Executive General Manager

Job description :

Ensuring the provision of basic tools for collecting information, data, reports and results for each major indicator and supporting research and development activities in the Kingdom.

Approving and ensuring the development of the statistical model and frameworks for conducting research and studies.

Facilitating the coordination between the concerned departments and entities to ensure that all stakeholders are provided with the required information and data.

Ensuring the availability of the necessary tools, resources and enablers for the preparation of the short-term and long-term national strategy.

Approving budget for the market strategy after coordination with the concerned authorities and making appropriate recommendations.

Approving the policy draft that was prepared based on the results of evaluation, international studies and statistics, and approving opportunities for improvement.

Advising, requesting and monitoring agencies to develop current policies and standards, and local and international variables.

Approving the criteria for how to evaluate policies and the annual plan for evaluation, in order to monitor compliance with the implementation of policies and support their improvement.

Reviewing periodic reports related to policies and data.

Key requirements :

1. Strategic thinking: The ability to address problems is essential to public policy. Innovating is critical to handling developing situations, a consistent theme in this sector.
2. Research abilities: Skill in sourcing information, organizing data, and analyzing it coherently is necessary for any professional career. Experience in handling criticism and taking the advice of others fosters success in this field.
3. Focus and attention: Being able to pay close attention to the finer details in policy is critical to success. This line of work involves dealing with nuanced documents that can affect how the public perceives a regulation.
4. Critical thinking: Knowing how to analyze large data sets and use inductive reasoning to apply that information is an essential skill. For instance, analyzing the national average income and the national inflation rate can predict how the public may react to potential tax increases.
5. Interpersonal skills: Clear communication, a firm understanding of the written and spoken word, is critical to success. More than simple friendliness, relaying information in a correct, consistent manner is essential to creating coherent policies.