Strategic Planning Manager

Riyad Bank; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Riyad Bank in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Strategy professional to develop and monitor the corporate strategy, translate it into actionable initiatives, and ensure alignment with the enterprise plan. You will manage the bank's business plan, monitor targets, and support initiative owners to drive execution and value realization.

Experience in strategy, strong MS Office and project tools, and leadership in a bank context are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in strategy
• Bachelor degree in Management, Strategy or Finance
• Advanced MS Office, EPM and MS Project, and strong presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of an enterprise-wide strategy and translates it into initiatives
• Accountable for the management of the bank business plan and alignment with ePMO
• Monitors the progress of aspiration targets to ensure achievement of the strategy target
• Oversee Riyad bank targets and strategic initiatives progress
• Provide markets insights and researches on banking industry
• Act as custodian of the bank overall strategy
• Ensure compliance with the bank’s policies and procedures and timely execution of initiatives

Skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management/Strategy/Finance

Tools

EPM

MS Project

Job description

To support the Development and Monitoring of the Riyad Bank Corporate Strategy and ensure development of a corporate level integrated business plan that translates the Strategy into clear Targets and Initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of an enterprise-wide strategy and ensures translation of strategy into a cohesive set of initiatives that can be executed by the bank


• Accountable for the management of the bank business plan and alignment with ePMO


• Monitors the progress of the aspiration targets to ensure achievement of the strategy target


• Accountable for the management and improvement of the strategy delivery lifecycle including the pre-project business case process that leads to project approval


• Enforce continuous improvements of bank strategy


• Accountable for the update to the transformation and strategy steering committee


• Oversee Riyad bank targets and strategic initiatives progress


• Provide management support and guidance to initiative owners and portfolio heads to ensure proper execution


• Provide markets insights and researches on banking industry


• Act as a custodian of the bank overall strategy


• Ensure compliance with the Bank’s policies and procedure, timely and cost-effective execution of all initiatives


• Ensure that the lessons learned are stored and improvements made from these into the methodologies


• Provides timely and accurate bank-wide Steering Committee reports to meet the bank and department requirements, policies and standards


• Ensures all staff have clear objectives, regular performance feedback sessions, formal annual appraisals, and individual development plans, with particular emphasis on the development of talented Saudi national staff


• Ensures and facilitates the employment, training and development of Saudi nationals within the organization


• Ensures compliance to all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department in order to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude


• Undertake any other related duties or tasks as directed and required by the Bank

Experience Required:

8-10 years of experience in strategy

Education Qualifications:

Bachelor degree in Management, Strategy or Finance

Skills Required:

• MS Office: advanced


• EPM and MS Project: advanced


• Presentation Skills: advanced

Languages:

English: Native or Fluent

Employment / Job Type:

Full Time

About the Company:

Riyad Bank provides retail, corporate, treasury, investment, and digital financial services in Saudi Arabia. Career opportunities include banking, technology, risk, finance, strategy, project management, operations, compliance, customer experience, human resources, and corporate functions.

Company Industry:

Banking

Department / Functional Area:

Management

Closing Date:

Not mentioned (apply as soon as possible)