Director

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Develop strategic plans, business objectives, and operational priorities aligned with the organization’s vision.
• Lead assigned departments, business units, or functions and translate strategy into goals, KPIs, action plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee daily operations and execution of business plans and initiatives; lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
• Set performance standards and monitor financial, operational, commercial, and organizational KPIs; analyze results and market conditions for executive decisions.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, resources, and cost control; identify opportunities to improve profitability, productivity, efficiency, customer experience, and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead strategic projects, transformation, expansion, restructuring, and continuous-improvement initiatives; collaborate across departments.
• Maintain relationships with clients, partners, investors, suppliers, regulators, and other stakeholders; represent the organization at executive and strategic engagements.
• Provide senior guidance on complex business, operational, financial, people, and stakeholder matters; identify risks and maintain mitigation, governance, compliance, and continuity measures.
• Ensure activities comply with company policies, regulations, industry standards, and governance principles; review and approve major proposals, contracts, investments, and projects within delegated authority.
• Prepare executive reports, performance reviews, strategic recommendations, and business updates; support leadership development, succession planning, resource allocation, and organizational change.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Director, Senior Director, General Manager, Head of Department, or similar senior leader, with extensive experience leading a function, department, division, or organization.
• Demonstrated record of achieving strategic, financial, operational, or commercial objectives.
• Strong strategic planning, business management, organizational leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and executive decision-making skills.
• Financial and commercial awareness, including experience managing budgets, resources, and business performance.
• Leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to develop senior managers and teams.
• Understanding of corporate governance, risk management, compliance, and organizational performance; ability to manage complex projects and competing priorities.
• A relevant bachelor’s degree is preferred. An MBA, master’s degree, relevant professional qualification, enterprise-system experience, or experience in a complex corporate environment is advantageous or desirable.

What the employer offers

• Competitive executive-level compensation and comprehensive benefits.
• Strategic influence, exposure to senior executives and Board members, and opportunities to lead major initiatives and organizational growth.
• Leadership development, training, mentorship, networking, career progression, and the opportunity to shape teams and organizational culture.