Market Intelligence & Strategic Insights Section Manager

About the Role

Alfanar is seeking a Market Intelligence & Strategic Insights Section Manager to join their team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is crucial for establishing frameworks and processes to understand market dynamics, identify opportunities and risks, assess external factors, and translate market intelligence into actionable strategic insights that support decision-making and long-term growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain market intelligence frameworks, classifications, and knowledge repositories.
• Assess market size, growth, attractiveness, customer segments, and emerging opportunities.
• Define and maintain competitor and benchmarking frameworks, including positioning and industry value chains.
• Monitor economic, regulatory, technological, geopolitical, and industry developments, particularly affecting electricity, energy, electrical products, and infrastructure.
• Lead market-entry, growth, diversification, partnership, and investment assessments.
• Convert market, competitor, and external intelligence into strategic insights and provide concise recommendations for executive decision-making.
• Define and own the Market Intelligence and Strategic Insights roadmap, methodologies, and research agenda.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Recruit, cultivate, and expose high performers to build a robust second line of management.
• Manage low performers through guidance or necessary action, ensuring fair assessment based on performance.
• Take full responsibility for operations, anticipating problems and making timely, proactive decisions.
• Deliver required results with quality, on time, and within cost parameters.
• Translate corporate goals into business plans, monitor performance, and initiate corrective actions.
• Develop organizational structure and ensure job descriptions are available and deployed.
• Develop and coordinate written systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities.
• Adapt to new techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in understanding P&L, profitability, cost drivers, and investment economics to connect market conclusions with business implications.
• Ability to leverage research platforms, data analytics, digital tools, and AI for intelligence gathering and analysis.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role emphasizes quality as a prime competitive advantage for Alfanar, expecting managers to uphold this standard.