Summary
Riyad Bank is seeking a Strategic Planning Manager in Riyadh to support the development and monitoring of its corporate strategy. The role translates strategy into an integrated business plan, tracks targets and initiatives, and supports initiative owners and portfolio heads. Responsibilities also include managing the strategy delivery lifecycle, researching the banking industry, and preparing steering committee reports. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in Management, Strategy, or Finance and 8–10 years of strategy experience; English fluency is required.
The posting
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Job Purpose / Role:
To support the Development and Monitoring of the Riyad Bank Corporate Strategy and ensure development of a corporate level integrated business plan that translates the Strategy into clear Targets and Initiatives.
Areas Of Responsibility:
Strategic:
- Contribute to the development of an enterprise-wide strategy and ensures translation of strategy into a cohesive set of initiatives that can be executed by the bank
- Accountable for the management of the bank business plan and alignment with ePMO
- Monitors the progress of the aspiration targets to ensure achievement of the strategy target
Strategy Management:
- Accountable for the management and improvement of the strategy delivery lifecycle including the pre-project business case process that leads to project approval
- Enforce continuous improvements of bank strategy
- Accountable for the update to the transformation and strategy steering committee
Monitoring and Controlling:
- Oversee Riyad bank targets and strategic initiatives progress
- Provide management support and guidance to initiative owners and portfolio heads to ensure proper execution
- Provide markets insights and researches on banking industry
- Act as a custodian of the bank overall strategy
- Ensure compliance with the Bank’s policies and procedure, timely and cost-effective execution of all initiatives
- Ensure that the lessons learned are stored and improvements made from these into the methodologies
Reporting:
- Provides timely and accurate bank-wide Steering Committee reports to meet the bank and department requirements, policies and standards
People Management:
- Ensures all staff have clear objectives, regular performance feedback sessions, formal annual appraisals, and individual development plans, with particular emphasis on the development of talented Saudi national staff
- Ensures and facilitates the employment, training and development of Saudi nationals within the organization
Safety, Quality & Environment:
- Ensures compliance to all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls across the department in order to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance and a responsible environmental attitude
Related Assignments:
- Undertake any other related duties or tasks as directed and required by the Bank
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Management, Strategy or Finance
Minimum Experience:
- 8-10 years of experience in strategy
Language:
English: Native or Fluent
Job Details
Posted Date:
2026-04-07
Job Location:
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Job Role:
Management
Preferred Candidate
Career Level:
Management
Degree:
Bachelor's degree