Assistant Manager - Strategy

About the Role
This is a strategy role supporting residential development teams in crafting market-informed development approaches, analyzing investment opportunities, and driving strategic decision-making within the residential business unit.

Key Responsibilities

• Support residential strategy team to identify gaps and opportunities in the residential development portfolio, optimizing residential portfolio variety and rollout based on market analysis.
• Work on comprehensive development strategies on different topics including target customer segments, product differentiation and adaptation to different users, change management based on market movements and trends.
• Collaborate with team members to develop and refine business models for the development department, scrutinizing and setting fees, scopes of work, selecting developers, and reviewing/critiquing highest best-use studies.
• Create presentations for management to communicate team and departmental information.
• Analyze end-to-end residential development processes to identify efficiencies and optimization opportunities.
• Minute meetings with external consultants, funds, developers, and end users.
• Assess and evaluate different investment structures.
• Draw roadmaps analyzing requirements, processes, and procedures relating to the real estate field, including establishing real estate development and investment entities, interfacing with relevant authorities, etc.
• Create business cases for development opportunities.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of professional experience with a background in strategy consulting and real estate investment/development.
• Minimum of 3 years in consulting.
• Additional years in relevant roles (real estate development, investment, or strategy preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field; an MBA or Master's degree in a relevant field is advantageous.
• Strong consulting background in top firms within KSA.
• Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to evaluate complex investment structures.
• Experience managing stakeholders across public and private sectors.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

Skills

• Advanced financial modeling and analysis.
• Market research and competitive intelligence.
• Strategic analysis.
• Investment analysis and due diligence.
• Proficiency in presentation software (PowerPoint).
• Strong communication skills.