Senior Planning & Performance Specialist

National Industrial Training Institute (NITI); Eastern Province; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

National Industrial Training Institute (NITI) invites applications for a Senior Planning & Performance Specialist to lead the translation of organizational objectives into measurable KPIs and to monitor performance across departments.

The role requires deep experience in corporate planning, KPI governance, and executive reporting, with a proven ability to drive corrective actions and continuous improvement across a large organization. Fluency in English and Arabic is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a business/management field or related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional experience, with at least 4 years in strategic planning or corporate performance management.
• Experience developing and monitoring organizational KPIs and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the annual strategic and operational planning cycle across departments.
• Develop and implement strategic planning frameworks, governance processes, and policies.
• Translate strategic objectives into departmental goals, KPIs, targets, and action plans.
• Develop and maintain organizational scorecards, KPI dictionaries, and reporting templates.
• Conduct monthly/quarterly performance reviews to track progress toward objectives.
• Identify performance gaps, perform root-cause analysis, and recommend corrective actions.
• Monitor strategic initiatives, milestones, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Prepare executive reports, presentations, and performance summaries for senior leadership.

Skills

Strategic planning

KPI governance

OKRs

Balanced Scorecard

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Planning & prioritization

Data accuracy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Strategic Management/Engineering/Finance/Economics/MIS

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

The Senior Planning & Performance Specialist will support the development, execution, and monitoring of the organization’s strategic and operational plans.

The position is responsible for translating organizational objectives into measurable KPIs, monitoring departmental performance, preparing executive-level reports, and working with business units to identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions.

The ideal candidate must have direct experience in corporate planning, strategy execution, KPI governance, performance reviews, and management reporting. Experience limited mainly to data analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, or business analysis will not be sufficient unless it includes clear responsibility for organizational planning and performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the annual strategic and operational planning cycle across departments.
• Support the development and implementation of strategic planning frameworks, policies, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Translate strategic objectives into departmental goals, initiatives, KPIs, targets, and action plans.
• Develop and maintain organizational scorecards, KPI dictionaries, performance dashboards, and reporting templates.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly performance reviews to assess progress against approved objectives and targets.
• Identify performance gaps, conduct root-cause analysis, and recommend appropriate corrective actions.
• Monitor strategic initiatives, milestones, risks, dependencies, and expected outcomes.
• Facilitate planning sessions and performance-review meetings with department heads and senior management.
• Prepare executive reports, presentations, performance summaries, and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of performance information submitted by departments.
• Coordinate with Finance and other relevant departments to align strategic priorities, operational plans, workforce requirements, and budgets.
• Conduct benchmarking and organizational-performance analyses to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support departments in developing measurable objectives and realistic performance targets.
• Follow up on approved corrective actions and ensure that performance issues are properly addressed.
• Contribute to continuous-improvement, operational-efficiency, and organizational-effectiveness projects.
• Promote a performance-driven culture through guidance, awareness sessions, and stakeholder engagement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Economics, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience.
• At least 4 years of direct experience in strategic planning, corporate performance management, or strategy execution.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and monitoring organizational KPIs and strategic initiatives.
• Practical experience with Balanced Scorecard, strategy maps, OKRs, or similar performance-management methodologies.
• Experience preparing reports and presentations for senior management or executive committees.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Good working knowledge of Power BI or another business-intelligence platform.
• Strong written and spoken English and Arabic communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification such as PMP, KPI Professional, Balanced Scorecard Professional, OKR certification, Lean Six Sigma, or Strategy Management certification.
• Experience in a training institute, educational organization, government-related entity, industrial organization, or large corporate environment.
• Experience working with ERP, strategy-management, project-management, or performance-reporting systems.
• Knowledge of risk management, business-process improvement, and project portfolio management.
• Strategic and analytical thinking.
• KPI development and performance measurement.
• Root-cause analysis and problem-solving.
• Executive reporting and presentation.
• Stakeholder management and influencing.
• Planning and prioritization.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Facilitation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Professional judgment, integrity, and confidentiality.

Applicants should clearly demonstrate involvement in at least one complete strategic-planning or performance-management cycle, including: