Strategic Planning Manager

Job Purpose / Role:

To support the Development and Monitoring of the Riyad Bank Corporate Strategy and ensure development of a corporate level integrated business plan that translates the Strategy into clear Targets and Initiatives.

Areas Of Responsibility:

Strategic:

• Contribute to the development of an enterprise-wide strategy and ensures translation of strategy into a cohesive set of initiatives that can be executed by the bank
• Accountable for the management of the bank business plan and alignment with ePMO
• Monitors the progress of the aspiration targets to ensure achievement of the strategy target

Strategy Management:

• Accountable for the management and improvement of the strategy delivery lifecycle including the pre-project business case process that leads to project approval
• Enforce continuous improvements of bank strategy
• Accountable for the update to the transformation and strategy steering committee

Monitoring and Controlling:

• Oversee Riyad bank targets and strategic initiatives progress
• Provide management support and guidance to initiative owners and portfolio heads to ensure proper execution
• Provide markets insights and researches on banking industry
• Act as a custodian of the bank overall strategy
• Ensure compliance with the Bank’s policies and procedure, timely and cost-effective execution of all initiatives
• Ensure that the lessons learned are stored and improvements made from these into the methodologies

Reporting:

• Provides timely and accurate bank-wide Steering Committee reports to meet the bank and department requirements, policies and standards

People Management:

• Ensures all staff have clear objectives, regular performance feedback sessions, formal annual appraisals, and individual development plans, with particular emphasis on the development of talented Saudi national staff
• Ensures and facilitates the employment, training and development of Saudi nationals within the organization

Safety, Quality & Environment:

• Ensures compliance to all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department in order to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude

Related Assignments:

• Undertake any other related duties or tasks as directed and required by the Bank

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Management, Strategy or Finance

Minimum Experience:

• 8-10 years of experience in strategy

Language:

English: Native or Fluent

·       MS Office: advanced

·       EPM and MS Project: advanced

·       Presentation Skills: advanced

·       Financial Modelling