Director of Strategy (UAEN)
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About the Role
A confidential entity in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Director of Strategy to lead strategic planning, institutional performance, and priority-setting. The role involves translating leadership vision into measurable plans, driving strategic reviews, and managing a high-performing team.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the entity's long term strategy, annual plans, and institutional priorities from development through implementation
- Translate leadership direction into concrete objectives, initiatives, delivery plans, and performance measures
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on strategic priorities, emerging opportunities, and critical decisions
- Own an integrated planning cycle that aligns strategy, operations, finance, and resources
- Drive strategic reviews, diagnostics, and structured problem solving to resolve complex organizational challenges
- Produce business cases, decision papers, and executive briefings
- Define, track, and report KPIs, milestones, and strategic outcomes
- Orchestrate cross functional initiatives across departments and external stakeholders
- Prioritize projects and resources by strategic impact, feasibility, and leadership direction
- Build planning, performance management, and problem solving capability across the organization
- Lead, coach, and develop a high performing strategy and planning team
Requirements
- UAEN with Khulasat Al Qaid (mandatory)
- Bachelor's degree in strategy, business administration, economics, public policy, finance, engineering, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 12+ years of relevant professional experience in strategy, planning, transformation, performance management, or organizational development
- Experience advising senior executives and translating leadership priorities into plans
- Strong track record of leading complex strategic initiatives across multiple functions
- Experience managing and developing professional teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Proficiency in Arabic is highly desirable
- Management consulting experience is highly desirable
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Role Overview
- A highly confidential Entity in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced & high performing Director of Planning & Strategy (UAEN) to lead its strategic planning, institutional performance, and priority setting activities.
- The Director will work closely with senior leadership to translate the entity’s vision and strategic priorities into clear plans, measurable objectives, and executable initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the entity's long term strategy, annual plans, and institutional priorities from development through implementation.
- Translate leadership direction into concrete objectives, initiatives, delivery plans, and performance measures.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on strategic priorities, emerging opportunities, and critical decisions.
- Own an integrated planning cycle that aligns strategy, operations, finance, and resources—and ensure departmental plans reinforce it.
- Drive strategic reviews, diagnostics, and structured problem solving to resolve complex organizational challenges.
- Produce business cases, decision papers, and executive briefings that shape leadership decisions.
- Define, track, and report KPIs, milestones, and strategic outcomes—surfacing risks and dependencies and driving timely corrective action.
- Orchestrate cross functional initiatives across departments and external stakeholders.
- Prioritize projects and resources by strategic impact, feasibility, and leadership direction.
- Build planning, performance management, and problem solving capability across the organization.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high performing strategy and planning team.
Requirements
- UAEN with a Khulasat Al Qaid (Mandatory requirement)
- Bachelor’s degree in strategy, business administration, economics, public policy, finance, engineering, or a related discipline.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification, such as an MBA or master’s degree, is preferred.
- Minimum of 10 12+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant experience in strategy, planning, transformation, performance management, or organizational development.
- Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, government related entities, major corporations, or professional services firms.
- Management consulting experience is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience advising senior executives and translating leadership priorities into practical and measurable plans.
- Strong track record of leading complex strategic initiatives and working across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
- Experience managing and developing professional teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in Arabic is highly desirable.
- Passionate about contributing to the U.A.E's institutional development and long term priorities
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