Project Management Associate

Company: Gulf Associates

We are looking for a Project Management Associate to support our commercial advisory work and help coordinate high-stakes decision-making for our clients. In this role, you will assist our senior partners in managing a specific engagement with our partner, who is a major French commercial entity. This is a fully remote position that requires a disciplined approach to research, organization, and communication. You will be responsible for keeping project timelines on track while ensuring that our advice remains grounded in the commercial reality of the territory rather than generic theory.
What you will do
* Maintain detailed project schedules for active engagements, ensuring that all internal deadlines for research and analysis are met.
* Coordinate information flow between our senior partners and the research team to maintain a clear picture of counterparty behavior.
* Assist in the preparation of status reports for sovereign entities and family groups, focusing on evidence-based updates.
* Support senior leadership during the preparation for regulator conversations by organizing relevant background data and documentation.
* Monitor the progress of joint venture discussions, documenting key commercial points and identified risks.
* Help synthesize complex research findings into concise briefs that partners can use during active negotiations.
* Organize and manage internal documentation related to capital deployment scenarios and market entry strategies.
* Track action items following internal strategy sessions to ensure all client objectives are addressed promptly.
What you bring
* A university degree in business, economics, political science, or a related field that demonstrates analytical capability.
* Strong organizational skills and the ability to track multiple moving parts within a complex project.
* Clear and direct writing skills, with a preference for accuracy and brevity over corporate jargon.
* Basic familiarity with commercial logic and an interest in how private deals interact with state capital.
* Proficiency in using digital project management tools, spreadsheets, and collaborative platforms in a remote setting.
* The ability to work independently and maintain high standards of output without constant direct supervision.
* A grounded perspective that values evidence and ground reality over theoretical reports.
* Comfort communicating with senior professionals and summarizing information for decision-makers.
What we offer
* A fully remote working environment that offers flexibility in how you manage your daily tasks.
* Direct exposure to senior partners and the opportunity to see how high-level commercial negotiations are conducted.
* High-impact work supporting a major French partner on significant investment and partnership decisions.
* The position is paid at a competitive rate that is attractive for an entry-level role in the advisory sector.
Working at Gulf Associates
Gulf Associates operates on the principle that commercial judgment is more valuable than standard consultancy models. We work with a small book of active engagements, which allows our senior partners to stay involved in every stage of a project. This means our associates get to see the reality of how deals are made and how regulator conversations actually unfold. We are a firm that values honesty and directness. We are comfortable being measured on the results that follow our advice, such as a signed joint venture agreement or a successful operational launch. Our culture is focused on outcomes rather than internal bureaucracy: we expect our team to be self-sufficient and focused on the practical needs of our clients. In this remote role, you will be a vital part of a team that prioritizes the ground reality of the market over a distant view from a head office.

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