The Role 

Teneo is looking for a talented and driven Director with a passion for strategic communications, government advisory and stakeholder engagement to join our Strategy & Communications team in the Doha.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team advising high-profile government and corporate clients on how to create effective narratives, manage reputation, engage with key audiences and deliver communications strategies that support major strategic objectives.

We are interested in meeting candidates with wide-ranging perspectives, whether you currently work agency-side, in-house, in government, or in a related advisory environment.

It is important to us that you can cut across sectors and switch seamlessly between disciplines, from proactive storytelling and stakeholder engagement to issues management, media strategy and integrated campaigning. We would also welcome candidates with experience in major events, sports, destination positioning, international stakeholder engagement or nation-branding work.

As a Director, you will be responsible for providing the highest quality of service to our clients, playing a pivotal role across multiple account teams, delivering regular insight and analysis, and supporting clients’ reputational and strategic objectives. You will also manage and coach junior colleagues, while working closely with senior leaders across Teneo’s regional and global network.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.  

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.  

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, and ESG. The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world. 

At Teneo, you’ll work alongside ambitious, collaborative colleagues across our global network, with access to tailored learning and development opportunities that support both professional and personal growth.

Our Middle East team works across borders, sectors and disciplines, offering exposure to career-defining work for some of the world’s most influential organisations.

Key Responsibilities

As a Director with the Strategy and Communications team at Teneo, your role will include:  

1. Leads reputation management and advisory – act as a trusted strategic communications expert for key government and private sector clients, utilizing regional geopolitical and/ or business intelligence to advise clients on opportunities and reputational challenges
2. Leads communications strategy development and deployment – leverages research, insights and discussions with client to lead the creation of communications strategies, leveraging Teneo’s resources, offerings, and expertise across business segments
3. Overseeing communications planning and deployment – oversee the development and implementation of tailored narratives, integrated communications plans and innovative campaigns. Quality assures content development across diverse formats such as key messages, talking points, speeches and op-eds, media engagements etc. 
4. Account management – lead on account delivery, managing a team of experts to deliver high quality client servicing and acting as the main point person with the client. Actively coach and mentor junior team members
5. Client management – build and maintain strong relationships with the client, seeking growth opportunities where possible. Proactively manage the client and work to take advantage of opportunities/ resolve issues as needed
6. Supporting new business development – actively building a network of new client/ prospect relationships, working on new business opportunities including leading proposals and participating in client pitch meetings. Demonstrates commercial acumen in costing and managing the delivery or projects. Develops understanding and fluency across Teneo’s service offerings. 
7. Supporting wider team management – taking responsibility for Talent Managing junior colleagues, supporting their performance reviews and career growth within the firm. Supporting the smooth running of client servicing operations

Furthermore, you will be expected to: 

• Build strong relationships, fostering long-term partnerships and seeking organic growth opportunities through new business proposal development; 
• Create advisory notes for client leadership, addressing media narratives, geopolitical risks, and reputational issues, while monitoring media coverage for clients and competitors; 
• Provide support and insight to your client teams, proactively highlighting opportunities, and potential areas of concern; 
• Build a strong network of effective relationships internally and externally;  
• Proactively seek formal and informal learning and development opportunities to support your professional growth and contribute to the sharing of learnings across the wider team; and
• Actively coach and mentor Senior Associates and Vice Presidents (Associate Directors) on your account teams. Lead, manage, and motivate more junior colleagues

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, journalism, political science, public policy, law, international relations, business or a related field
• 7 - 10 years' experience in strategy or communications role, public affairs or a related advisory role (agency or in-house)
• Strong understanding of regional media, geopolitical and corporate landscapes including handling crises and issues
• Outstanding leadership skills, especially in multicultural and interdisciplinary settings 
• Expertise in offering client senior client counsel across a broad range of corporate reputational or market-related topics
• Strong analytical capability to grasp clients’ business objectives and relevant wider industry dynamics to enable drafting of compelling narratives and content 
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills 
• Excellent presentation skills 
• Analysis and data visualisation skills 
• Excellent command of Microsoft Office (PowerPoint and Word) 
• Excellent project management skills 
• Client and team management skills 
• Experience coaching, mentoring and developing more junior colleagues
• Understanding of digital communications 
• Arabic writing skills an asset (for Arabic speakers) 

What We Can Offer

New joiners are supported by an induction programme, and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support.  

Given our client base you’ll be working on career-defining work that is exciting, rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects. 

Teneo works with clients on complex issues and challenges that often require a multidisciplinary approach that leverage our main business segments – Strategy & Communications, Management Consulting, Financial Advisory, People Advisory, and Risks Advisory. You will have opportunities to work alongside our experts in these disciplines to develop and deliver an integrated solution. 

Benefits include: competitive salary, annual discretionary bonus, 25 days annual leave.

As Channel Manager, you will own and grow Scale AI's partner and channel ecosystem in Qatar - identifying, developing, and managing relationships with the technology partners, system integrators, and resellers that extend our reach across the market. You will work closely with the Country Lead and the broader go-to-market team to build a partner network that accelerates Scale's mission in Qatar and delivers measurable impact for government and enterprise customers. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role at the heart of one of Scale's most strategically significant markets. You will be operating at the intersection of national AI ambition and enterprise transformation and the work you do will directly shape how Qatar's institutions and organisations adopt and benefit from AI.

What you'll do

• Build and manage Scale AI's channel partner ecosystem in Qatar - identifying, recruiting, and onboarding Global & Local system integrators, technology partners, and value-added resellers aligned with Scale's mission and market priorities.
• Drive partner-sourced pipeline and revenue working with partners to identify opportunities, structure joint go-to-market motions, and accelerate deals across government and enterprise segments.
• Develop and execute joint business plans with key partners setting clear objectives, aligning on priorities, and holding partners accountable to agreed outcomes.
• Enable partners to effectively represent Scale AI's portfolio designing and delivering training, certification, and enablement programmes that build genuine product and solution fluency.
• Serve as the primary relationship owner for Scale's channel partners in Qatar building deep, trusted relationships at the leadership level that position Scale as a long-term strategic partner.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, solutions engineering, marketing, and the Country Lead to ensure channel activity is aligned with Scale's broader go-to-market strategy in Qatar.
• Track, report, and optimize channel performance maintaining accurate pipeline visibility, monitoring partner KPIs, and continuously improving the channel programme based on data and market feedback.
• Represent Scale AI at industry events, forums, and partner engagements across Qatar building the brand and expanding the network in a market where relationships and presence matter.

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of experience in channel management, partner development, or enterprise go-to-market roles within the technology sector.
• Proven track record of building and scaling channel ecosystems in the Gulf region with deep knowledge of the Qatar market, its institutions, and its partner landscape.
• Strong understanding of AI, data, and enterprise software able to articulate Scale AI's value proposition fluently to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Exceptional relationship management skills able to build trust and operate with credibility at the C-suite and ministry level.
• Highly organised and data-driven, comfortable managing complex partner portfolios, pipeline reporting, and performance metrics with rigour and precision.
• Fluency in Arabic and English - both written and spoken, with the cultural intelligence to operate effectively across diverse stakeholder environments.
• Based in Doha, Qatar or willing to relocate. This is an on-site role requiring active presence in the market.

Nice to haves

• Prior experience at a leading technology company operating in Qatar or the broader GCC particularly in a channel, partnerships, or public sector go-to-market capacity.
• Existing relationships with key system integrators, technology partners, or government entities in Qatar.
• Familiarity with AI platforms, data infrastructure, or enterprise software ecosystems.
• Experience contributing to or operating within a national AI or digital transformation agenda.

Artefact is a new generation of data service providers, specialising in data consulting and data-driven digital marketing. It is dedicated to transforming data into business impact across the entire value chain of organisations. We are proud to say we’re enjoying skyrocketing growth.

The backbone of our consulting missions, today our Data consulting team has more than 400 consultants covering all Artefact's offers (and more): data marketing, data governance, strategy consulting, product owner…

What will you be doing? 

• Manage projects as well as lead our business growth, the data consulting teams welcome all business and technical background joiners, who would thrive as an expert in a specific field, or truly versatile players.
• In this fast-paced, fast-growing industry, the most important qualities in our eyes are intellectual curiosity, autonomy and dynamism.
• You wield both “business” and “data” knowledge, with experience ideally in a digital marketing consulting firm; You already have a first understanding of digital technologies, and care to develop more in the exciting world of data and digital business

What are we looking for? 

• You must have previous Management Consultancy, ideally within Strategy Consulting or Data Consulting.
• Graduated from Business school or Engineering, in our eyes' the most important qualities are intellectual curiosity, autonomy, and dynamism.
• We are looking for profiles with the double hat “business” and “data”, with at least 1-2 years of experience, and in the use of BI tools or data analysis.
• You will already understand digital technologies (Tracking, Machine Learning, RTB, Big Data, Platform as a Service,…).

Artefact is the place to be: come and build the future of data and marketing!
Innovation: We have a passion for creating impacting projects and believe innovation can come from anyone.
Action: We make things rather than telling people how to make them.
Collaboration: We believe in bringing talented people together, winning together, and in learning from each other.

About us:

Artefact is a global services company that sits at the intersection of consulting, data science, AI technologies and marketing. Our 1700+ people break Business and Tech silos and transform organizations into consumer-centric leaders using digital, data and AI.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Quality Analysis & Remediation: Collect, extract, and clean data from various sources to prepare comprehensive datasets for analysis This includes handling missing data, removing inconsistencies, and ensuring the data is structured correctly for further analysis.
• Analyze data using appropriate statistical techniques and tools to uncover trends, patterns, and anomalies in the information. This could involve anything from simple descriptive analysis to more complex exploratory data analysis
• Validate and cross-check analysis results to ensure accuracy. This involves verifying calculations, comparing findings against external or historical data for consistency, and investigating any irregularities in the results. Data Analysts are expected to be vigilant about data quality during analysis, catching any issues that might have passed initial data processing.
• Create clear, concise reports and visualizations to communicate findings. While the focus is on analysis rather than just creating dashboards, analysts will use tools like Power BI to illustrate key insights. They should present data in an understandable way for internal stakeholders, writing summaries that interpret the numbers and highlight important conclusions.
• Work closely with statisticians and other team members to interpret results and refine analysis approaches. This collaborative approach ensures that the analysis aligns with methodological standards and project goals. Analysts may adjust their methods based on feedback, contribute to discussions on what the data means, and help integrate their findings into broader census reports.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, or similar. This educational background provides a solid foundation in data analysis techniques and statistical reasoning.
• Strong proficiency in data analysis tools and languages, particularly SQL for database querying, Excel for data manipulation, and programming in Python or R for more advanced analysis and automation. Experience with statistical libraries or packages (e.g., pandas, R’s tidyverse) is highly valuable.
• Demonstrated ability to perform in-depth data analysis and not just generate visuals. We need analysts who can write complex queries, perform calculations, and apply statistical tests if necessary – beyond assembling dashboard components. An analytical mindset and attention to detail are crucial for interpreting data correctly and spotting outliers or errors.
• Familiarity with business intelligence and visualization tools, especially Power BI, to aid in presenting analysis outcomes. While creating polished dashboards is not the primary focus, the analyst should be capable of using Power BI (and similar tools like Tableau if needed) to turn data into interpretable charts and graphs for reporting purposes. They should also understand data visualization best practices to communicate information effectively.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain data findings in layman’s terms. A collaborative attitude is important, as Data Analysts will frequently interact with other teams (IT, field operations, subject-matter experts) to gather context and ensure that analyses meet the needs of the census project. They should be proactive in sharing insights and contributing to data-driven decisions within the organization.