Saudi and Africa Growth Plan Project Manager

This role is responsible for driving the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategic business plans and initiatives within the organization. The role provides valuable analysis and advice to management across various domains and manages cross-functional teams to ensure smooth operations and effective business planning. The role formulates execution models for key priorities and defines KPIs and metrics to measure performance.
Responsibilities
• Leads complex data and business analysis to develop business plans, and identifies recommendations and insights.
• Works independently to construct execution models for key priorities; coaches others on model development.
• Establishes the metrics required to measure performance, and develops the process for identifying and addressing performance gaps.
• Manages complex, time-sensitive market projects and prepares synthesized intelligence reports with clear implications.
• Leads cross-functional teams across the entire span of project activities.
• Contributes to priority projects by driving pro-active follow-up and communication on the progress.
• Partners with business leaders to develop project plans and proactively identify new opportunities.
• Develops go-forward project plan recommendations based on potential risks and returns.
• Identifies cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions.
• Demonstrates a high level of business acumen and technical expertise in areas such as business planning, operational management, and project management.
Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, market research, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Knowledge & Skills
• Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategies
• Competitive Intelligence
• Customer Insights
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Economics
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Marketing
• Power BI
• Thought Leadership
Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity
Impact & Scope
• Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.
Complexity
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.