Manager

Manager / Senior Manager, Healthcare Providers, Healthcare & Life Sciences (Dubai)

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Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries. Our sole focus is unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of commercial strategy, including product, price, innovation, marketing, sales, and go-to-market.

Our Healthcare & Life Sciences team partners with leading organizations across the Middle East, helping them navigate growth, transformation, and market complexity. This role will focus primarily on healthcare providers, including hospital groups, health systems, clinics, diagnostic networks, and healthcare investors. The team also works across MedTech, Diagnostics, Digital Health, Healthcare Services, and broader healthcare ecosystems, collaborating closely with colleagues across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America.

How You Will Create an Impact

Client and Commercial Leadership

• Lead or co-lead strategy and commercial excellence engagements for healthcare providers across the Middle East, covering growth strategy, service-line strategy, pricing and revenue optimization, network expansion, patient experience, go-to-market, and sales effectiveness
• Advise C-suite, clinical, and business leaders on portfolio strategy, market expansion, commercial operating models, and front-office transformation across sales, service, and marketing
• Lead patient- and customer-centric transformation initiatives by aligning strategy, pricing, and go-to-market approaches with evolving patient, payer, and government expectations
• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior non-technical stakeholders
• Facilitate executive workshops and structured decision-making sessions

Business Development

• Build and strengthen senior relationships with hospital groups, health systems, clinics, diagnostic networks, healthcare investors, and public-sector stakeholders
• Originate and help convert new business opportunities, with a primary focus on healthcare providers and adjacent healthcare services
• Lead or materially contribute to proposals, client pitches, and account growth initiatives, using data-backed insights to strengthen recommendations
• Develop new service offerings and intellectual property relevant to healthcare provider growth and transformation in the Middle East

Project and Analytical Leadership

• Take end-to-end ownership of multiple engagements and workstreams, from problem definition and data collection through analysis, recommendation development, and senior stakeholder alignment
• Ensure delivery excellence through rigorous problem solving, financial and commercial analysis, and clear strategic synthesis
• Leverage data, digital tools, and AI where relevant to identify growth opportunities, improve patient and customer propositions, and strengthen pricing and revenue optimization decisions
• Guide teams through complex growth, commercial, and transformation challenges while maintaining high standards of quality and pace

People and Office Leadership

• Mentor, coach, and develop consultants and project team members
• Foster a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and high-performance culture
• Support recruiting, onboarding, and talent development
• Contribute to the continued growth of the Dubai office and Middle East Healthcare & Life Sciences practice

Thought Leadership

• Contribute to thought leadership on provider growth, service-line strategy, pricing, revenue optimization, patient experience, digital transformation, and market evolution in the Middle East
• Represent Simon-Kucher at industry conferences, client events, and executive forums
• Track healthcare provider trends, regulatory developments, competitive dynamics, technology developments, and investment activity across the region

Your Profile

• 6-8 years of relevant experience, preferably including substantial tenure at a leading strategy or management consulting firm
• Strong experience with healthcare providers and hospital systems is required, including hospital groups, clinics, diagnostic networks, or related healthcare services; familiarity with Gulf and Middle East healthcare markets is strongly preferred
• Track record of leading or co-leading complex strategy, growth, commercial excellence, or transformation engagements from problem definition through implementation planning
• Credibility with senior executives and experience managing C-suite, clinical, and business stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrated business development capability and strong commercial acumen
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with clear top-down communication and executive-level presentation skills
• Experience leading and developing high-performing consulting teams
• Undergraduate degree required; MBA, Master's, PhD, MD, MPH, or another advanced degree preferred
• Full professional fluency in both Arabic and English, written and spoken, is required
• Customer-oriented thinking, enthusiasm for collaborative teamwork, and an entrepreneurial mindset
• Flexibility and willingness to travel across the Middle East and internationally as required

What Makes Us Special

• Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, take initiative, and help shape the growth of our clients, our firm, and our people.
• Unlock the power of opportunity. We invest in your professional development and give you early responsibility.
• Enjoy balance and flexible working. Work remotely or in the office, in line with client and team needs.
• Prioritize your health and wellbeing. Our benefits are designed to support you and your loved ones.
• Work in a values-driven culture. We aim to create an inclusive environment where people can contribute fully and develop quickly.

About Simon-Kucher

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy focused on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit. We help clients optimize product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales based on deep insight into what customers want and value.

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion and aim to create an environment in which people feel valued, can be themselves, and know that their contribution matters.

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