31 Strategy Innovation jobs in Saudi Arabia

Arthur Lawrence - Job Opportunity: Manager - Portfolio Governance

Arthur Lawrence is urgently seeking a Manager - Portfolio Governance for a client in Riyadh, KSA. Please review the job requirements below. Your prompt application will help us place you successfully.

Must-Have:

• 12+ years of experience in portfolio governance or project management
• Skilled in risk management, budgeting, and strategy alignment
• Experience in evaluating and approving business cases and project plans
• Experience in monitoring portfolio performance, leading portfolio meetings, and providing updates to senior management

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field
• Professional Certifications: PMP / PFMP / Prince2

About Us:

Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services. Our technical expertise and experience working with top-tier companies enable organizations to develop effective strategies and cost-efficient solutions.

We are a UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Acknowledgments from Industry Peers:

• Winner of the Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019)
• IAOP Award; ranked in the top 100 internationally
• Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America
• Named one of the top ten fastest-growing businesses in Houston in 2016
• Ranked 25th in the HBJ's Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017

Our Seven Pillars:

We rely on seven core values—Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People, and Stewardship—that enable us to deliver quality to our clients and consultants. Strict adherence to these values has led to our success beyond expectations.

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Role Overview:

The Director, Strategy – Growth & Innovation will drive the company’s growth agenda by identifying strategic opportunities, leading innovation initiatives, and shaping long-term plans. This role combines market intelligence, innovation pipeline management, and strategic planning to ensure sustainable growth and competitive positioning. The Director will work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to transform insights into actionable initiatives that deliver measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Market Intelligence: Lead ongoing market research, customer insight generation, and competitive benchmarking to inform growth priorities.
• Innovation Pipeline: Define and manage a structured framework for evaluating, prioritizing, and incubating new product or service ideas.
• Opportunity Identification: Proactively identify whitespace opportunities, disruptive technologies, and trends aligned with company objectives.
• Strategic Partnerships: Evaluate and recommend strategic alliances, partnerships, and potential acquisitions that align with long-term growth.
• PoC & Pilots: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to conceptualize, blueprint, and launch proof-of-concept (PoC) projects.
• Investment Case Development: Build business cases, including ROI analysis and risk assessments, to guide Go/No-Go decisions for product scaling.

Strategic Planning & Support

• Contribute to annual and quarterly strategic planning cycles with data-driven insights and innovation inputs.
• Support KPI tracking, progress reviews, and reporting for growth and innovation projects.
• Collaborate with finance, product, and commercial teams to ensure alignment across initiatives.
• Act as a thought partner to the Head of Strategy on long-range planning, portfolio strategy, and market positioning.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Proven experience in strategy, product innovation, or growth roles, ideally in digital products, SaaS, or technology-driven industries.
• Strong analytical and business modeling skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Deep experience in market research and insight development.
• Demonstrated track record of managing innovation pipelines and executing cross-functional initiatives.
• Exposure to M&A, partnerships, or ecosystem strategy is a plus.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Director

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Strategy/Planning and Business Development
• Industries Technology, Information and Internet, IT Services and IT Consulting, and IT System Data Services

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Role Overview:

The Director, Strategy - Growth & Innovation will drive the company's growth agenda by identifying strategic opportunities, leading innovation initiatives, and shaping long-term plans. This role combines market intelligence, innovation pipeline management, and strategic planning to ensure sustainable growth and competitive positioning. The Director will work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams to transform insights into actionable initiatives that deliver measurable impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Market Intelligence: Lead ongoing market research, customer insight generation, and competitive benchmarking to inform growth priorities.
• Innovation Pipeline: Define and manage a structured framework for evaluating, prioritizing, and incubating new product or service ideas.
• Opportunity Identification: Proactively identify whitespace opportunities, disruptive technologies, and trends aligned with company objectives.
• Strategic Partnerships: Evaluate and recommend strategic alliances, partnerships, and potential acquisitions that align with long-term growth.
• PoC & Pilots: Collaborate with product and engineering teams to conceptualize, blueprint, and launch proof-of-concept (PoC) projects.
• Investment Case Development: Build business cases, including ROI analysis and risk assessments, to guide Go/No-Go decisions for product scaling.

Strategic Planning & Support

• Contribute to annual and quarterly strategic planning cycles with data-driven insights and innovation inputs.
• Support KPI tracking, progress reviews, and reporting for growth and innovation projects.
• Collaborate with finance, product, and commercial teams to ensure alignment across initiatives.
• Act as a thought partner to the Head of Strategy on long-range planning, portfolio strategy, and market positioning.

Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Proven experience in strategy, product innovation, or growth roles, ideally in digital products, SaaS, or technology-driven industries.
• Strong analytical and business modeling skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Deep experience in market research and insight development.
• Demonstrated track record of managing innovation pipelines and executing cross-functional initiatives.
• Exposure to M&A, partnerships, or ecosystem strategy is a plus.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Director

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Strategy/Planning and Business Development
• Industries Technology, Information and Internet, IT Services and IT Consulting, and IT System Data Services

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The Future Is What We Make It.

When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our Global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.

By changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

Make the Best You.

Working at Honeywell is not just about developing cool things. All our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.

Join us and Make an Impact.

Reporting Relationships

The position will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer for Building Automation Middle East Turkey Africa

The Senior Strategic Marketing Leader is responsible for leading, managing and directing all of the marketing related activities. He/she will work with the leadership team to identify, document and execute a growth strategy for the business. This growth strategy will be developed through extensive market & vertical analysis, expert use of Voice of the Customer discussions to discern customer segments, economics (willingness to pay and cost to serve), competitive dynamics, choosing target segments, development of all go-to-market approaches including channel, positioning, pricing and promotion. The successful candidate will coordinate with other functions including, offering management, sales excellence, customer marketing, and business leaders for each target segment, to develop and execute the business’ strategic plan. This person will also work with the business and functional leaders on all strategic and implementation programs related to the marketing function.

The successful candidate will work closely with the field sales organization, key distributors, internal executives, and key business partners to maximize the growth, development and return on investment of the organization’s product portfolio today and in the future. He/She will oversee business/market intelligence development, syndicated data, sales analysis and corresponding presentations so as to identify and capitalize on the most advantageous business opportunities.

Specifically, he/she must:

Manage marketing activities:

• Drive marketing excellence throughout the Honeywell Building Automation organization.

• Define and manage the Marketing and Competitive Intelligence function.

• Drive evaluation of business and product line strategic opportunities

• Improve pricing excellence and impact.

• Prioritize, with the Functional and other Business Leaders, new business opportunities.

• Ensure functional strategies align with and support overall business strategy

• Identify branding opportunities to further expand product line, penetration, as well as positioning advantages across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.

• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans focusing on growing sales and increasing profitability.

• Investigate marketing opportunities with significant scale and synergy to drive growth and leverage current portfolio of products.

• Develop and implement all marketing department standards, policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain a strategic plan for business growth including:

• Lead the STRAP process (Honeywell’s annual strategy planning process)

• Portfolio analysis and assessment to identify revenue and growth plans by market and products.

• Evaluate organic growth strategies by product line particularly geographical expansion, local sourcing and local production.

• Identify and develop adjacent product, market, and region opportunities such as “Source local and sell local” projects

• Identify and evaluate inorganic growth strategies including acquisitions, alliances, licensing, and partnership opportunities linked to the strategic plan.

• Conduct fact-based analysis of market trends; competitive data; technology advancements; and customer needs assessment and new product developments.

• Create of a prioritized strategic technology development plan and analyze and report any issues related to Product approval and New Product Introduction activities

• Support and coordinate Government specification approval processes

Personal Attributes; The successful candidate will be expected to be a high-energy, creative and resourceful self-starter who demonstrates leadership skills and instincts. He/she is highly intelligent and enthusiastic with a commitment to excellence. In terms of personal competencies, the successful candidate must be a hands-on person who possesses the best combination of strategic thinking and drive to achieve tangible business results. Excellent written & verbal English & ideally speaks Arabic.

The candidates must be able to balance theoretical thought with practical execution. In addition, he/she should possess the following competencies:

• Strategic Marketing Skills : Deep understanding and experience with the ability to practically apply, as well as coach others to drive growth in income. Drives practical links to income statement and balance sheet.

• Leadership: A confident, mature person with the ability to connect and inspire others. A proven track record of leading projects and teams that successfully achieve milestones and complete deliverables.

• Results-Oriented: A driver who possesses the ability to take actions and implement effective solutions in a timely manner

• Problem Solver: A creative yet pragmatic problem solver. Methodical and hands-on as well as detail-oriented.

• Analytical Thinking and Decision-Making: A “conceptualizer” of enterprise and market trends/issues who can then integrate that thinking into marketing and business strategies. Decisive and logical at thoroughly evaluating issues. Excellent planning, execution and project-management skills.

• Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills: A team player and builder, receptive to ideas from others. Shares information and keeps team members and partners informed. Works effectively with others to identify and resolve issues. Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to interact successfully with all levels of management as well as a diverse work force.

• Ethics: Highest level of professional integrity and honesty as well as personal credibility.

Experience

The successful candidate will have 5-7 years experience in a top-tier strategic management consulting firm or equivalent experience. He/she should have proven success leading strategic planning, growth initiatives, and/or operational enhancement engagements in diverse technology and/or manufacturing driven industries. The successful candidate must possess proven strategic, analytical and implementation skills and possess a well developed strategic toolkit (e.g., market definition and sizing, segmentation, value management, VOC, finance/accounting, microeconomics, go-to-market skills). Implementation experience is particularly important. In addition to management consulting or equivalent strategic planning experience, it is critical that the successful candidate have 3-4 years of hands-on experience (e.g., plant, engineering, marketing, sales, strategy, etc. ), having been a leader in the military, worked in an applied role in a business, or other relevant hands-on experience where significant impact was achieved.

He/she is an excellent broad-based business thinker who can collaborate effectively with peers as well as executive functional and senior business line leaders.

Specifically, the successful candidate should bring:

• Proven strategic marketing, strategy formulation and product/business positioning skills.

• Exceptional leadership skills, energy and teaming capability; the ability to lead and motivate, share vision, inspire and rally colleagues.

• Solid commercial development and marketing expertise in a business to business distribution centric environment with significant growth expectation.

• Broad strategic analysis skill set complimented with a detail orientation.

• Ability to build credibility with existing experience sales organization by building relationship and investing in building internal relationship with sales, technology and other key business segment and functional leaders

• Balance of strategic skills to identify marketing opportunities and trends as well as tactical pragmatic marketing implementation skills.

• Results growing a business with profitable, organic and acquisition-oriented initiatives that leverage a company’s core technology, cost and competitive advantages.

• Experience with the implementation of growth, new business development and marketing initiatives that lead to stronger market penetration.

• Proven ability to successfully direct business opportunities, including market assessment, strategic planning, objective setting and implementation.

• Track record of establishing short and long term market and product growth goals, then executing operating plans to achieve them.

• Strong business acumen, “street smarts” and an in-depth understanding of the marketing and financial implications of new opportunities.

• Ability to understand and add value to high-level management interactions, with a proven ability to develop and “sell” creative business strategies.

• Experience managing in a matrixed and lean culture that continuously prioritizes operational excellence.

Educational Requirements

• Undergraduate degree (preferably in an engineering or technical field); and graduate degree required (preferably a top tier M.B.A.).

• Proven track record in strategic marketing (not marketing communications)

• Deep knowledge of the sales function and the best practices around target account management, account planning and value proposition development and execution with the sales force

We Offer:

• The opportunity to work on the world’s most exciting projects, transforming the cities we live in, the buildings where we work, and the vehicles that move us.

• Group medical insurance plan life.

• Paid annual leave and time off work.

• A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and innovation.

• Market specific training and on-going personal development.

If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

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The Future Is What We Make It.

When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our Global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.

By changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

Make the Best You.

Working at Honeywell is not just about developing cool things. All our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.

Join us and Make an Impact.

Reporting Relationships

The position will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer for Building Automation Middle East Turkey Africa

The Senior Strategic Marketing Leader is responsible for leading, managing and directing all of the marketing related activities. He / she will work with the leadership team to identify, document and execute a growth strategy for the business. This growth strategy will be developed through extensive market & vertical analysis, expert use of Voice of the Customer discussions to discern customer segments, economics (willingness to pay and cost to serve), competitive dynamics, choosing target segments, development of all go-to-market approaches including channel, positioning, pricing and promotion. The successful candidate will coordinate with other functions including, offering management, sales excellence, customer marketing, and business leaders for each target segment, to develop and execute the business’ strategic plan. This person will also work with the business and functional leaders on all strategic and implementation programs related to the marketing function.

The successful candidate will work closely with the field sales organization, key distributors, internal executives, and key business partners to maximize the growth, development and return on investment of the organization’s product portfolio today and in the future. He / She will oversee business / market intelligence development, syndicated data, sales analysis and corresponding presentations so as to identify and capitalize on the most advantageous business opportunities.

Specifically, he / she must :

Manage marketing activities :

• Drive marketing excellence throughout the Honeywell Building Automation organization.
• Define and manage the Marketing and CompetitiveIntelligence function.
• Drive evaluation of business and product line strategic opportunities
• Improve pricing excellence and impact.
• Prioritize, with the Functional and other Business Leaders, new business opportunities.
• Ensure functional strategies align with and support overall business strategy
• Identify branding opportunities to further expand product line, penetration, as well as positioning advantages across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.
• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans focusing on growing sales and increasing profitability.
• Investigate marketing opportunities with significant scale and synergy to drive growth and leverage current portfolio of products.
• Develop and implement all marketing department standards, policies and procedures.

Develop and maintain a strategic plan for business growth including :

Lead the STRAP process (Honeywell’s annual strategy planning process)

Portfolio analysis and assessment to identify revenue and growth plans by market and products.

Evaluate organic growth strategies by product line particularlygeographical expansion, local sourcing and local production.

Identify and develop adjacent product, market, and region opportunities such as“Source local and sell local” projects

Identify and evaluate inorganic growth strategies including acquisitions, alliances, licensing, and partnership opportunities linked to the strategic plan.

Conduct fact-based analysis of market trends; competitive data; technology advancements; and customer needs assessment and new product developments.

Create of a prioritized strategic technology development plan and analyze and report any issues related to Product approval and New Product Introduction activities

Support and coordinate Government specification approval processes

Personal Attributes; The successful candidate will be expected to be a high-energy, creative and resourceful self-starter who demonstrates leadership skills and instincts. He / she is highly intelligent and enthusiastic with a commitment to excellence. In terms of personal competencies, the successful candidate must be a hands-on person who possesses the best combination of strategic thinking and drive to achieve tangible business results. Excellent written & verbal English & ideally speaks Arabic.

The candidates must be able to balance theoretical thought with practical execution. In addition, he / she should possess the following competencies :

Strategic Marketing Skills : Deep understanding and experience with the ability to practically apply, as well as coach others to drive growth in income. Drives practical links to income statement and balance sheet.

Leadership : A confident, mature person with the ability to connect and inspire others. A proven track record of leading projects and teams that successfully achieve milestones and complete deliverables.

Results-Oriented : A driver who possesses the ability to take actions and implement effective solutions in a timely manner

Problem Solver : A creative yet pragmatic problem solver. Methodical and hands-on as well as detail-oriented.

Analytical Thinking and Decision-Making : A “conceptualizer” of enterprise and market trends / issues who can then integrate that thinking into marketing and business strategies. Decisive and logical at thoroughly evaluating issues. Excellent planning, execution and project-management skills.

Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills : A team player and builder, receptive to ideas from others. Shares information and keeps team members and partners informed.Works effectively with others to identify and resolve issues. Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to interact successfully with all levels of management as well as a diverse work force.

Ethics : Highest level of professional integrity and honesty as well as personal credibility.

Experience

The successful candidate will have 5-7 years experience in a top-tier strategic management consulting firm or equivalent experience. He / she should have proven success leading strategic planning, growth initiatives, and / or operational enhancement engagements in diverse technology and / or manufacturing driven industries. The successful candidate must possess proven strategic, analytical and implementation skills and possess a well developed strategic toolkit (., market definition and sizing, segmentation, value management, VOC, finance / accounting, microeconomics, go-to-market skills). Implementation experience is particularly important. In addition to management consulting or equivalent strategic planning experience, it is critical that the successful candidate have 3-4 years of hands-on experience (., plant, engineering, marketing, sales, strategy, etc. ), having been a leader in the military, worked in an applied role in a business, or other relevant hands-on experience where significant impact was achieved.

He / she is an excellent broad-based business thinker who can collaborate effectively with peers as well as executive functional and senior business line leaders.

Specifically, the successful candidate should bring :

Proven strategic marketing, strategy formulation and product / business positioning skills.

Exceptional leadership skills, energy and teaming capability; the ability to lead and motivate, share vision, inspire and rally colleagues.

Solid commercial development and marketing expertise in a business to business distribution centric environment with significant growth expectation.

Broad strategic analysis skill set complimented with a detail orientation.

Ability to build credibility with existing experience sales organization by building relationship and investing in building internal relationship with sales, technology and other key business segment and functional leaders

Balance of strategic skills to identify marketing opportunities and trends as well as tactical pragmatic marketing implementation skills.

Results growing a business with profitable, organic and acquisition-oriented initiatives that leverage a company’s core technology, cost and competitive advantages.

Experience with the implementation of growth, new business development and marketing initiatives that lead to stronger market penetration.

Proven ability to successfully direct business opportunities, including market assessment, strategic planning, objective setting and implementation.

Track record of establishing short and long term market and product growth goals, then executing operating plans to achieve them.

Strong business acumen, “street smarts” and an in-depth understanding of the marketing and financial implications of new opportunities.

Ability to understand and add value to high-level management interactions, with a proven ability to develop and “sell” creative business strategies.

Experience managing in a matrixed and lean culture that continuously prioritizes operational excellence.

Educational Requirements

Undergraduate degree (preferably in an engineering or technical field); and graduate degree required (preferably a top tier .

Proven track record in strategic marketing (not marketing communications)

Deep knowledge of the sales function and the best practices around target account management, account planning and value proposition development and execution with the sales force

We Offer :

The opportunity to work on the world’s most exciting projects, transforming the cities we live in, the buildings where we work, and the vehicles that move us.

Group medical insurance plan life.

Paid annual leave and time off work.

A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and innovation.

Market specific training and on-going personal development.

If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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**The Future Is What We Make It.**
When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our Global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.
By changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.
**Make the Best You.**
Working at Honeywell is not just about developing cool things. All our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.
**Join us and Make an Impact.**
**Reporting Relationships**
The position will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer for Building Automation Middle East Turkey Africa
The Senior Strategic Marketing Leader is responsible for leading, managing and directing all of the marketing related activities. He/she will work with the leadership team to identify, document and execute a growth strategy for the business. This growth strategy will be developed through extensive market & vertical analysis, expert use of Voice of the Customer discussions to discern customer segments, economics (willingness to pay and cost to serve), competitive dynamics, choosing target segments, development of all go-to-market approaches including channel, positioning, pricing and promotion. The successful candidate will coordinate with other functions including, offering management, sales excellence, customer marketing, and business leaders for each target segment, to develop and execute the business' strategic plan. This person will also work with the business and functional leaders on all strategic and implementation programs related to the marketing function.
The successful candidate will work closely with the field sales organization, key distributors, internal executives, and key business partners to maximize the growth, development and return on investment of the organization's product portfolio today and in the future. He/She will oversee business/market intelligence development, syndicated data, sales analysis and corresponding presentations so as to identify and capitalize on the most advantageous business opportunities.
Specifically, he/she must:
**Manage marketing activities:**
+ Drive marketing excellence throughout the Honeywell Building Automation organization.
+ Define and manage the Marketing and Competitive Intelligence function.
+ Drive evaluation of business and product line strategic opportunities
+ Improve pricing excellence and impact.
+ Prioritize, with the Functional and other Business Leaders, new business opportunities.
+ Ensure functional strategies align with and support overall business strategy
+ Identify branding opportunities to further expand product line, penetration, as well as positioning advantages across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.
+ Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans focusing on growing sales and increasing profitability.
+ Investigate marketing opportunities with significant scale and synergy to drive growth and leverage current portfolio of products.
+ Develop and implement all marketing department standards, policies and procedures.
**Develop and maintain a strategic plan for business growth including:**
+ Lead the STRAP process (Honeywell's annual strategy planning process)
+ Portfolio analysis and assessment to identify revenue and growth plans by market and products.
+ Evaluate organic growth strategies by product line particularly geographical expansion, local sourcing and local production.
+ Identify and develop adjacent product, market, and region opportunities such as "Source local and sell local" projects
+ Identify and evaluate inorganic growth strategies including acquisitions, alliances, licensing, and partnership opportunities linked to the strategic plan.
+ Conduct fact-based analysis of market trends; competitive data; technology advancements; and customer needs assessment and new product developments.
+ Create of a prioritized strategic technology development plan and analyze and report any issues related to Product approval and New Product Introduction activities
+ Support and coordinate Government specification approval processes
**Personal Attributes;** The successful candidate will be expected to be a high-energy, creative and resourceful self-starter who demonstrates leadership skills and instincts. He/she is highly intelligent and enthusiastic with a commitment to excellence. In terms of personal competencies, the successful candidate must be a hands-on person who possesses the best combination of strategic thinking and drive to achieve tangible business results. Excellent written & verbal English & ideally speaks Arabic.
The candidates must be able to balance theoretical thought with practical execution. In addition, he/she should possess the following competencies:
+ **Strategic Marketing Skills** : Deep understanding and experience with the ability to practically apply, as well as coach others to drive growth in income. Drives practical links to income statement and balance sheet.
+ **Leadership:** A confident, mature person with the ability to connect and inspire others. A proven track record of leading projects and teams that successfully achieve milestones and complete deliverables.
+ **Results-Oriented:** A driver who possesses the ability to take actions and implement effective solutions in a timely manner
+ **Problem Solver:** A creative yet pragmatic problem solver. Methodical and hands-on as well as detail-oriented.
+ **Analytical Thinking and Decision-Making:** A "conceptualizer" of enterprise and market trends/issues who can then integrate that thinking into marketing and business strategies. Decisive and logical at thoroughly evaluating issues. Excellent planning, execution and project-management skills.
+ **Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills:** A team player and builder, receptive to ideas from others. Shares information and keeps team members and partners informed. Works effectively with others to identify and resolve issues. Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to interact successfully with all levels of management as well as a diverse work force.
+ **Ethics:** Highest level of professional integrity and honesty as well as personal credibility.
**Experience**
The successful candidate will have 5-7 years experience in a top-tier strategic management consulting firm or equivalent experience. He/she should have proven success leading strategic planning, growth initiatives, and/or operational enhancement engagements in diverse technology and/or manufacturing driven industries. The successful candidate must possess proven strategic, analytical and implementation skills and possess a well developed strategic toolkit (e.g., market definition and sizing, segmentation, value management, VOC, finance/accounting, microeconomics, go-to-market skills). Implementation experience is particularly important. In addition to management consulting or equivalent strategic planning experience, it is critical that the successful candidate have 3-4 years of hands-on experience (e.g., plant, engineering, marketing, sales, strategy, etc. ), having been a leader in the military, worked in an applied role in a business, or other relevant hands-on experience where significant impact was achieved.
He/she is an excellent broad-based business thinker who can collaborate effectively with peers as well as executive functional and senior business line leaders.
Specifically, the successful candidate should bring:
+ Proven strategic marketing, strategy formulation and product/business positioning skills.
+ Exceptional leadership skills, energy and teaming capability; the ability to lead and motivate, share vision, inspire and rally colleagues.
+ Solid commercial development and marketing expertise in a business to business distribution centric environment with significant growth expectation.
+ Broad strategic analysis skill set complimented with a detail orientation.
+ Ability to build credibility with existing experience sales organization by building relationship and investing in building internal relationship with sales, technology and other key business segment and functional leaders
+ Balance of strategic skills to identify marketing opportunities and trends as well as tactical pragmatic marketing implementation skills.
+ Results growing a business with profitable, organic and acquisition-oriented initiatives that leverage a company's core technology, cost and competitive advantages.
+ Experience with the implementation of growth, new business development and marketing initiatives that lead to stronger market penetration.
+ Proven ability to successfully direct business opportunities, including market assessment, strategic planning, objective setting and implementation.
+ Track record of establishing short and long term market and product growth goals, then executing operating plans to achieve them.
+ Strong business acumen, "street smarts" and an in-depth understanding of the marketing and financial implications of new opportunities.
+ Ability to understand and add value to high-level management interactions, with a proven ability to develop and "sell" creative business strategies.
+ Experience managing in a matrixed and lean culture that continuously prioritizes operational excellence.
**Educational Requirements**
+ Undergraduate degree (preferably in an engineering or technical field); and graduate degree required (preferably a top tier M.B.A.).
+ Proven track record in strategic marketing (not marketing communications)
+ Deep knowledge of the sales function and the best practices around target account management, account planning and value proposition development and execution with the sales force
**We Offer:**
+ The opportunity to work on the world's most exciting projects, transforming the cities we live in, the buildings where we work, and the vehicles that move us.
+ Group medical insurance plan life.
+ Paid annual leave and time off work.
+ A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and innovation.
+ Market specific training and on-going personal development.
If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments - powered by our Honeywell Forge software - that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

**The Future Is What We Make It.**
When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our Global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future.
By changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.
**Make the Best You.**
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The position will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer for Building Automation Middle East Turkey Africa
The Senior Strategic Marketing Leader is responsible for leading, managing and directing all of the marketing related activities. He/she will work with the leadership team to identify, document and execute a growth strategy for the business. This growth strategy will be developed through extensive market & vertical analysis, expert use of Voice of the Customer discussions to discern customer segments, economics (willingness to pay and cost to serve), competitive dynamics, choosing target segments, development of all go-to-market approaches including channel, positioning, pricing and promotion. The successful candidate will coordinate with other functions including, offering management, sales excellence, customer marketing, and business leaders for each target segment, to develop and execute the business' strategic plan. This person will also work with the business and functional leaders on all strategic and implementation programs related to the marketing function.
The successful candidate will work closely with the field sales organization, key distributors, internal executives, and key business partners to maximize the growth, development and return on investment of the organization's product portfolio today and in the future. He/She will oversee business/market intelligence development, syndicated data, sales analysis and corresponding presentations so as to identify and capitalize on the most advantageous business opportunities.
Specifically, he/she must:
**Manage marketing activities:**
+ Drive marketing excellence throughout the Honeywell Building Automation organization.
+ Define and manage the Marketing and Competitive Intelligence function.
+ Drive evaluation of business and product line strategic opportunities
+ Improve pricing excellence and impact.
+ Prioritize, with the Functional and other Business Leaders, new business opportunities.
+ Ensure functional strategies align with and support overall business strategy
+ Identify branding opportunities to further expand product line, penetration, as well as positioning advantages across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa region.
+ Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans focusing on growing sales and increasing profitability.
+ Investigate marketing opportunities with significant scale and synergy to drive growth and leverage current portfolio of products.
+ Develop and implement all marketing department standards, policies and procedures.
**Develop and maintain a strategic plan for business growth including:**
+ Lead the STRAP process (Honeywell's annual strategy planning process)
+ Portfolio analysis and assessment to identify revenue and growth plans by market and products.
+ Evaluate organic growth strategies by product line particularly geographical expansion, local sourcing and local production.
+ Identify and develop adjacent product, market, and region opportunities such as "Source local and sell local" projects
+ Identify and evaluate inorganic growth strategies including acquisitions, alliances, licensing, and partnership opportunities linked to the strategic plan.
+ Conduct fact-based analysis of market trends; competitive data; technology advancements; and customer needs assessment and new product developments.
+ Create of a prioritized strategic technology development plan and analyze and report any issues related to Product approval and New Product Introduction activities
+ Support and coordinate Government specification approval processes
**Personal Attributes;** The successful candidate will be expected to be a high-energy, creative and resourceful self-starter who demonstrates leadership skills and instincts. He/she is highly intelligent and enthusiastic with a commitment to excellence. In terms of personal competencies, the successful candidate must be a hands-on person who possesses the best combination of strategic thinking and drive to achieve tangible business results. Excellent written & verbal English & ideally speaks Arabic.
The candidates must be able to balance theoretical thought with practical execution. In addition, he/she should possess the following competencies:
+ **Strategic Marketing Skills** : Deep understanding and experience with the ability to practically apply, as well as coach others to drive growth in income. Drives practical links to income statement and balance sheet.
+ **Leadership:** A confident, mature person with the ability to connect and inspire others. A proven track record of leading projects and teams that successfully achieve milestones and complete deliverables.
+ **Results-Oriented:** A driver who possesses the ability to take actions and implement effective solutions in a timely manner
+ **Problem Solver:** A creative yet pragmatic problem solver. Methodical and hands-on as well as detail-oriented.
+ **Analytical Thinking and Decision-Making:** A "conceptualizer" of enterprise and market trends/issues who can then integrate that thinking into marketing and business strategies. Decisive and logical at thoroughly evaluating issues. Excellent planning, execution and project-management skills.
+ **Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills:** A team player and builder, receptive to ideas from others. Shares information and keeps team members and partners informed. Works effectively with others to identify and resolve issues. Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to interact successfully with all levels of management as well as a diverse work force.
+ **Ethics:** Highest level of professional integrity and honesty as well as personal credibility.
**Experience**
The successful candidate will have 5-7 years experience in a top-tier strategic management consulting firm or equivalent experience. He/she should have proven success leading strategic planning, growth initiatives, and/or operational enhancement engagements in diverse technology and/or manufacturing driven industries. The successful candidate must possess proven strategic, analytical and implementation skills and possess a well developed strategic toolkit (e.g., market definition and sizing, segmentation, value management, VOC, finance/accounting, microeconomics, go-to-market skills). Implementation experience is particularly important. In addition to management consulting or equivalent strategic planning experience, it is critical that the successful candidate have 3-4 years of hands-on experience (e.g., plant, engineering, marketing, sales, strategy, etc. ), having been a leader in the military, worked in an applied role in a business, or other relevant hands-on experience where significant impact was achieved.
He/she is an excellent broad-based business thinker who can collaborate effectively with peers as well as executive functional and senior business line leaders.
Specifically, the successful candidate should bring:
+ Proven strategic marketing, strategy formulation and product/business positioning skills.
+ Exceptional leadership skills, energy and teaming capability; the ability to lead and motivate, share vision, inspire and rally colleagues.
+ Solid commercial development and marketing expertise in a business to business distribution centric environment with significant growth expectation.
+ Broad strategic analysis skill set complimented with a detail orientation.
+ Ability to build credibility with existing experience sales organization by building relationship and investing in building internal relationship with sales, technology and other key business segment and functional leaders
+ Balance of strategic skills to identify marketing opportunities and trends as well as tactical pragmatic marketing implementation skills.
+ Results growing a business with profitable, organic and acquisition-oriented initiatives that leverage a company's core technology, cost and competitive advantages.
+ Experience with the implementation of growth, new business development and marketing initiatives that lead to stronger market penetration.
+ Proven ability to successfully direct business opportunities, including market assessment, strategic planning, objective setting and implementation.
+ Track record of establishing short and long term market and product growth goals, then executing operating plans to achieve them.
+ Strong business acumen, "street smarts" and an in-depth understanding of the marketing and financial implications of new opportunities.
+ Ability to understand and add value to high-level management interactions, with a proven ability to develop and "sell" creative business strategies.
+ Experience managing in a matrixed and lean culture that continuously prioritizes operational excellence.
**Educational Requirements**
+ Undergraduate degree (preferably in an engineering or technical field); and graduate degree required (preferably a top tier M.B.A.).
+ Proven track record in strategic marketing (not marketing communications)
+ Deep knowledge of the sales function and the best practices around target account management, account planning and value proposition development and execution with the sales force
**We Offer:**
+ The opportunity to work on the world's most exciting projects, transforming the cities we live in, the buildings where we work, and the vehicles that move us.
+ Group medical insurance plan life.
+ Paid annual leave and time off work.
+ A culture that fosters inclusion, diversity and innovation.
+ Market specific training and on-going personal development.
If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments - powered by our Honeywell Forge software - that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

Arthur Lawrence is urgently looking for a Senior Manager - Strategic Planning for a client in Riyadh, KSA. Kindly review the Job requirements below. Your immediate application will enable us to place you successfully.

Must-Have:

• Over 10 years of experience in strategic planning, specifically within the banking industry
• Extensive background in crafting corporate strategies, strategic plans, and key initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-impact strategic projects and teams, including the preparation of strategic documentation
• Strong expertise in developing key performance indicators (KPIs) and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships
• Skilled in assessing internal and external factors to adapt and refine organizational strategies accordingly
• Fluent in both Arabic and English, with strong reading, writing, and speaking abilities

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management, Strategic Management, or a closely related field
• Master’s degree in Strategic Management or a relevant discipline is highly desirable
• Professional certifications in strategy or related areas are considered a plus

About Us:

Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services. Our in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience of working with world-class companies enables organizations to leverage our capabilities in developing winning strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and are certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Acknowledgements from Industry Peers:

• Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019).
• IAOP Award; Ranked in top 100 internationally.
• Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest growing companies of America.
• Named one of the top ten fastest growing businesses in Houston in 2016.
• Ranked 25th in the HBJ's Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017.

Our Seven Pillars:

We rely on the seven core values that we believe enable us to deliver quality for our consultants and clients: Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People and Stewardship.

Through strict adherence to these core values, we have achieved success beyond all documented forecasts and anticipation.

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A leading international program and project management firm specialising in construction management services across global markets. The clients expertise spans cost engineering, quality assurance, inspection, scheduling, risk management, and claims avoidance.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Department Manager for Strategic Planning to lead critical infrastructure and urban development initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and implement comprehensive five-year strategic project portfolios
2. Manage project registration and stage-gate process
3. Lead national and regional master planning efforts
4. Review and approve capital investment plans
5. Prioritise and align projects with strategic key performance indicators
6. Coordinate with governmental departments and external stakeholders
7. Develop capital expenditure plans for specialised programs
8. Support cross-departmental strategic planning and coordination
9. Assess organisational capabilities and recommend strategic workforce improvements
10. Integrate geospatial data into centralised database platforms
11. Develop knowledge transfer and on-the-job learning programs

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering or Urban Planning from an accredited Western university
2. Minimum 20 years experience in national/international development initiatives
3. Proven track record of engaging with utility providers and stakeholders
4. Extensive international work experience (Middle East experience preferred)
5. Strong cultural understanding of regional project environments

If interested then reach out today for a confidential chat!

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