Executive - Future Foresight

Job Purpose

Future Foresight and Research

• Research future economic, industry, business, and technology trends.
• Assess emerging developments and their potential impact on Dubai’s economy, industries, competitiveness, and investment environment.
• Monitor global developments and signals to identify opportunities, risks, and disruption scenarios.
• Support foresight studies, horizon scanning, trend analysis, scenario development, and strategic research.

Strategy and Market Intelligence

• Support future-focused strategies, economic diversification initiatives, and industry transformation programs.
• Translate research findings and market intelligence into practical strategic recommendations.
• Design intelligence-gathering approaches for market, economic, industry, and technology insights.
• Benchmark Dubai against leading global cities, economies, industries, and international best practices.
• Prepare analytical reports, presentations, and executive-level briefing materials.

Policy and Stakeholder Engagement

• Review laws, policies, regulations, and industry frameworks through a future-readiness lens.
• Identify regulatory gaps, emerging challenges, and opportunities for policy improvement.
• Support consultations with businesses, investors, industry bodies, government entities, and other stakeholders.
• Support workshops, interviews, roundtables, and strategic discussions.

Reporting and Corporate Contribution

• Prepare concept notes, research papers, reports, presentations, executive briefings, and strategic recommendations.
• Provide research and analytical support to the Director and senior leadership.
• Support annual plans, KPI monitoring, milestones, deliverables, and strategic initiatives.
• Improve foresight methodologies, research approaches, analytical tools, and knowledge-management practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, business administration, engineering, public policy, statistics, or a related discipline.
• A master’s degree in economics, business, public policy, strategy, or a related field is preferred.
• Requires 5–7 years of relevant experience in economic analysis, research, intelligence, policy, consulting, foresight, or strategy.
• Experience supporting research, benchmarking, policy reviews, strategic initiatives, or project development is required.
• Government, economic development, consulting, strategy, or public-sector exposure is preferred.

Skills and Capabilities

• Strong research, analytical, critical-thinking, stakeholder management, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to interpret economic, industry, market, and business data.
• Knowledge of emerging economic, technological, industry, and geopolitical trends.
• Knowledge of strategic foresight, horizon scanning, scenario analysis, and future trends is highly desirable.
• Strong report writing, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Excellent English communication skills; Arabic is an advantage.

Working Conditions

• Primarily office-based.
• Occasional offsite meetings, stakeholder visits, workshops, conferences, and industry engagements may be required.

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