Director, Strategy, Transformation, Performance & Governance (UAE National)

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead formulation, refresh, and cascading of enterprise strategy, translating government and leadership priorities into objectives, plans, and initiatives.
• Advise senior leadership on strategic priorities, complex decisions, and urgent requests.
• Lead strategic studies, benchmarking, and policy or regulatory assessments.
• Translate strategy into initiative portfolios and roadmaps, including digital initiatives, and establish portfolio governance, decision rights, stage-gates, reporting, and benefits tracking.
• Steer strategic and cross-sector initiatives, resolving dependencies, risks, and escalations.
• Support operating-model and organizational change when strategic priorities require it.
• Direct strategy KPI reporting and accountability reviews, consolidating delivery status into a view of strategy performance.
• Set the approach for process governance and operational-excellence assessments, and ensure performance gaps lead to corrective actions.
• Lead and develop the department and align internal and government stakeholders.

Requirements

• 15+ years in enterprise strategy, transformation, PMO, governance, performance management, public-sector advisory, or management consulting.
• Proven experience leading strategy formulation and cascading and advising C-suite, Director General, or equivalent leadership.
• Strong record translating strategy into governed initiatives, implementation roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience leading portfolio governance, performance management, process improvement, or operational-excellence programmes.
• A bachelor's degree in business, economics, engineering, public policy, management, or a related field.
• English fluency is required; Arabic is strongly preferred.

Preferred qualifications

• Government or semi-government, real estate, or another regulated-sector experience is strongly preferred; GCC experience is an advantage.
• A postgraduate qualification is preferred.

Location and type

• The posting lists Abu Dhabi, UAE, and full-time employment.