strategic planning director

Foreground LLC

Director of Strategy & Client Development (DSD001) Job Description: Foreground is partnering with a global events agency to recruit a sharp, insight-driven, and relationship-led Director of Strategy & Client Development, who will play a dual role in leading the agencys strategic thinking and securing long-term partnerships in Saudi Arabia.This individual will work at the intersection of research, brand understanding, business development, and proposal leadership crafting narratives that win business and build trust with government, corporate, and cultural clients across the Kingdom.Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Lead strategy development across proposals, pitches, and long-term client engagements.</li><li>Build strategic relationships with clients, translating their brand, vision, and program needs into winning experiential concepts.</li><li>Drive proposal excellence managing storytelling, insight generation, value articulation, and partnership structuring.</li><li>Translate Vision 2030 themes and public sector mandates into relevant, brand-aligned creative strategies.</li><li>Serve as a key voice in internal brainstorms, agency growth planning, and account expansion efforts.</li><li>Provide thought leadership, market intelligence, and competitor analysis to shape agency positioning.</li></ul>Ideal Profile<ul><li>10+ years of experience in strategy, brand experience, or agency planning roles, with a strong background in the Saudi market.</li><li>Excellent understanding of Saudi client expectations, government communications, and cultural programming priorities.</li><li>Fluent in written and spoken English; Arabic fluency is a strong advantage.</li><li>Proven success leading strategic proposals and building long-term client relationships in the KSA public or private sector.</li></ul> Required Skills: Intelligence Analysis Strategic Thinking Arabic Partnerships Government Programming Strategy Business Development Research Planning Business English Leadership<img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?V5p2YvJYMMNCAQ36JPN1K20cBKsS8E%2b7b" width="0" height="0" />

Director of Strategy & Client Development (DSD001)

Radisson Hotel Group

<div>Company Description 
Radisson Hotel Group is a leading global hospitality company, operating in more than 1,340 hotels and 220,000 rooms in over 95 countries. The group is recognized for its commitment to service excellence, innovation, and sustainability, and is consistently ranked among the top three hotel brands worldwide. Radisson&rsquo;s vision is to be the brand of choice for guests, owners, and talent, delivering memorable experiences and exceptional value. 
Job Description 
We are seeking a dynamic and accomplished Strategic Sourcing Director to lead our GPP procurement function across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. This pivotal role is responsible for shaping and executing regional sourcing strategies, driving innovation, and ensuring operational excellence within a highly matrixed, multicultural environment. 

Key Responsibilities<ul><li>
Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies for a diverse range of goods and services across all MEA countries, aligning with global and regional business objectives.</li><li>
Lead supplier performance management, focusing on continuous improvement, cost optimization, and innovation.</li><li>
Act as a strategic partner to local business leaders, driving cost efficiencies while enhancing customer experience, product quality, and productivity.</li><li>
Champion the transformation of the procurement function, with a primary focus on cost leadership, innovation, and operational effectiveness.</li><li>
Provide ongoing support to Operations teams to increase compliance and deliver best-in-class procurement practices.</li><li>
Establish and nurture strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring high-quality, reliable sources of supply and information.</li><li>
Negotiate pricing, contracts, and service level agreements in accordance with corporate procurement policies and procedures.</li><li>
Serve as the escalation point for all supplier-related matters, ensuring alignment with internal stakeholders.</li><li>
Collaborate closely with the Corporate GPP Procurement team at headquarters to implement global contracts and initiatives within the region.</li>
Lead, inspire, and develop a multicultural team across multiple countries. 
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Qualifications 
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Bachelor&rsquo;s degree required, preferably in Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field.</li><li>
A Master&rsquo;s degree is highly desirable.</li><li>
Minimum of 10 years&rsquo; experience in strategic sourcing, with a proven track record in cross-cultural and matrix-based environments.</li><li>
Demonstrated expertise in negotiation, analytics, and team leadership.</li><li>
Organized, accountable, and able to thrive within a global, highly matrixed organization.</li><li>
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in a second language is an advantage.</li><li>
Strategic thinker with the ability to clarify priorities, assess risks, and create business value.</li><li>
Influential leader, skilled at building trust, managing conflict constructively, and generating engagement across diverse teams.</li><li>
Able to travel (Approx.50% of the time)</li></ul></div>

Strategic Sourcing Director MEA

Kingston Stanley

<div>
 
 A leading financial services organisation is seeking to appoint a
 
 Head of Strategy &amp; Business Planning
 
 to lead corporate strategy and enterprise-wide business planning. This is a newly created role and will play a critical part in shaping the organisation&rsquo;s medium- and long-term strategic direction, while ensuring effective execution through structured planning, performance management, and data-driven decision-making.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Role Overview
 
 
 
 Reporting into senior leadership, this role will be responsible for translating strategic priorities into measurable outcomes, supporting Executive Management and the Board with high-quality insights, analytics, and performance frameworks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
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 Lead the development and execution of
 
 corporate strategy
 
 , including medium- and long-term strategic planning.
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 Own and drive the
 
 annual business planning cycle
 
 , performance management framework, KPIs, and Balanced Scorecard.
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 Ensure alignment between strategy, enterprise architecture, and
 
 data management
 
 , enabling informed and timely decision-making.
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 Leverage
 
 business analytics and insights
 
 to support Executive Committee and Board-level discussions.
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 Partner closely with senior stakeholders across the organisation to align strategic priorities with operational execution.
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 Support governance, reporting, and strategic initiatives within a
 
 Central Bank&ndash;regulated environment
 
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 Candidate Profile
 
 
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 Emirati with Khulasat Al Qaid (mandatory).
 
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 10&ndash;15 years of experience within
 
 banking or financial services
 
 , ideally in a Central Bank&ndash;regulated environment.
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 Strong background in
 
 strategy, business planning, performance management, analytics, and KPI frameworks
 
 .
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 Proven ability to operate at
 
 Executive Committee and Board level
 
 , influencing decision-making through insight and structure.
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 Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
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 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DUE TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED
 
 
 
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Head of Strategy

MasterCard

Overview Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Position: Vice President, Enterprise Strategy Major Accountabilities Lead accountability for Strategy Planning across MEA - driving and coordinating the creation of strategic plans and overseeing their execution, setting the policies and framework for managing strategic planning processes. Organizational Structure Reports to the Head of Market Development, who reports to the Regional President. Key Responsibilities <ul> <li>Lead responsibility for coordinating the development of strategic plans and driving the implementation of these, across MEA (i.e. at divisional, area and country levels) by tracking progress against agreed targets and initiatives.</li> <li>Drive inputs and relevance to feed into corporate strategic framework design, and drive this down within MEA markets.</li> <li>Coordinate the development, alignment and approval of market strategy plans with various stakeholders (Divisional President, Area Heads, other Head of Functions, Finance, etc) with particular focus to drive longer term diversification initiatives to grow, build and diversify revenue streams. Focus on drawing out from areas and countries their strategic market landscape, opportunity analysis and opportunity sizing to drive diversification and growth initiatives.</li> <li>Oversees pipeline developments and coordinates business strategies to achieve an integrated business approach and achieve synergies across MEA. The jobholder should also be able to proactively contribute to the identification and pursuit of strategic development opportunities across MEA.</li> <li>Oversees market strategy plans across the division, areas and countries to ensure divisional priorities are embedded into strategy documents and ensure cross market synergies can be leveraged upon within the division. Engage in discussions with the Divisional President, Area Heads and other Head of Functions to re-shape strategy where cross-purposes are identified when reviewing plans across the division.</li> <li>Ensure on behalf of the division that respective areas and countries follow through on their execution of strategic plans and are not be diverted into delivering solely based on short-term wins.</li> <li>Support the Divisional President, Area Heads and other Heads of Function as required Headed in developing business deals with specific customers in support of divisional plans.</li> </ul> Act as the lead liaison officer and coordinator between MEA and APMEA, and broader Mastercard geographies in relation to all Strategy matters. Key Skills & Experience <ul> <li>A deep understanding of strategic planning and go-to-market processes.</li> <li>Understanding of customer and constituent needs, marketplace dynamics, industry trends and the competitive landscape.</li> <li>Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a customer and segment led strategy, as well as economic modeling. Understanding the regulatory landscape across the region a critical component for all strategic initiatives.</li> <li>Experience of managing multiple stakeholders in a multicultural environment, across multiple geographic locations. Strong negotiating and influencing skills, with the ability to manage delivery through others who do not report directly.</li> <li>Strong and proven experience in the business, with sound financial skills and high levels of commercial awareness. Also, the ability to clearly communicate strategies and complex financial information in an easy to understand manner.</li> <li>Strategic planning skills, with the ability to develop sound business cases and meaningful financial analytics.</li> <li>Experience of preparing and managing budgets across geographies and markets.</li> <li>A proven leader who is results driven and who takes a disciplined approach to achieve results.</li> <li>Ability to work collaboratively and both independently and in a team environment.</li> <li>Excellent writing and presentation skills, extensive experience in communicating in international environment at senior management level</li> <li>10+ years of progressive business experience and demonstrated results in strategic, financial and / or commercially focused roles.</li> </ul> Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must : Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices; Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Vice President, Enterprise Strategy

Mashreq Bank Pakistan Limited

A prominent financial institution in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a Director for Corporate Origination and Business Development. This role involves prospecting and onboarding new corporate clients, managing business propositions, and implementing strategies aligned with banking products. The ideal candidate should possess a strong background in business development and corporate relationship management, along with excellent analytical skills.

Strategic Corporate Origination & Growth Director

Accordion Partners

LOCATIONS
 Chicago
 Dallas
 New York City
 DEPARTMENT
 Strategic Finance
 
Company Overview
 
We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.
 
If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.
 
Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.
 
Practice Overview
 
Accordion’s Strategic Finance Practice helps Finance teams build capabilities to enhance performance visibility, planning activities, data analytics, and business partnering to enable and accelerate value creation.
 
By combining extensive operational FP&A experience, data and technology skills, and a proprietary engagement model, we develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigor and pace required in a Private Equity-backed environment.
 
This position can be based in our New York City, Dallas, or Chicago offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.
 
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
 
What You’ll Do: 
As a Director on a lean, cross-functional team, you will work collaboratively with a diverse set of colleagues with backgrounds in private equity, investment banking, FP&A, Big 4, and financial controllership, to identify and rectify issues across a broad range of scenarios.
 
You will: 
Provide project leadership and execute on client engagements, including directing and overseeing teams of consultants, managing work streams to agreed timelines, performing quality control of client deliverables, and leading the presentation of deliverables
 Lead the build out and execution project deliverables for Software and SaaS companies, including the development of bottoms up annual budgets and forecasts driven by core operating levers and metrics such as ARR, bookings, retention, and headcount
 Design and deliver management reporting for Software and SaaS businesses, providing clear visibility into ARR, bookings, and headcount, and comparing current and YTD performance against prior year results, forecasts, and budget targets
 Build and refining models, metrics, tools, and methodologies, including ARR roll-forward and “snowball” analyses that explain movements
 Actively participate in business development efforts focused on SaaS and software companies, positioning the firm’s full range of capabilities and leveraging existing relationships to originate and expand opportunities with CFOs, finance leaders, and PE sponsors
 Partner with Accordion leadership team to develop industry specific marketing and thought leadership materials for Software & SaaS, collaborating with internal teams to articulate Accordion’s solutions, differentiated value proposition, and relevant use cases for CFOs
 Act as relationship manager, responsible for addressing client and financial sponsor needs and associated communications throughout the course of engagements
 Drive Accordion know-how and best practices in the execution of all client engagements
 Work with the business development team to cultivate client relationships and drive marketing efforts for potential new engagements
 Assess project needs and lead the development of proposals and work plans for potential client engagements
 Help lead Practice development initiatives, including development of execution toolkits and resources for key service areas, as well as the build-out and ongoing maintenance of Accordion’s consulting knowledge hub
 Mentor junior consultants and actively participate in career development
 Travel to client site as needed
 
You Have: 
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics; MBA is a plus
 Minimum 10 years of experience at a top tier private equity firm, investment bank, and/or consulting firm working within Software or SaaS companies
 Experience in the FP&A department of an operating company and/or a track record of interacting with private equity funds and private equity-owned businesses is a plus
 Strong analytical and modeling skills with significant experience building complex financial models for analysis and forecasting, with ability to summarize key data into executive dashboards
 High attention to detail and advanced quantitative skills, especially as it relates to financial modeling and corporate valuation
 Proven ability to leverage Excel and other tools (e.g. PowerBI) to manage, simplify, analyze, and present large and complex datasets
 Prior experience preparing reports, and presentations; ability to present data-driven insights in a clear, succinct, and comprehensive manner
 Strong drive and motivation, adhering to the highest professional standards in working with clients and colleagues
 Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and team management skills
 
You Are: 
Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth
 Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
 Knowledgeable about the relationship between private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly within the office of the CFO
 Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture
 Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)
 A self-starter with a strong work ethic
 Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization
 Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
 
The annual salary for this role ranges from: $178,500 to $250,000 USD + benefits + bonus. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.
 
Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
 
Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.
 
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SaaS Strategic Finance, Director

vitronet Holding GmbH

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