Capability Building Specialist (Shanghai) – Scenario Planning

We are seeking a delivery-ready Capability Building Specialist with proven Scenario Planning capability for assignments connected to Shanghai, China, and broader Asia.

Job Title: Capability Building Specialist (Shanghai) – Scenario Planning

Category: Strategic Leadership

Expertise Area: Scenario Planning

Location Focus: Shanghai, China

Delivery Mode: In-Person

Location Scope: Asia

Experience Level: Senior

Engagement Type: Multi-Session Programme

Position Summary

This scheduled role is suited to a delivery-focused specialist trainer with hands-on Scenario Planning credibility and experience working with senior managers, leadership teams, and transformation stakeholders in Shanghai, China, and across Asia. The work centres on practical application, learner confidence, and helping clients support senior decision-making, transformation, and strategic leadership capability.

Assignments may range from focused workshops to short capability programmes, depending on the client scope, learner profile, and delivery context. The strongest candidates will be able to adapt content without losing clarity or commercial relevance.

What Success Looks Like

  • Translate complex ideas into practical guidance, examples, and decision-making frameworks that participants can use in the workplace.
  • Support participants with examples, clarifications, and implementation guidance that reduce the gap between theory and day-to-day application.
  • Refine materials where needed so the programme remains current, usable, and appropriate for the target audience.
  • Adapt delivery to the client brief, participant seniority, and the sector context without losing clarity or pace.
  • Keep the learning intervention aligned with business priorities, not just topic coverage, so the work delivers visible value to the client.

Who This Would Suit

  • Strong communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to explain complex material in a clear and applied way.
  • Confidence working with client stakeholders and adjusting delivery to different business contexts, sectors, and learner groups.
  • Previous experience delivering training, workshops, facilitation, coaching, or advisory work for professional audiences.
  • Proven subject-matter credibility in Scenario Planning with evidence of practical business or corporate application.
  • Availability for project-based work linked to Shanghai, China, and wider Asia where relevant.

Clear subject-matter credibility in Scenario Planning; prior exposure to multinational or enterprise audiences; senior-level credibility, strategic judgment, and the ability to facilitate thoughtful discussion with experienced professionals; confident supporting learners with practical examples, tools, and Q&A.

Best suited to professionals with backgrounds in strategy, transformation, executive capability, or senior leadership advisory work, ideally with experience working with multinational clients or enterprise teams in Asia.

How To Apply

The expected delivery mode for this brief is In-Person, and the role should be approached as a Multi-Session Programme requirement.

If this assignment fits your profile, please submit details of your facilitation experience, subject focus, and the types of client groups you typically support.

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