Senior Specialist Innovation & Knowledge Sharing

About the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Senior Specialist Innovation & Knowledge Sharing to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role supports the Marketing Center of Excellence in fostering a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and marketing excellence. The specialist will identify emerging trends, capture institutional knowledge, and develop practical tools and initiatives to enhance Marketing capabilities.

Innovation and Best Practices

The role involves researching and translating insights from emerging marketing trends, technologies, and consumer behaviors into opportunities for the Marketing function. It also includes supporting the identification and development of innovative ideas to improve marketing effectiveness and customer experience.

• Research emerging marketing trends, technologies, consumer behaviors, and global best practices.
• Support the identification, assessment, and development of innovative ideas to enhance marketing effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to innovation pilots and initiatives, from concept development through testing and evaluation.
• Conduct external benchmarking across leading marketing organizations and relevant industries.
• Support innovation workshops, ideation sessions, and cross-functional problem-solving activities.

Knowledge Management and Sharing

This position is responsible for building and maintaining a centralized repository of Marketing knowledge. It also includes coordinating knowledge-sharing forums and developing content to keep Marketing teams informed of emerging practices.

• Build and maintain a centralized repository of Marketing knowledge, including research, benchmarks, and case studies.
• Capture knowledge from completed projects and convert it into reusable insights for wider Marketing teams.
• Develop and maintain Marketing playbooks, toolkits, frameworks, and practical guidelines.
• Coordinate internal knowledge-sharing forums, workshops, and learning sessions.
• Develop regular best-practice updates, case studies, and knowledge content.
• Support communities of practice and encourage collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Capability Development

The Senior Specialist will support the identification of Marketing capability and knowledge gaps. This involves working with internal stakeholders to develop appropriate learning solutions and promoting continuous improvement.

• Support the identification of Marketing capability and knowledge gaps.
• Work with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop appropriate learning and knowledge solutions.
• Support capability-building initiatives designed to strengthen Marketing excellence.
• Monitor usage and adoption of knowledge-sharing tools and initiatives and recommend improvements.
• Promote consistent ways of working and continuous improvement across Marketing.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates for this role should possess 3-5 years of relevant professional experience. Specific educational qualifications were not provided but are typically expected for a specialist role.

• 3-5 years of experience in a related field.

Application Process

Further details on the application process are available through the official Qiddiya career portal. Salary information for this position will be disclosed during the recruitment process.