Assistant Manager Manager Executive Group - Strategy And Corporate Development

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Developing Strategy

As the Strategy & Corporate Development Assistant Manager /Manager, you will report to the Middle East Strategy & Corporate Development Director as part of the CEO’s office and work closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and Executive group. This role focuses on corporate strategy and initiatives and will require discussion with senior stakeholders across the firm, so high levels of professionalism, communication skills, and speed and quality of delivery are key. Through this role you will develop deep insight into the DME’s strategy and operations and support the firm to navigate opportunities and challenges. You will demonstrate your capabilities in the following areas:

• Bring your ideas and drive to refresh, report on, implement and mature Strategy and strategic initiatives
• Monitor the implementation of multiple projects across businesses
• Contribute to Strategy development to transform concepts into a tangible strategy and action plans
• Evaluate investment propositions, impact and outcomes
• Work with the S&CD Director to deliver strategic projects that support the execution of DME Ambition 28
• Prepare evidence-based analysis to support findings and inform the direction of initiatives
• Analyze financial data to develop insight and positions to inform the DME CEO and Executive
• Prepare slides to present A28 and strategy initiatives to various internal forums and cascade strategy into action
• Monitor strategic level competitor activity
• Support the preparation and development of the DME scorecard
• Track potential Corporate development deals that require consideration, and record their outcomes
• Supports other initiatives that arise at short notice and are time-sensitive
  
  

Corporate development

• Work with S&CD Director on investment planning including gathering input and prioritizing investment requirements from Businesses and Industries
• Develop Business cases to attract global funding for team lifts and acquisitions
• Insights gathering and review of potential targets
  
  

Special Projects And Initiatives

• Analyze change to the Storefront as received from NSE and assess impact on DME BLs and EFs
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure required changes from the Storefront are implemented
• Supporting the development and delivery of the Annual Partners Meeting
  
  

Capabilities

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact
• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Maintain high levels of confidentiality in data and thinking through effective knowledge management
• Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business
• Ability to analyze data and come up with projections
• Ability to work under high pressure and produce high quality deliverables
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Marketing or any other related business studies
• English language fluency required; Arabic is a plus
• Demonstrated understanding of financial and data analysis, and scenario modelling
• Proficiency (advanced) with Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to communicate professionally with partners and high-level executives
• Able to work effectively with stakeholders in a matrix and multi-cultural organization
• Proactive and results-oriented team player with demonstrated ability to work under pressure
• Possess strong project management and time management skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail

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