Awards Executive/ Manager -Awards Program Management and Analysis of Organizations
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About the Role
Global Banking & Finance Review is seeking an Awards Executive/Manager to own and govern the full cycle of awards management, including research, evaluation, and governance.
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Responsibilities
- Own the entire awards framework end to end
- Define and enforce eligibility criteria, category definitions, evaluation methodology, and conflict of interest rules
- Act as final custodian of editorial independence
- Ensure awards are evidence based, research backed, and consistent year on year
- Lead the awards research function including market research, desk research, company performance analysis, and regulatory checks
- Validate all award outcomes with documented rationale
- Design and manage internal evaluation committees and external advisory panels
- Define scoring models and weighting systems
- Own all awards cycles: annual, regional, country specific
- Approve category launches and retirements, award titles and taxonomy, winner announcements
- Coordinate with editorial, production, and digital teams for execution
- Act as editorial authority when interacting with senior executives, institutions, and regulators
Requirements
- 1–6+ years in media, research, editorial governance, or institutional evaluation
- Direct experience with publication led awards, rankings, indices, or recognitions
- Strong understanding of financial services, corporate governance, institutional credibility
- Proven ability to say 'no' to pressure—internally and externally
- Editorial judgment at a senior level
- Research design and evaluation frameworks
- Documentation and governance discipline
- Calm authority under scrutiny
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Role Purpose
- The Head of Magazine Awards owns, governs, and executes all awards conferred by Global Banking & Finance Review.
- This role exists to protect credibility, enforce editorial independence, and ensure awards are research driven, defensible, and globally respected.
- This is not an events role. This is not sales or partnerships. This is not marketing. This is a governance and decision making role inside a publication.
Core Responsibilities
- Own the entire awards framework end to end
- Define and enforce eligibility criteria, category definitions, evaluation methodology, conflict of interest rules
- Act as final custodian of editorial independence
- Ensure awards are evidence based, research backed, consistent year on year
- Lead the awards research function: market research, desk research, company performance analysis, regulatory, financial, and reputational checks
- Validate all award outcomes with documented rationale
- Ensure every award decision can withstand media scrutiny, legal scrutiny, industry challenge
- Design and manage internal evaluation committees and external advisory panels
- Define scoring models and weighting systems
- Ensure no single individual controls outcomes unilaterally
- Document decision trails for auditability
- Own all awards cycles: annual, regional, country specific
Required Experience
- 1–6+ years in media, research, editorial governance, or institutional evaluation
- Direct experience with publication led awards, rankings, indices, or recognitions
- Any experience in Financial Analysis of Companies is a plus
- Strong understanding of: Financial services, Corporate governance, Institutional credibility
- Proven ability to say 'no' to pressure—internally and externally
Required Skills
- Editorial judgment at a senior level
- Structured decision making
- Research design and evaluation frameworks
- Documentation and governance discipline
- Calm authority under scrutiny
- Zero ego, zero politics
Personal Profile (Critical)
- System driven, not personality driven
- Comfortable operating without visibility or applause
- Obsessed with fairness, repeatability, and defensibility
- Immune to flattery, pressure, or influence
- Capable of building processes that function without you
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Zero credibility disputes
- Zero category collisions or ambiguity
- Fully documented award decisions
- Repeatable frameworks year after year
- Reduced founder dependency in awards decisions
- Increased institutional trust in GBAF Award
Pay
- AED 4,000.00 AED 6,000.00 per month
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