Business Engagement Manager

Key Result Areas:

• Identify potential members and work closely with them to join the science park

• Establish close business relations with member companies to retain them and ensure their commitment for growing in QSTP

• Plan and host business engagement events, round tables, panels, and other business engagement activities to promote the park and its member companies

• Establish and implement business partnerships and agreements with stakeholders to expand the science park's network and resources

• Lead the design and execution of qualitative and quantitative research studies, including surveys, focus groups, and interviews to better understand challenges and opportunities for growth

• Evaluate, analyze and interpret research findings to provide insights that drive business decisions and improve growth strategies

• Stay up to date on industry trends, best practices in market research, and industry developments to inform research strategies and tactics to propose enhancements

• Establish and manage the tax and ultimate beneficial owner compliance frameworks to monitor and evaluate member companies' compliance with legal requirements

• Review and evaluate the financial data of member companies to monitor and assess their performance toward entry criteria and key performance metrics

• Report findings and progress through presentations, reports, dashboards to feed into decision making process

• Other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field & 6-8 years of relevant full-time work experience, 2 of which at a supervisory level

• Broad knowledge of local and international tax frameworks

• Excellent communication skills - experience explaining complicated issues to people and pursue them to collaborate

• Ability to switch fast between tasks and projects, if necessary, self-organization skills, operate at a very high level; negotiate effectively; work to deadlines; maintain strong stakeholders' relationship

• Familiarity with market research software and databases

• Excellent writing skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports, presentations, and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic and English proficiency is mandatory

• Proficiency in MS Office applications