Head of Behavioral Insight

Center for Strategic Development
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
S: Competitive

Managing Business:
•Develop strategies and formulate execution plan to achieve entities' goals drawing upon broad functional expertise
•Interpret broad goals and objectives into team priorities and activities utilizing effective project planning techniques to break down complex projects into tasks, manage scope of projects, and ensure deadlines are kept
•Provide thought leadership on opportunities to deliver on business goals and improve functional performance, leveraging behavioral concepts and methodologies and in-depth knowledge of functional area goals and strategy
Leading Research & Development:
•Direct and lead the definition of research needs and development of appropriate methodologies for team
•Applying behavioral principles in an economic environment to contribute to the policy design
•Leverage existing research to inform recommendations and decisions; identify new areas of research and techniques that can solve economic/business problems
•Understand motivation and drivers for human behavior via statistical and econometric analysis methodology
•Generate actionable insights related to customer needs and patterns of behaviors
Consultative Responsibilities:
•Collaborate with business units in order to improve the effectiveness of business decisions through the use of behavioral insights and methodologies
•Serve as a behavioral economics subject matter expert and consultant on complex issues for both an internal and external stakeholders.
•Present business cases and/or research findings and influence senior leaders across the entity to take recommended actions
•Influence and/or convert thinking of others or gain acceptance on complex ideas or new methodologies
People Management & Development:
•Active involvement in talent development of behavioral economics team so as they will champion the sharing and adoption of these techniques and methodologies in an ever evolving socio-economic environment

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