7 Strategic Initiatives jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Overview

L-Acino is part of Arcera, a global life sciences company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Our purpose is to enable longer and healthier lives while creating sustainable growth. We develop, manufacture, and commercialize a broad range of high-quality innovative and proven medicines in key international markets. With an operational footprint spanning over 90 countries across four continents, and manufacturing sites in eight countries, we offer more than 2,000 medicines across various therapeutic areas worldwide.

The position is based in Dubai, UAE and will report directly to the Commercial Director, META. The role will drive strategic projects, innovative initiatives, and new product launches that are critical to the organization’s growth and evolution. By overseeing these high-impact projects, this role ensures alignment with strategic goals, facilitates operational excellence, and supports the organization’s journey toward a more innovative and agile future.

Your Responsibilities will be:

• Strategic Project Management
  • Lead and manage high-priority projects that drive transformation and deliver value across the organization.
  • Develop project plans, manage timelines, coordinate resources, and communicate project status to stakeholders.
  • Oversee the coordination of pricing approvals for new products and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with market positioning and profitability targets.
  • Ensure projects align with corporate strategy and are delivered within scope, budget, and on time.

• Innovation Initiatives
  • Identify and drive innovation opportunities within core and adjacent areas to enhance organizational capabilities.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to incubate, test, and implement new ideas, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Measure and report on the success of innovation initiatives, adjusting strategies as needed.

• Product Launch Management
  • Oversee the end-to-end product launch process, from pre-launch preparation to post-launch evaluation.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing, sales, operations) to ensure successful launches.
  • Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for new product introductions to measure success and impact.

• Strategic and Operational Support
  • Assist in developing and refining the organization’s strategic roadmap, ensuring alignment with transformation objectives.
  • Provide operational support by identifying process improvements and optimizing workflows to enhance efficiency.
  • Facilitate collaboration across departments to maintain a unified approach toward strategic goals.

• Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
  • Act as a liaison between project teams and senior leadership, providing updates on project status, challenges, and successes.
  • Conduct regular workshops, presentations, and reports to keep stakeholders engaged and informed.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus.
• 7+ years in strategic project management, innovation, or product management roles, with a track record of managing transformative initiatives in a dynamic environment.
• Strong project management skills
• Proficiency in change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating business case approvals and alignment with financial and strategic goals.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with experience in tracking metrics and KPIs for project success.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to envision and implement future state solutions that align with long-term goals.
• Problem-Solving: Skilled in identifying root causes and developing effective solutions.
• Adaptability: Thrives in a dynamic environment with a strong ability to handle shifting priorities.
• Collaboration: Builds strong cross-functional relationships to achieve goals collectively.
• Excellent command of written and spoken Arabic and English languages. Proficiency in Turkish is an advantage.

This is the opportunity to join a very dynamic organization, where decisions are taken fast and where you can actively participate in shaping our future. If this sounds exciting, we would love to hear more about you!

Description

As a Business Analyst on the Amazon Fresh Grocery Partnerships & Amazon Now team, you’ll play a hands-on role in turning raw data into automated reports and live dashboards that power critical business decisions. You’ll partner closely with Business, Product, and Program stakeholders to build, maintain, and enhance reporting pipelines using SQL and AWS QuickSight, ensuring all teams can monitor trends, spot anomalies, and drive continuous improvement.

Key job responsibilities

Report Automation:

Design, develop, and maintain SQL-driven ETL scripts to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources into reporting tables

Ad-hoc Analysis:

Write optimized SQL queries to answer business questions, e.g., weekly sales trends, partner performance, inventory health, and present findings in clear, actionable formats

Dashboard Development:

Leverage AWS QuickSight to build and iterate on interactive dashboards that track key metrics and alert stakeholders to performance shifts

Data Quality Checks:

Implement simple data-validation routines and monitors to ensure report accuracy and flag upstream issues for resolution

A day in the life

Morning Data Health Check

– Kick off your day by reviewing overnight ETL jobs and QuickSight dashboards for freshness, accuracy, and performance anomalies

Ad-Hoc Analysis & Reporting

– Turn stakeholder questions into SQL queries: investigate delivery delays, or inventory stockouts

Dashboard Development & Iteration

– Prototype new visualizations in AWS QuickSight, tracking metrics like order cycle time, cost per delivery, and promotional uplift

About the team

You’ll join the Amazon Fresh Grocery Partnerships & Amazon Now Analytics team covering Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, an agile, high-energy group on a mission to bring fresh groceries and everyday essentials to customers’ doors in just 15–20 minutes.

As part of this close-knit team, you’ll see your analysis translate directly into smoother fulfillment, happier customers, and stronger partnerships across the GCC region

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Analytics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field

2+ years of hands-on experience writing SQL queries against large datasets

Practical experience building and maintaining dashboards in Data Visualisation Tools like; Tableau, Power BI or Amazon Quicksight

Strong attention to detail and a proactive mindset for identifying and resolving data-quality issues

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to translate technical insights into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders

Comfort working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and collaborating across multiple teams (Operations, Product, Finance, and external partners)

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with basic ETL concepts and data-pipeline maintenance

Hands-on experience building and iterating dashboards in AWS QuickSight

Experience scripting in Python (or similar) to support data transformations and workflow automation

Exposure to AWS data services such as Redshift, S3, Glue, or comparable cloud-based warehouses

Prior work in a fast-paced, operations-driven environment (e-commerce, grocery, logistics, or rapid-delivery)

Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new tools and frameworks with minimal supervision

Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to balance multiple priorities in an ambiguous setting.

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About Moove AV

At Moove AV, we’re on a mission to make the world safer by enabling autonomy in transportation. Partnering with industry leaders like Waymo , we’re redefining fleet management and driving the commercialisation of autonomous vehicles.

We’re expanding globally and seeking passionate, innovative professionals to join our journey. If you’re ready to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and help make mobility safer, more efficient, and accessible, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and results-oriented Program Manager to drive our geographic expansion and lead critical cross-functional initiatives. This is a unique role that sits at the intersection of operations, business strategy, and development. You will be the "quarterback" for new market launches, responsible for developing the launch playbook, aligning all cross-functional teams, and ensuring we enter new markets with speed and precision. Additionally, you will orchestrate other complex, multi-faceted programs that are essential to our company's growth.

The ideal candidate is a master of structured execution, successful at guiding and delivering complex programs on time and on budget, and having the technical and financial acumen to zoom into details while not losing sight of the big picture. You are as comfortable building a detailed go-to-market (GTM) plan as you are reading a construction blueprint or designing an organization structure.

What you’ll be doing

• Create and own the end-to-end launch process in new markets; defining scope, timelines, dependencies, and the critical path for each launch.

• Act as the central point of contact and command for all launch-related activities, ensuring seamless collaboration between Legal, Finance, Infrastructure, Operations, Safety and our key customers and vendors

• Lead launch readiness meetings, providing clear status updates, identifying risks and driving decisions

• Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to the launch timeline, budget, and strategic objectives, including regulatory hurdles, operational bottlenecks, and competitive threats.

• Develop and execute clear communication plans to keep all stakeholders, including the C-suite, informed of progress, risks, and outcomes.

• Identify opportunities to streamline infrastructure and operations processes, tools, and methodologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure market launch and other strategic program successes

• Lead programs to define, research, and pilot technological roadmap to support companywide front line efficiency gains

What you will need for this position

• 8+ years of experience in program management or product management, with at least 5 years leading complex go-to-market, product launch, or market expansion initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree

• Expertise in GTM and project management tools

• Outstanding organizational skills with a track record of managing organizational systems

• Growth oriented with a proven track record of scaling up products and new geographies

• Availability and willingness to work outside of normal office hours when required by projects or operational needs

• Expectiation of 15% travel as needed to support expansion

• Familiarity with and strong preference to use AI tools and other scrappy solutions to scale operations and solve problems without hiring headcount

• The ability to work autonomously in a decentralised organization

• Right to work in the United States of America

About the team

Our team is collaborative, positive, curious, and engaged. We think fast, work smart, laugh often, and are looking for like-minded people to join us in our mission to disrupt vehicle ownership and make cities better.

Moove is strongly committed to diversity within its community. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently.

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