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About the Role

Alfanar is seeking a Market Intelligence & Strategic Insights Section Manager to join its team in Riyadh. This full-time role is central to developing the company’s strategic understanding of market dynamics and future opportunities.

Role Purpose and Strategic Impact

The Market Intelligence & Strategic Insights Section Manager will lead the development of Alfanar's market intelligence capabilities. This position is responsible for establishing the frameworks, methodologies, and processes required to analyze market dynamics, identify opportunities and risks, and assess external factors. The role translates market intelligence into actionable strategic insights that support executive decision-making and long-term growth initiatives. As a functional lead within Corporate Strategy, the manager will drive the research agenda and continuously advance the capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain market intelligence frameworks, classifications, and knowledge repositories, assessing market size, growth, customer segments, and emerging opportunities.
• Establish competitor and benchmarking frameworks, analyzing competitor positioning, value chains, and ecosystem dynamics to identify competitive advantages, risks, and industry shifts.
• Monitor economic, regulatory, technological, geopolitical, and industry developments, with a focus on energy, electricity, infrastructure, and related sectors.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, trends, disruption risks, and future scenarios to inform strategic planning.
• Lead assessments of market entry, growth, diversification, partnerships, and investment opportunities, evaluating them based on strategic fit, market attractiveness, commercial potential, and risk.
• Convert market, competitor, and external intelligence into actionable strategic insights, identifying key opportunities, threats, and implications to support executive decision-making with evidence-based recommendations.
• Define and drive the Market Intelligence roadmap, methodologies, priorities, and research agenda, enhancing frameworks, tools, data sources, monitoring processes, and knowledge management.
• Build and mature the Market Intelligence capability through the use of research platforms, analytics, digital tools, and AI.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management or Economics.
• 10-15 years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated strong experience in market analysis, competitive intelligence, benchmarking, and strategic studies.
• Proven experience in presenting insights and recommendations to senior management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the energy, electricity, or related industry sectors.

Location and Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.