This role will work closely with the Managing Director and will be responsible for managing the Saudi Arabia project, analyzing market and business performance, identifying growth opportunities, and driving strategic initiatives.
What you'll do
- Own and manage the Global Blue Saudi Arabia project, ensuring priorities, initiatives, and key actions are effectively planned, executed, and followed through.
- Analyze market performance, transaction volumes, sales performance, business KPIs, and financial data to understand business performance and identify opportunities.
- Use Salesforce and MicroStrategy to monitor, extract, analyze, and interpret business and transaction data.
- Monitor Saudi market developments, regulatory changes, industry trends, competitors, and other external factors that may impact the business.
- Identify market opportunities, growth opportunities, and areas for business improvement and translate insights into actionable initiatives.
- Develop recommendations, business cases, and strategic initiatives based on data and market analysis.
- Work closely with Commercial, Finance, Operations, IT, and other internal teams to drive initiatives and ensure effective execution.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including government entities and key market partners where required.
- Prepare management-ready reports and presentations covering market updates, transaction performance, business performance, key developments, opportunities, risks, and recommendations.
- Work closely with the Managing Director to provide regular updates, insights, and recommendations to support business decisions.
- Organize and participate in meetings with the Managing Director and senior stakeholders, prepare relevant materials, and ensure actions and follow-ups are completed.
- Track strategic initiatives and project progress, identify risks and challenges, and proactively recommend solutions.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, customer/business performance, and ways of working.
- Support the implementation of strategic and commercial initiatives from analysis through execution and follow-up.
- Translate complex data and market information into clear business insights and practical recommendations for senior management.
What we're looking for
- 3+ years of experience in Project Management, Strategy, Business Analysis, Commercial Strategy, Business Development, Management Consulting, or a related field.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Project Management, or a related field.
- Experience working in an international organization or a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Strong experience analyzing business, financial, sales, transaction, and market data.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce and MicroStrategy is required.
- Strong understanding of commercial and business performance, including transactions, sales trends, KPIs, and market performance.
- Proven ability to identify business opportunities and translate data and market insights into actionable initiatives.
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence and coordinate stakeholders without direct authority.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to create clear, executive-level reports and presentations.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills in English.
- Experience in FinTech, Financial Services, Payments, Retail, Travel, or Operations is highly preferred.
We're looking for someone who...
- Takes ownership and drives initiatives from analysis through execution.
- Is commercially minded and comfortable working with numbers, data, and business performance.
- Can look at data and clearly explain what is happening, why it is happening, and what we should do next.
- Can identify opportunities and turn insights into practical business initiatives.
- Is confident presenting analysis, recommendations, and business updates to the Managing Director and senior management.
- Is comfortable working directly with senior stakeholders and operating with a high level of autonomy.
- Can influence people and drive action without having direct authority.
- Is proactive, structured, and highly organized.
- Thinks strategically but is also hands-on and execution-focused.
- Is comfortable working in a fast-paced international environment and managing multiple priorities.
Preferred Experience
- Experience in FinTech, Payments, Financial Services, Retail, Travel, or related industries.
- Experience working with Salesforce and MicroStrategy.
- Experience analyzing transaction and sales data.
- Experience working with senior management or C-level stakeholders.
- Experience in the Saudi market or working with government and external stakeholders is a plus.
