Strategy Planning and Analytics Manager

About This Role

Since 2012, Khazna has become the leading wholesale data center provider in the Middle East and North Africa , delivering reliable and scalable infrastructure to support the region’s growing digital ecosystem.

We are seeking a Strategy Planning and Analytics Manager to join our Strategy and Planning Department to act as the analytical backbone of the function, delivering rigorous insights, enabling effective planning processes, and supporting strategic decision-making through structured analysis and modelling.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Strategy Development & Market Analysis

• Support strategic planning through data-driven analysis, market research, and quantitative assessments.
• Conduct competitive intelligence and track industry trends (demand, pricing, infrastructure, technology), delivering clear insights.
• Evaluate growth opportunities including market sizing and partnership scenarios with structured recommendations.
• Monitor regulatory and policy developments, assessing financial and operational impacts.

Business Planning and Coordination

• Coordinate annual and rolling planning cycles, consolidating cross-functional inputs.
• Build and maintain scenario-based models for sensitivity analysis and robust planning outputs.
• Track performance against plans, update assumptions, and highlight key deviations with insights.
• Manage planning timelines, governance, and collaboration with Finance on forecasts and assumptions.

Business Case Development

• Develop structured business cases for strategic and transformation initiatives.
• Provide financial modelling, investment appraisal (NPV, IRR, payback), and scenario analysis.
• Ensure consistency in frameworks, assumptions, and comparability across all business cases.
• Support stakeholders and track post-implementation outcomes to improve future decision-making.

Analytics, Data & Insight Generation

• Build and maintain integrated datasets and models as a single source of truth.
• Analyze business performance (e.g., revenue, costs, utilization) and generate actionable insights.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses to assess impact of key business drivers.
• Align data definitions and reporting standards across functions for consistency.

Executive & Board-Level Deliverables

• Prepare strategy materials for senior leadership, board, and investor discussions.
• Translate complex data into clear, concise, and visually compelling presentations.
• Develop dashboards and trackers to monitor strategic initiatives and planning progress.
• Support annual strategy reviews, including analysis, content preparation, and coordination.

QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES:

• 5–7 years’ experience in strategy, planning, analytics or transformation roles (infrastructure/technology sectors preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to build integrated financial models, including P&L, scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Proficient in BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau); experienced in handling large datasets, building dashboards, and generating actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of business drivers and value creation, with the ability to link data analysis to strategic objectives and decision-making.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration; delivers clear, structured insights and presentations for senior stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities while producing accurate, high-quality, and defensible outputs.