Senior Manager Strategy and Governance

About the Role

Qiddiya Investment Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Strategy and Governance to join their team in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This full-time position involves supporting the development, governance, and execution of strategic priorities across the Marketing division. The role requires close collaboration with Marketing leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to translate strategic direction into clear priorities, initiatives, governance frameworks, and measurable outcomes. The Senior Manager will be instrumental in enhancing strategic planning, performance management, decision-making, and accountability within Marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and refinement of Marketing’s strategic priorities, objectives, and multi-year plans.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
• Ensure alignment between Marketing priorities, corporate strategy, and wider organizational objectives.
• Support leadership in evaluating strategic priorities, opportunities, trade-offs, and key business decisions.
• Lead strategic assessments, benchmarking, and analysis to support future planning and decision-making.
• Develop and maintain governance frameworks that support effective strategy execution across Marketing.
• Establish clear planning cycles, decision-making forums, accountability mechanisms, and reporting structures.
• Establish and oversee performance management frameworks, including KPIs, OKRs, scorecards, and strategic performance measures.
• Monitor progress against Marketing strategic objectives and key initiatives.
• Develop executive dashboards and performance reports that provide clear visibility of progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Act as a strategic partner to Marketing leadership on strategy, governance, performance, and execution matters.
• Prepare high-quality executive presentations, strategic recommendations, and performance updates.
• Identify opportunities to enhance Marketing’s strategic planning, governance, and performance management practices.
• Introduce frameworks, methodologies, templates, and tools to improve planning and execution effectiveness.

Strategy Governance and Performance

This role involves defining governance standards and ensuring consistency across strategic planning and reporting activities. The Senior Manager will facilitate governance forums and leadership reviews, ensuring decisions, actions, and accountabilities are documented and followed through. Additionally, the role includes leading periodic performance reviews, recommending corrective actions, and ensuring the effective cascading of strategic objectives across Marketing functions and teams. Tracking the execution of strategic initiatives and ensuring alignment with agreed outcomes and timelines is also a core responsibility.

Stakeholder Engagement

The Senior Manager will partner with Marketing functions and relevant corporate teams to drive alignment on strategic priorities. This includes facilitating strategic discussions and working sessions with senior stakeholders and building strong cross-functional relationships to support effective strategy execution and timely decision-making.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 7 to 10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the development and refinement of strategic priorities and plans.
• Experience in establishing and overseeing performance management frameworks.
• Proven capability in developing and maintaining governance frameworks.
• Strong analytical skills for strategic assessments, benchmarking, and decision support.

Compensation and Benefits

Qiddiya Investment Company offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package for this position.