Governance and Corporate Development Manager

About the Role: We are seeking a strategic and visionary Governance and Corporate Development Manager to join our General Administration for Planning and Institutional Excellence. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in elevating the institutional maturity, effectiveness, and readiness of the reform and rehabilitation ecosystem. You will be responsible for designing and updating governance frameworks, aligning shared roles and responsibilities, monitoring performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and service quality, in alignment with regulatory mandates and stakeholders. Key Responsibilities: • Governance Frameworks & Structures: Develop, update, and maintain institutional governance frameworks and models for the reform and rehabilitation ecosystem, including defining roles, responsibilities, inter-entity relations, decision-making mechanisms, and joint accountability in coordination with relevant stakeholders. • Institutional Maturity & Methodologies: Design and implement methodologies and models to measure the institutional maturity and readiness of the ecosystem (including governance, institutional capabilities, integration, and joint workflow effectiveness), analyze assessment results, and set development and improvement priorities. • Inter-Entity Alignment & Collaboration: Coordinate with relevant entities to update and develop reference frameworks, standards, and best practices that enhance governance quality, institutional integration, and ecosystem effectiveness, while supporting their adoption and activation according to approved frameworks. • Performance Indicators & Measurement: Develop indicators and methodologies to measure the adoption, activation, and compliance with approved frameworks, standards, agreements, and joint workflows, and monitor gaps and challenges to propose appropriate solutions. • Joint Workflows & Decision-Making Mechanisms: Study and develop mechanisms for institutional alignment, integration, and joint work among related entities (including joint work models, committees, operational mechanisms, escalation pathways, and follow-up) to enhance effectiveness and prevent duplication of roles and responsibilities. • Risk Management & Continuity: Develop frameworks to monitor and analyze institutional and strategic risks across the ecosystem—including risks of integration weaknesses, service continuity disruptions, capability gaps, and compliance issues—and propose proactive measures and treatments. • Capability Gap Analysis: Identify capability and enabler gaps affecting ecosystem effectiveness, propose initiatives to elevate maturity and readiness levels, and coordinate with stakeholders for implementation and progress tracking. • Initiative Management & Corrective Actions: Monitor the implementation of initiatives and joint improvement plans related to ecosystem governance and maturity, track progress, identify challenges, and escalate critical issues requiring decisions from competent authorities. • Periodic Reporting: Prepare regular reports and assessments on maturity levels, governance compliance, alignment, integration, and risk levels, and submit data-driven recommendations to decision-makers to prioritize development. • Methodologies & Manuals Updating: Continuously update methodologies, manuals, models, and indicators related to ecosystem governance, maturity, and joint work, and promote their utilization through stakeholder collaboration. • Performance Analytics & Optimization: Leverage evaluation results, performance data, and changes in the regulatory and developmental context to identify opportunities for optimizing ecosystem governance, operational mechanisms, and standards, proposing necessary updates in coordination with relevant entities. Requirements & Qualifications: • Bachelor's or master’s degree in business administration, Public Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field. • Proven experience (5+ years) in corporate governance, institutional development, strategic planning, or organizational excellence. • Strong expertise in designing governance frameworks, KPIs, risk management, and institutional maturity models. • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional coordination skills. • Fluent in both Arabic and English (written and spoken). • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.