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Work on transformational projects that drive meaningful change across the MENA region — and connect with international markets.
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Join a diverse network of renowned professionals, organisational psychologists, and technology experts delivering innovative solutions.
Career growth
Develop your expertise through challenging projects, continuous learning, and mentorship from industry leaders.
Open roles
Current opportunities.
15 roles
ICF PCC Executive Coach
Leadership & Executive Coaching
Engagement: on-demand coaching assignments ICAN MENA is looking for an ICF PCC-credentialed Executive Coach to deliver 1:1 coaching to senior leaders and high-potential employees through leadership transitions, transformation and organizational change. This is a credentialed-only role: an active ICF PCC is required, not preferred. Key responsibilities: - Deliver structured 1:1 executive coaching engagements to senior leaders and high-potentials. - Design coaching plans aligned to leadership development or transformation goals. - Work confidentially with senior stakeholders and their HR sponsors. - Track and report on coaching progress against agreed objectives, respecting confidentiality. - Contribute to broader leadership development design where relevant. - Contract cleanly with sponsors on scope, confidentiality and success measures before engagements begin. What we're looking for: - Active ICF PCC (Professional Certified Coach) credential — required. - 8+ years of coaching experience, including senior leaders and C-suite executives. - Experience coaching through organizational change or transformation. - Strong contracting practice and an unwavering commitment to confidentiality. - Based in, or able to travel regularly across, the GCC. - Comfortable working across sectors, including government and family-owned enterprises. About ICAN MENA: You'll join our leadership and coaching faculty, working with our clients' most senior people on a strictly confidential basis. What you'll get: - Flexible, engagement-based coaching assignments. - Access to ICAN's network of senior leadership clients across the GCC. - Competitive per-engagement or per-session rates. - A peer community within ICAN's broader coaching and leadership faculty.
Business Transformation Consultant
Business Transformation
Contract: 6–12 months We're looking for a Business Transformation Consultant to support enterprise transformation programs end-to-end — from strategy through implementation. You'll help design the future-state operating model, build the transformation roadmap, and keep governance and benefits tracking on course. Key responsibilities: - Translate strategic priorities into concrete transformation initiatives. - Design future-state operating models in partnership with client teams. - Build transformation roadmaps, sequencing and delivery plans. - Set up governance structures and benefits-realization tracking. - Support change readiness activities alongside the change management team. - Report progress, risks and blockers to program leadership. - Facilitate workshops with client leadership and workstream owners. What we're looking for: - 7+ years of experience in transformation consulting or in-house transformation roles. - A track record of delivering transformation programs end-to-end. - Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills. - Familiarity with benefits-realization frameworks. - Comfortable working across the full arc from strategy to execution. - Strong written communication for executive reporting. About ICAN MENA: You'll join our Business Transformation practice on a live client mandate, working closely with program leadership. What you'll get: - A structured role across a full transformation lifecycle. - Access to ICAN's transformation frameworks and delivery playbooks. - A contract aligned to program milestones. - Potential for extension based on program need.
Data & Analytics Consultant
Data & Analytics
Contract: 4–6 months ICAN MENA is looking for a Data & Analytics Consultant to turn organizational data into insight leadership actually uses — dashboards, KPI frameworks and decision-support tools. You'll work directly with client stakeholders to define what should be measured and build the reporting to back it up. Key responsibilities: - Design and build executive dashboards using Power BI or Tableau. - Define KPI and scorecard frameworks aligned to strategic objectives. - Clean, model and structure data from disparate source systems. - Write SQL to build and maintain reporting datasets. - Translate analytical findings into plain-language insight for non-technical stakeholders. - Support data quality and governance improvements alongside client teams. - Maintain and iterate dashboards as client reporting needs evolve. What we're looking for: - 4+ years of experience in analytics or BI consulting, or an equivalent in-house role. - Strong Power BI or Tableau skills. - Solid working SQL. - Experience building KPI or scorecard frameworks from scratch. - Ability to explain data clearly to executive, non-technical audiences. - Comfortable working with imperfect, real-world client data. About ICAN MENA: You'll work within our Data & Analytics practice, embedded with client teams on live reporting and insight mandates. What you'll get: - Hands-on ownership of dashboards clients actually use. - Exposure to reporting challenges across multiple industries. - A project-based engagement with clear deliverables. - Flexible, largely hybrid working.
AI Transformation Expert
Artificial Intelligence & Digital
Contract: 4–6 months (project-based) We're looking for an AI Transformation Expert to advise our clients on where and how AI can create measurable business value. You'll run use-case discovery, build prioritization frameworks, and help clients set a realistic, governed path to AI adoption. Key responsibilities: - Run AI opportunity and use-case discovery workshops with client leadership. - Build prioritization frameworks that weigh value against feasibility. - Define AI adoption roadmaps aligned to client strategy and capability. - Design AI governance and responsible-use frameworks. - Advise on build-versus-buy and vendor or tooling decisions. - Support business cases for AI investment. - Set realistic expectations with leadership on timelines and risk. What we're looking for: - 6+ years advising on digital or AI transformation. - Strong understanding of both the business and technical sides of AI adoption. - Experience building AI governance or responsible-use frameworks. - Excellent workshop facilitation and executive communication skills. - Current knowledge of the generative AI landscape and its practical limits. - Comfortable advising senior, often skeptical, stakeholders. About ICAN MENA: You'll work within our AI & Digital practice, advising client leadership on live AI adoption mandates across the region. What you'll get: - Deployment on high-visibility AI advisory mandates. - Access to ICAN's AI use-case and governance frameworks. - A project-based contract matched to engagement scope. - A path to further AI mandates for strong performers.
AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer
Artificial Intelligence & Digital
Contract: 6–12 months We're hiring an AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer to build and deploy the solutions our advisory work identifies — copilots, agents, LLM-based applications and automation workflows. You'll work directly with business and product teams to turn a use case into something that actually ships. Key responsibilities: - Design and build LLM-based applications, copilots and agents. - Integrate solutions with client systems and data sources via APIs. - Build automation workflows that remove manual, repetitive work. - Evaluate and select models and providers for a given use case. - Implement guardrails, evaluation and monitoring for AI solutions in production. - Work directly with business and product teams to scope and ship use cases. - Document solutions clearly enough for a client team to take over. What we're looking for: - 4+ years in software or AI engineering, with recent generative AI project experience. - Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, retrieval-augmented generation and agent frameworks. - Solid backend engineering fundamentals. - Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders, not just engineering teams. - A pragmatic, ships-things mindset over a research one. - Experience with cloud deployment (AWS, Azure or GCP). About ICAN MENA: You'll work within our AI & Digital practice, building alongside our AI Transformation advisors on live client use cases. What you'll get: - Hands-on ownership of real AI solutions, not proofs of concept that go nowhere. - Exposure to use cases across multiple industries and client environments. - A contract structured around delivery milestones. - A path to further AI engineering mandates for strong performers.
Career & University Placement Consultant
Career Services
Contract: project-based / 6–12 months We're looking for a Career & University Placement Consultant to support students, graduates and early-career professionals with career direction, university and program selection, applications and the transition into education or employment. Key responsibilities: - Run career-direction and interest assessments with students and early-career professionals. - Advise on university and program selection, regionally and internationally. - Support application preparation, including personal statements. - Run interview preparation sessions. - Support transition planning into education or first roles. - Maintain up-to-date resource material on programs and pathways. - Track outcomes and follow up with clients through their transition. What we're looking for: - 3+ years of experience in career counseling, university admissions, or placement advising. - Strong knowledge of higher-education pathways, regional and international. - Excellent one-on-one advising and coaching skills. - Genuine interest in early-career and student development. - Comfortable working with anxious or uncertain clients and their families. - Strong written communication for guidance materials and application support. About ICAN MENA: You'll work within our Career Services practice, supporting students and early-career clients directly. What you'll get: - Meaningful, outcome-focused work with students and early-career professionals. - Access to ICAN's career guidance resources and pathway materials. - A project-based or extended engagement depending on client need. - Largely hybrid working.
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