Strategy Head

Job Description : HEAD OF STRATEGY UAE AGRI-TECH STARTUP OVERSEE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES BASED IN ABU DHABI Food People have partnered with an Agri-Tech start-up company in their search for a strategic and results-oriented Strategy Manager to join their operation. You will report into the VP of Growth & CEO whilst working cross-functionally with production, sales, operations, and marketing to design and execute your initiatives. You will develop a deep understanding of market dynamics and consumer needs and trends as well as analyse data to make decisions relevant to your working process that will essentially form decisions made by the leadership team. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES · Closely control the new pipeline of business opportunities and strategic partnerships · Ability to simplify and map out vague/complex processes into actionable work plan and manage/iterate on work plan through-out execution. · You then learn from failures to improve your performance & decision-making and you acquire respect. · Clear communicator and over-communicating. Regularly update working groups with latest developments to keep everyone in synch. · Complete ownership over your work and ability to work independently without the need for regular supervision. · Highly self-motivated. You prioritise aggressively and stay focused on the few things that will have the biggest impact on the business. · Strong ability to work under pressure and potentially long and irregular working hours. · Translate market opportunities into new projects · Impeccable attention to detail, high ethical adherence/integrity. · Mastery over large datasets and ability to leverage information to derive insights. · Develop go to market strategy by understanding sales potential and access to market · Make decisions based on data-driven rigorous analysis. KEY INGREDIENTS · Minimum 4-6 years' experience in management consulting, engineering, project management, operations, or entrepreneurship. · Must have had an executive-facing role (internal or external) and be an accomplished general business 'athlete'. · Advanced degree (Bachelor's or higher) in engineering, data science, economics, finance, or related fields. MBA a plus (not required). · Willingness to relocate to Saudi Arabia after first few months in UAE (commute support negotiable). · Fluent in English and Arabic. · Mastery of Excel and Power Point required. Data analysis tools like MySQL, R, and Tableau a plus.

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