Senior Consultant – Industrial Development

About the role

As a Senior Consultant in BMA’s Industrial Development team, you will help shape the future of manufacturing in Africa. Working across macro‑level policy, sector strategy and firm‑level competitiveness, you will drive cluster development that brings together business, government, academia and development partners.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement industrial cluster programmes that strengthen sector competitiveness and value‑chain collaboration.
• Diagnose complex industrial and economic challenges using rigorous analysis.
• Conduct applied research to inform industrial policy, cluster strategies and investment decisions.
• Facilitate workshops and strategic engagements that align diverse stakeholders around shared priorities.
• Build trusted relationships across industry, government, academia and development institutions.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, practical and compelling recommendations.
• Manage multi‑stakeholder projects that deliver measurable economic and developmental impact.
• Develop tools, programmes and interventions that strengthen localisation, innovation, sustainability and competitiveness.

Required profile

• Purpose‑driven and motivated by manufacturing‑led employment creation.
• Belief in the power of collaboration and industrial clusters to solve complex economic challenges.
• Systemic thinker who stays grounded in operational reality.
• Strong problem‑solving ability using data and structured thinking.
• Preference for delivery over theory, with disciplined and proactive work style.
• Clear communicator with commercial insight.

Required skills

• Economic and financial analysis.
• Applied research methodology.
• Workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement.
• Strategic planning and policy translation.