Lead - Business Unit Strategy

JOB PURPOSE

Leverage strong expertise in financial services and Fintech trends to lead
the development of ADCB’s innovation and digital strategy, in partnership
with ADCB’s business units to create revenue opportunities and
differentiation within the financial services industry

ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Strategy Formulation and Execution

Assist and lead the development of ADCB’s innovation
and digital strategy business wide, in partnership with
Group Heads and drive the strategy agenda comprising of
corporate, digital and innovation initiatives throughout the
Group in order to create revenue opportunities

Track the execution of the strategy against actual results
and suggest remedial measures in order to maintain
alignment

Recalibrate the strategy annually to ensure changes in
the political, economic, social, technological and
regulatory environment are taken into consideration

Conduct market research in order to develop, test and
refine ideas and prototypes

2. Governance Structure and Framework

Establish Group level and project level governance
routines to ensure ADCB governance and quality
standards are maintained

Track and ensure embedding of products and initiatives
including processes to ensure effective and efficient
execution of approved strategy

Prepare and analyse strategy decks for the Performance
Management Committee and Management Executive
Committee in order to ensure accurate information is
provided

3. Strategic Initiatives

Advise Senior Leadership on the opportunities identified,
from idea generation workshops conducted across the
business, and provide recommendations for
implementation to ensure the correct initiatives are
prioritised and actioned

Activate collaborative ‘work cells’ to deliver against
selected initiatives and provide direction and support to
the teams and stakeholders to ensure successful
delivery of the strategy

Monitor product and segment performance against
defined KPIs to ensure stakeholders understand whether
to harness, exit or grow the segment or product

4. People Management

Manage self and team in line with ADCB’s people
management policies, procedures, processes and
practices to ensure adherence and to maximise own and
employee contribution to business performance

Manage the effective achievement of the team’s
objectives through setting individual objectives, managing
performance, developing the team and providing formal
and informal feedback to maximise overall performance,
engagement and motivation

5. Budget Management

Contribute to the preparation of the business area’s
budget and manage and monitor the financial
performance against the budget so that areas of
unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified
promptly and potential performance improvement
opportunities are capitalised upon

6. Policies, Processes, Systems and Procedures

Recommend and implement improvements to
departmental policies, procedures and processes
covering all areas of activity so that all relevant procedural
requirements are fulfilled while ensuring that ADCB
delivers best-in-class services, products and innovation

7. Continuous Improvement

Identify opportunities to contribute to organisational and
departmental change initiatives, programmes and projects
taking into account best practice and standards in the
business environment

8. Customer Service

Demonstrate Our Promise and apply the ADCB Service
Standards to deliver the bank’s required levels of service
in all internal and external customer interactions

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

Minimum Experience

At least 5 years of experience in Strategic Programme
Management in Financial Services with at least 3 years in
a top tier financial organisation in emerging and mature
markets

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s Degree in, Finance or Business

Professional Qualifications Knowledge and Skills

Excellent organizational/project management skills

Document structuring and story boarding capabilities
Strong understanding of distribution, products, sales
management, and customer solutions

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Expert understanding of mobility and ecommerce and
mcommerce solutions

Strong leadership capabilities

Excellent interpersonal skills with multicultural awareness
and sensitivity