Senior Manager - Strategy | Emirati Talent

Role summary

Role profile

• Lead development, governance, and execution of corporate strategy in alignment with business priorities, country plans, and long-term growth objectives.
• Embed and communicate strategy with senior leadership, corporate functions, and country teams.
• Partner with Transformation, Finance, Human Capital, and Operations to monitor performance, evaluate outcomes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Assess customer trends, technologies, innovation opportunities, and industry developments to support growth and competitive advantage.
• Provide market, competitive, and macroeconomic intelligence and thought leadership for strategic decisions.
• Evaluate organic growth, strategic partnerships, M&A, and transformation opportunities; develop business cases for investment decisions.
• Build strategy capabilities through governance frameworks, improved processes and tools, and alignment of functional and country strategies.
• Lead and develop the strategy team and support financial planning, resource allocation, and organizational readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
• 10–12+ years in strategy, business planning, corporate development, or management consulting in large multinational organizations.
• Strategic planning experience in omni-channel retail, with exposure to relevant functions such as commercial, digital, customer experience, marketing, HR, sustainability, or new business ventures.
• Strong expertise in market research, competitive intelligence, business analysis, financial modelling, and strategic business cases.
• Track record evaluating and executing growth opportunities, partnerships, M&A transactions, and transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and storytelling; ability to simplify complex concepts, influence senior leaders, and drive alignment.

Company information

• The employer describes a regional business with more than 45,000 colleagues and a friendly, collaborative work environment.