Strategic Opportunities & Impact Leader

Dubai Future; Dubai; On-site; AED 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Future Foundation is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager, Strategic Opportunities and Impact, to identify bold opportunities, translate them into strategic direction, and build executive-ready business cases for leadership and the board.

You will combine strategy consulting rigor with economic modelling to deliver transformational roadmaps across horizons, coaching teams and driving governance and innovation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or related; MBA/MSc strongly preferred.
• 8–12 years of relevant experience, incl. 3+ years at manager level in top-tier consulting or equivalent in-house strategy.
• Proven track record for identifying high-value opportunities and assessing impact qualitatively and quantitatively.
• Exceptional structured problem-solving and storytelling with strong quantitative analysis.
• Strong financial, economic acumen with business-case development and investment analysis.
• Ability to think strategically across multiple horizons and influence executives.
• Experience leading and developing teams of analysts/consultants.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong presentation skills.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills; familiarity with BI/digital tooling is a plus.
• Experience in digital transformation, AI strategy, or tech-driven business change.
• Comfort with AI tools and emerging technologies; contribute to AI-enabled tools.
• Able to work in ambiguous environments with bias for action.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration; Arabic knowledge is a plus.
• Emirati candidates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-value opportunities and assess their strategic and economic impact.
• Define and own the pipeline, metrics, and rigorous business-case development (DCF, ROI, scenarios).
• Lead governance and strategic alignment across stakeholders and leadership.
• Develop executive-ready narratives and strategic roadmaps for decisions at the board level.
• Drive digital transformation and AI strategy initiatives across the organisation.
• Coach and develop associates and analysts; engage with senior partners and external stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Financial modelling

Executive communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

AI strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin, Engineering, Finance or Economics; MBA/MSc preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Dubai Future Foundation is seeking a Senior Strategy Manager, Strategic Opportunities and Impact, to identify bold opportunities, translate them into strategic direction, and build executive-ready business cases for leadership and the board.

You will combine strategy consulting rigor with economic modelling to deliver transformational roadmaps across horizons, coaching teams and driving governance and innovation initiatives.