, finance, public administration or a related field.
• At least three years in portfolio planning, enterprise strategy planning and execution, transformation, consulting, business planning or a related area.
• Hands-on experience with planning cycles, workshops, stakeholder engagement and preparation or updating of business plans.
• Strong analysis, data management and portfolio insights; ability to structure complex information and connect strategy to execution.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with portfolio reporting or visualization tools is preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English, and the willingness and ability to travel frequently and stay at client sites for extended periods.

Preferred experience

• Utilities or another highly regulated public-sector organization.
• A Strategic Operations Office, strategy or transformation office, enterprise PMO or portfolio-management function.
• Strategy-execution frameworks, KPI design, benefits tracking, governance models or balanced scorecards.
• Consulting, professional services or secondment-style client assignments, and Arabic language capability.

Working style and development

• Strong problem-solving, sound judgment, adaptable prioritization, communication and teamwork, with trusted relationships, delivery discipline and high-quality outputs.
• EY offers professional development and an inclusive, globally connected environment. Apply through its recruitment portal and request disability-related adjustments early when needed.