Director Business Planning Operations GCC

Visa; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global payments technology company in Dubai is seeking a candidate with strong leadership skills to manage strategic projects. The ideal applicant will have over 10 years of experience in banking or consulting and significant exposure to the financial services industry. This fulltime role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to meet corporate objectives. Candidates should expect a hybrid work model, confirmed by the hiring manager.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience or equivalent education.
• Minimum of 6 years in related fields.
• Experience in financial services/payments industry is required.

Responsibilities

• CoLead annual business planning discussions with Finance team.
• Manage complex issues to drive corporate objectives.
• Oversee major project work streams related to strategic priorities in GCC.
• Research and analyze market trends and insights.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design strategies.

Skills

Retail Banking

Management Consulting

Corporate Strategy

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD)

PhD

Job description

• CoLead with the Finance team the annual business planning cycle manage crossfunctional discussions review all proposals and ensure optimal investment of resources in order to finalize the operating plan
• Identify structure and manage complex issues to arrive at recommendations that drive corporate objectives. Drive solving of a range of business problems by collaborating and coordinating with multiple internal stakeholders.
• Oversee major project work streams related to strategic priorities in GCC. Specific project content will vary greatly in sponsor business or strategic focus depth and stakeholders served ranging from broad coordination efforts across multiple countries or functional areas to focused special assignments for senior management that are of high strategic importance to Visas business in GCC
• Maintain business landscape knowledge to provide solid foundational context to critical strategic projects.
• Research and analyse internal external data information and trends to present client and market level insights to the GCC leadership team including but not limited to Visa Market Share analysis Cash share analysis and more
• Communicate and generate support for recommendations among business leaders across the organization
• Provide frameworks and perspectives relevant to business objectives
• Maintain tight alignment and work closely with Functional and Country management teams acting as a project manager on strategic or panregional projects and bringing timely and useful insight perspective analytical support and research resources
• Work with minimal direction usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment to drive rigorous factbased recommendations to country and regional management
• Balance facilitation influence and content contribution to help business leaders design their strategies and achieve their goals.
• Prepare regular management reporting and presentation documents when required

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualification
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8 years
of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at
least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualification
Minimum of 6 years work experience in Retail Banking Management Consulting
Corporate Strategy or a related function
Experience in andor significant exposure to the financial servicespayments
industry required
Global or multinational business experience as a plus
Experience in handling projects with multiple work streams and coordinating
complex crossenterprise processes with multiple stakeholders at both senior
and junior levels

Additional Information :

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime